30+ Vows of my Australian Summer – final update

This is my last updates vows list and I have accomplished nearly everything on my list and added more than double to it, IT'S AMAZING! So that means that I have done at least one thing noteworthy daily (on average), truly making the most of this trip :D. Take a look at all the new things I have done on this fabulous trip. Had the time of my life and am now getting ready to go home. I will be on Canadian soil by Sunday night and I'm excited to see everyone but this adventure as truly been incredible so I'm a little sad to be leaving. Check out what I have been up to all summer here Down Under:

1. Go to the Sydney Opera House
   
2. 
   See a kangaroo, more than one wild!
   
3. Go to the Melbourne Aquarium and Zoo (went to the Phillippe Island Wildlife Park and Ballaret Wildlife Park, they are more interactive with the animals), never got to the Aquarium but apparently I'm not missing out, it wasn't that good anyways
   
4. Go on a boat 5 times
   
5. dance in a fabulous nightclub until the wee hours
   
6. Gamble at the Crown Casino
   
7. Go to a Footy game
   
8. Go up the Eureka Tower
   
9. Attend 2 art exhibitions 2/2 – William Ricketts Sanctuary and The World of Mirrors
   
10. Go to the Victoria market
    
11. Buy a Didgeridoo
    
12. See some penguins CORRECTION see a Parade of Penguins, over 800 of them!
    
13. Sit on a patio all afternoon
    
14. Drive on the other side of the road
    
15. Survive 20 + hours of flying
    
16. Learn some Aussie slang
    
17. Put my feet in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
    
18. Drive along the Great Ocean Road
    
19. Bond with my roomie
    
20. spend 10 evenings in the hot tub – 10/10
    
21. meet an Australian hottie or more than a few ;)
    
22. and realize there is no one better than my r. , hubby to be even more so than before
    
23. stroll along streets filled with fabulous shops and boutiques
    
24. see the 12 Apostles
    
25. drink the most expensive coffee in my life (so far life), $7.00
    
26. visit the State of Victoria Library
    
27. Develop some structure in my placement classroom
    
28. Try vegemite
    
29. Get into an Australian TV series
    
30. Hold a Koala – see Koalas and be within arm's reach of them!
    

 

1. Try Kangaroo meat NO! Not making it on the list
   

   
    

Bonus –

1. Try shark fish and chips twice
   
2. Get my picture taken with a hot surfer
   
3. Go to Bondi beach
   
4. Go to Cairns on a fab vacation (just booked), Oh and FABULOUS it was!
   
5. Go to a rainforest, twice!
   
6. Explore some magnificent waterfalls, went swimming in them, got my foot stuck between 2 rocks and went under the water and scraped myself up a bit but it was worth the potential drowning
   
7. Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef, ALL DAY! It was incredible, HIGHLIGHT OF MY TRIP!!!
   
8. Have my picture taken with the Sydney Harbour bridge in the background
   
9. Admire and get my hands on some real Louis Vuiton
   
10. Have a real Chinese meal in Chinatown
    
11. Have fabulous accommodations for a weekend in a military man's apartment
    
12. Indulge in good wine which was less than $4 a bottle so we got 2 cases=12 bottles
    
13. Get hit on by an Aussie hottie and flash him my ring haha, it was great
    
14. Watch a live band perform
    
15. See a crocodile feeding
    
16. Hang out and FEED KANGAROOS
    
17. Witness kangaroo love, yup they were going at it
    
18. Take a random day trip
    
19. Have a bird eat out of my hand
    
20. see the biggest trees ever
    
21. celebrate Christmas in July
    
22. go to the famous Cuckoo restaurant
    
23. Visit a dairy farm and learn about the production of milk, plus the artificial insemination process
    
24. Pet a baby calf
    
25. Get some fabulous Oakley gear for my fiancé
    
26. Go to the Chocolate Room…heaven I mean
    
27. Go whale watching and see whales and seals
    
28. Milk a cow
    
29. Witness something truly magnificent takes place in nature
    
30. See lots of Australia's native animals, dingos, echidnas, wallabies, kangaroos, crocodiles
    
31. Go on a river boat cruise and see live crocodiles!
    
32. Go on the Ultimate Party Pubcrawl and get ridiculous
    
33. Drink too many free drinks
    
34. See amazing colourful fish, hundreds
    
35. Lay by the lagoon all day, 2 days
    
36. go swimming at Palm Cove beach scared to death because of the warning sign of possible crocodiles in the waters, EEKS!
    
37. Swim in a grater that was once an erupting volcano, so cool
    
    
38. Do yoga in the middle of the rainforest
    
39. See some gnipi=gnipi, a dangerous stinging plant
    
40. Swim in a fresh water spring in the rainforest
    
41. Watch a jelly wrestling championship
    
42. Enjoy ladies night with free champagne served by topless male waiters
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43. Cheer a friend on in a Wet t-shirt contest, she won.
    
44. become "one of the guys" on a bachelor party
    
45. meet fabulous people from all over the world, including the Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, the US, England, France
    
46. enjoy authentic Thai and Vietnamese food
    
47. try several exotic fruits at an Asian market
    
48. have the time of my life! Definitely accomplished!