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Monday, August 16, 2010

30 Vows of my Australian Summer - Update

I have updated my vows list and have accomplished so much so far, IT'S AMAZING! All of the updates are in purple. I have also added more bonuses because I am doing so many fabulous things and want to do more in this amazing place Down Under. I have 60 vows! So that means that I have been and will continue to do something noteworthy daily (on average), truly making the most of this trip :D. See what I've done so far:

  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)
  4. Go on a boat
    3 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 Mirror
  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)
  5. Go to a rainforest
  6. Explore some magnificent waterfalls
  7. Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
  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

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