The Ultimate South East Queensland Bucket List

After attending a kikki-k Happiness workshop I was inspired to create my Ultimate South East Queensland Bucket List. Here is my list of all the things I’d like to accomplish while I am still alive. I’d love your feedback.

1. Admire the view from the Wheel of Brisbane
2. Attempt one of the many Brisbane food challenges
3. Attend a cooking class
4. Attend a dawn service at the ANZAC Square War Memorial
5. Attend Blues of Broachbeach
6. Attend Cooley Rocks On
7. Attend one of the multi-cultural festivals
8. Attend the Caloundra Music Festival
9. Attend the Felton Food Festival
10. Attend the Noosa Jazz Festival and the Noosa Food and Wine Festival
11. Be inspired by some of the amazing art on display at QAGOMA
12. Browse the Eumundi Markets and then eat at one of the people watching cafes at Noosa
13. Buy some fresh fruit and vegetables at the Jan Power markets
14. Buy something from the Queen Victoria Markets
15. Buy something handmade at a BrisStyle Indie Markets
16. Canoe down the Noosa Everglades and have a barbeque at Harry’s Hut
17. Catch the City Cat from either end and guess who owns all the riverfront properties
18. Climb all of the Glasshouse Mountains
19. Climb along the Skywalk through Tamborine Rainforest
20. Climb the iconic Story Bridge with Story Bridge Adventure Climb
21. Cuddle a koala at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
22. Cycle along the boardwalks in a loop around the city
23. Dress up in costume and attend Comic Con
24. Drink a rum at the Beenleigh Artisan Distillery
25. Eat a steak with the works at The Breakfast Creek Hotel
26. Eat an ice cream and dagwood dog at the Brisbane Ekka
27. Eat fish and chips on Bribie Island
28. Eat yum cha in China Town or Sunnybank
29. Enjoy a dinner and show at Dracula’s Cabaret Restaurant, Gold Coast
30. Enjoy a long weekend exploring Fraser Island and hire a four-wheel drive
31. Enjoy an Asian feast at Luke Nguyen’s Fat Noodle
32. Enjoy looking at the old brick phones at the Telstra Museum in Clayfield
33. Enter a short film in the West End Film Festival
34. Explore the city with via geocaching
35. Feed wild dolphins at Tangalooma Island Resort
36. Get your nerd on at the Sciencentre
37. Go barefoot bowling and enjoy a ten-dollar meal afterwards
38. Go bird watching with a Birds Queensland flyer
39. Go for a bushwalk in Lamington National Park
40. Go glamping at Alure, Stanthorpe
41. Go horse riding along an ocean beach
42. Go kayaking up the Brisbane River with Riverlife
43. Go on a backstage tour of QPAC
44. Go on a Bridge Climb
45. Go on a ghost tour at Bogga Road Gaol
46. Go on a morning kayak tour with Australian Kayaking Adventures
47. Go on a scenic flight in an old fashioned plane, like a Cessna, tiger moth or warbird
48. Go on an indigenous-led bush tucker tour
49. Go on humpback whale watching cruise and take some beach shots
50. Go sand tobogganing on Moreton Island
51. Go to a live game of the State of Origin dressed up in the appropriate colours
52. Go to Australia Zoo and buy something khaki
53. Go to the drive in at Yatala movies
54. Go to the Eat Street Markets and work out your ideal meal from all the food trucks.
55. Hand feed a wild dolphin at Tangalooma
56. Have a dip at the Spring Hill Baths
57. Have a picnic at New Farm Park but do get there early so you have a good spot
58. Have a romantic picnic with wine at Picnic Point, Toowoomba
59. Have a slice of cake from The Welsh Lady
60. Hire a ford mustang convertible for the day
61. Indulge in the Country Pub Crawl by Helicopter
62. Learn how politics work at Queensland Parliament
63. Learn how to calm down at The Relaxation Centre
64. Learn to surf at the Gold Coast
65. Learn to throw a boomerang
66. Listen to a live band at the Brisbane Jazz Club
67. Play all my favourite childhood board games at Club Sosay, Paddington
68. Pretend to be a tourist and travel on the double decker Explorer red bus
69. Read a book by a Brisbane author, such as Nick Earls, Benjamin Law or Judith Wright
70. Ride aboard a real fire truck with Fire4Hire, Surfers Paradise
71. Sample your favourite wine at Sirromet Winery
72. See a live show at the Brisbane Powerhouse
73. See the glow worm caves at Cedar Creek Estate Winery or Springbrook’s Natural Bridge, Tamborine Mountains
74. See the shipwrecks on Moreton Island
75. See your favourite band play at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre
76. Sign up to one of the 5km fun runs
77. Sleep in a safari tent at Castaways on Moreton Island
78. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef and see the amazing fish
79. Spend a day on the weekend getting lost in the hidden lanes of Brisbane
80. Stay the weekend at one of the Spicers health retreats
81. Take a Brisbane Greeters tour
82. Take a class at the Brisbane Institute of Art
83. Take a class at the McGregor Summer or Winter workshops, at the University of South Queensland
84. Take a glass bottom boat tour over the Great Barrier Reef
85. Take a hot air balloon at the crack of dawn
86. Take a photo of all your friends in front of the BRISBANE sign at South Bank
87. Take a photography class and wander around the city taking photos of all the iconic buildings.
88. Take a selfie in front of the Big Banana and then have an ice cream banana split with chocolate sauce
89. Take a tour of the XXXX brewery
90. Take a tour to the top of the Brisbane City Hall
91. Take a yoga class on the beach at the crack of dawn
92. Taste the wine at Sirromet Winery with a picnic lunch on the lawns
93. Try a puzzle room escape
94. Try a Segway tour through the Brisbane Botanic Gardens
95. Visit the Brisbane Opal Museum and Jewellery Shop, Windsor
96. Visit the Cob and Co Museum in Toowoomba
97. Visit the Granite Belt Brewery in Stanthorpe
98. Visit the parkour park and pretend you are a stunt double
99. Visit the Queensland Police Museum
100. Visit the Redlands IndigiScapes Centre
101. Visit the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium and wonder at the stars
102. Volunteer at the Woodford Folk Festival
103. Walk along the beach at North Stradbroke Island
104. Walk the Aboriginal Art Trail at Mt Cootha
105. Walk through the treetops in Lamington National Park, Queensland
106. Wander around Roma Street Parklands and stop somewhere for lunch
107. Wander through Paddington or the Woolloongabba antique shops
108. Watch a movie at Schonell Theatre and then eat one of the A-Z pizzas next door.
109. Watch an old movie at an outdoor cinema (take a blanket, pillows and warm jumper)
110. Watch the Australian Outback Spectacular
111. Watch the crocodile show at Australia Zoo
112. Wear a watermelon on your head and watch the cricket at the Gabba

If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment below.

I’d love to hear what’s on your bucket list?