Growing up in sub tropical Queensland Australia does not avail any local snow experience, and being southern hemisphere, December is summer time, so to fulfill a White Christmas Bucket List intention, we had to travel. I have no doubt many take…
Seaworld 2008
Living in south east Queensland Australia as a child, my parents, when on vacation, would take me to Marineworld which became Seaworld on the Gold Coast, but we didn’t have Shamu. So a Bucket List addition was to take…
Universal Studios 2008
My kids are 15 & 13 at this point, and while Disneyworld was fun, I really could not have anticipated how much better Universal Studio’s would be, for them. Universal Studios ramps up the ride factor Loews Hotels offered some…
Kennedy Space Centre 2008
Growing up in the 60’s, I still recall being let out of school to be home for the first moon landing on TV. What an amazing way to inspire the sense of adventure in a child. So before my Bucket…
Disneyworld 2008
Be a good father, take your kids to Disneyworld. Bucket list ? absolutely. Disney truly have created some magic in their parks. We stayed off-site when we visited Disneyland Anaheim, and instead booked and stayed at one of the resort…
New York 2008
Sold a business and needed an extended break, so New York was the start of fulfilling a few Bucket List opportunities. I had fleetingly visited New York before, but this was the first chance to take the family and stretch…
Broadway New York 2008
Manhattan Island New York is full of attractions, and the ability to attend world class theatre ranks high on the Bucket List. Fleeting visits to New York over the years are accompanied by a visit to TKTS in Times Square.…
Hong Kong 2008
Hong Kong remains a vibrant city with loads of appeal. Food, shopping, attractions and a seemingly endless number of things to see just walking down the streets. Shopping is likely the first thought, and the choices are wide and diverse,…
Niagra Falls 2004
A trip across the USA saw an opportunity to fly into Toronto and take the short drive down to Niagra Falls. Staying at the Marriott seemed to be a good location, but once we saw the view from the room,…
Ulysses Motorcycle Club
I turned 40, and had the right to join this social motorcycle club as a Junior Member South East Queensland has some magnificent rides, tree arched twisty mountain runs, long rolling highway runs through valleys and along the Great Dividing…