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Things to do in 2018


101 Things to do in 2018 (and beyond)  




TO DO
COMMENTS/DONE
1
Get a job I love
Done (sort of) – 9 November 2018
2
Get retrenched
Done – 9 November 2018
3
Take another Ferris Bueller’s day off!
Done – 2/3 October 18 (2 ½ days)
4
Go to the theatre at least 3 times
19 January 2018 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
24 April 2018 – Priscilla
7 July 2018 – Puffs
15 September 2018 - Evita
5
Buy a caravan!
Not yet!
6
Visit Labassa house in Caulfield North (3rd Sunday)
Fail – move to 2019
7
Visit the Shot Tower Museum
Done – 20 November 2018
8
Visit the Rhododendron Forrest in Olinda (now Dandengong Botanical)
Fail – move to 2019
9
Read 50 Books
32/50
10
Try the Scones at the Hopetoun Tearooms
Done – 15 April 2018
11
Continue the  A-Z of different cuisine and eat somewhere new
Ongoing
12
Do the Fed Square guided tour Mon – Sat @ 11am (free)
Done – 22 November 2018
13
Do a night tour of the Old Melbourne Gaol
Fail – move to 2019
14
Do up a 2015 photobook
Fail – move to 2019
15
Learn new things
Done and ongoing
16
Do the free tour of the Old Treasury Building (open 10am to 4pm)
Done – 14 December 2018
17
Do the free tour of the State Library (Monday)
Fail – move to 2019
18
Get another tattoo
Done – 9 October 18 (Wanderlust) and 10 November 2018 (Dog Skull)
19
Visit Heide Museum of Modern Art and Gardens (Bulleen)
Fail – move to 2019
20
Cook through a cookbook - Vegetarian
Fail – move to 2019
21
Have a mama’s burger at Mama’s Kitchen in Black Rock
Fail – move to 2019
22
Catch the Punt across to Herring Island
Fail – move to 2019
23
Eat Peking Duck in Beijing
Fail
24
Have less stuff at the end of the year
Done – always room to lose more
25
Go to IMAX in Melbourne
Done – 15 April 2018 (Africa)
26
Do the Edge experience at Eureka Skydeck  
Done – 5 December 2018  
27
Use my charity day
Fail
28
Go 9 months without buying “anything” unnecessary
Fail
29
Do the “Castlefield Walk” through Hampton
Fail – move to 2019
30
Visit William Ricketts Sanctuary in the Dandenong’s
Fail – move to 2019
31
Finish off the 4 Bayside Coastal Trails – 17km in total
Part done – walk to Elwood
32
Do a lap on the City Circle Tram
Done – 8 January 2018  
33
Do the Kamesburgh Walk and visit Kamesburgh Mansion (Brighton)
Fail – move to 2019
34
Visit St Kilda Botanical Gardens
Fail – move to 2019
35
Visit Billilla Mansion and Gardens (Brighton)
Fail – move to 2019
36
Go to Left Field at Carnegie (new café) and try the burger
Done – 4 June 2018
37
Do the Hamer Arboretum Circuit Walk (Dandenongs – Dogs OK)
Fail – move to 2019
38
Walk along the dog friendly Mathias Track - Dandenongs
Fail – move to 2019  
39
Visit “new” places/ A day out in….
Mansfield – 10/3
Somers – 7/4
Sassafras – 22/4
Skipton – 8/10
Yarram – 5/11
40
Tramcar restaurant
Fail
41
Cut substantially back on sugar, start with a month sugar free
Fail
42
Get back down to 65kg
Fail – try again in 2019
43
Do a cooking class
Fail
44
Do up a Will
Fail – move to 2019
45
Eat a hamburger at Tuck Shop – 273 Hawthorn Road
Done – 19 May 2018
46
See a movie at the Brighton Dendy Cinema
Done – 11 August 2018
47
Eat at Port of Call in Sandringham
Done – 22 December 2018
48
Do a TESOL/TEFL course
Fail – move to 2019  
49
Attend a Laneway Learning class
Fail – move to 2019
50
Spend at least 3 weekends/time “away” somewhere
Queenscliffe – 26/1 to 28/1
Goughs Bay – 10/3 to 12/3
Metung – 24/3 to 27/3
Merimbula – 27/3 to 1/4
Philip Island – 28/7 to 31/8
Sydney – 15/9 to 16/9
Dunkeld – 6/10 to 8/10
Golden Beach – 3/11 to 6/11
Bendigo – 24/11 to 25/11
51
Start learning French again
Fail – move to 2019
52
Do up a Lucas photobook
Fail – move to 2019
53
Do up 2016 photobook
Fail – move to 2019
54
Do up a 2017 photobook
Fail – move to 2019
55
Ride the Blues Train in Queenscliffe
Done – Saturday 27 January 2018
56
Take the Queenscliffe Sorrento Ferry
Done – Friday 26 January 2018
57
Visit Don and Val in Shepparton
Fail – move to 2019
58
Visit the SPC Factory in Shepparton
Fail – move to 2019
59
Visit the Shepparton Art Museum
Fail – move to 2019
60
Do a tour of the Sydney Opera House
Fail
61
See a performance at the Sydney Opera House
Done – Evita – 15 September 2018
62
Visit the Great Wall of China
Done – 29 April 2018
63
Make like Robin Hood and try archery
Done – Sunday 7 January 2018
64
Do a tour of the Queenscliffe Fort
Done – Saturday 27 January 2018
65
Visit the Jewish Museum in St Kilda
Done – Sunday 14 January 2018
66
Complete the stand-up comedy course 
Done – Thursday 25 January 2018
67
Visit the Forbidden City (China/Beijing)
Done – 28 April 2018
68
Stand in Tiananmen Square (China/Beijing)
Done – 28 April 2018
69
Stroll the Bund in Shanghai
Done – 3 May 2018
70
Use the loo in the Shanghai World Financial Centre Tower
Fail
71
Visit Jin Mao Tower
Done – 5 May 2018
72
Checkout ARTVO in Docklands
Done – Thursday 22 March 2018
73
Spot koalas at Raymond Island
Done – Sunday 1 April 2018
74
Try the soy chicken at Hawker Chan
Done – 15 April 2018
75
Do a Foodie walking tour  
Fail – move to 2019
76
See whales off Philip Island
Done – 29 July 2018
77
Do a tour of Government House
Done – 18 June 2018
78
Do a tour of Latrobe Cottage
Done – 18 June 2018
79
Visit Churchill Island (just off Phillip Island)
Done – 29 July 2018
80
Eat at Sandringham Yacht Club
Done – 17 June 2018
81
Eat at Rocomamas in Windsor
Done – 9 October 2018
82
Eat at the Royal Mail Hotel
Done – 6 October 2018
83
Visit the Dunkeld Arboretum
Done – 6 October 2018
84
Have high tea at the Windsor or Sofitel
Done – Sofitel – 14 July 2018
85
Visit Wanderkammer museum and store
Done – 2 October 2018
86
Visit Tasma Terrace
Done – 2 October 2018
87
Check out Benny’s Burgers
Done – 3 October 2018
88
Try Mr Crackles
Done – 3 October 2018
89
Try the Peking Duck at Gold Moon in Brighton
Done – 9 October 2018
90
Get a Wanderlust tattoo
Done – 9 October 2018
91
Done – 4 December 2018
92
Do a tour of the Royal Exhibition Building (2pm daily)
Fail – move to 2019
93
Visit Blue Lotus Water Garden in Yarra Junction
Fail – move to 2019
94
Create a Vision Board
Fail – move to 2019
95
Have a good time at Good Times Milk Bar in Bentleigh
Fail – move to 2019
96
Do a tour of the Carlton Brewery in Abbotsford
Done – 20 December 2019
97
Visit the Nicholas Building
Fail – move to 2019
98
Visit the Caribbean Gardens and Market (Scoresby)
Fail – move to 2019
99
Do a tour of the Cheltenham cemetery
Fail – move to 2019
100
Eat at Brighton Yacht Club
Fail – move to 2019
101
Start the 2019 list!
Done


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