To Do List

A couple of years ago, a good friend and I started writing lists of all the 'things' we wanted to achieve in the year. We'd gather our thoughts, write our wish list, cross off the silly thoughts, those that were far out of our price range, and then email them to one another. We'd then try our darnest to tick as many of those 'things' off! Fortunately, as always, we had a lot in common, so it was quite easy. In the last year or two we've let this task slide by. It's now our turn to re-kindle our enthusiasm for the year ahead and get shit, important priority shit, done!

So here goes, and this list will be edited and added to over the year, but more importantly, items will be crossed off.

Places to go:

• Nepal
• Monarto Zoo - including the Chimps behind the scene tour
• Adelaide Zoo
• McLaren Vale
• Barossa - that's easy
• Strawberry picking in the Adelaide Hills
• Victor Harbor - because it's been years
• Flinders Ranges
• interstate somewhere - preferably for a 12wbt finale :-)
• Willunga - I know, it's not that far away!
• couple of the Conservation Parks in the Adelaide Hills I still haven't been to (Warren, Hale, Scott Creek, Mark Oliphant for starters)

Activities:

• indoor rock climbing
• camping - at least once
• bushwalking, knock off a few sections of the Heysen/Yurrebilla trail
• Trailblazer - 50 or 100 km!
• fun runs - including City to Bay, and others
• bike riding - Riesling Trail perhaps
• horse riding
• outdoor cinema (Moonlight or Tea Tree Gully)
• picnic at some awesome park/river setting

Events:

• Adelaide Fringe shows x at least 5
• Adelaide Film Festival (is that even on this year, I think it's a skip year?)
• music concerts - at least 2, and this may involve an interstate trip if necessary

Learn stuff:

• cooking class - even if it's just a day course, preferably Vietnamese or similar
• photography course - preferably Chris Bray at the Zoo (assuming I can afford it one day)

Other things:

• try new restaurants x 10, including some not so main stream
• have a drink, a real drink!

The personal / career like ones:

• become an active member of Field Naturalists Society and Mammal Club