A State of Trance
- February 07, 2015
- Party
I’ve always loved trance, and one of the creators of trance as we know it is Armin van Buuren. His “A State of Trance” parties (usually referred to as ASOT) are a coming together of music, lights, lasers, dancers, video production, and anything else you can possibly imagine.
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NHL Game
- November 05, 2014
- Sport
I had never been a particularly avid ice hockey fan, but always enjoyed watching it during the Olympic Games. Plus, I’d heard nothing but good things from anybody who’d ever attended a game. Maybe it was because of the epic fights, or because it was just an awesome sport to watch, but I was really excited about going to a live game.
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Test Drive A Ridiculously Expensive Car
- July 05, 2014
- Random
There’s nothing better than unleashing the full power of a sports car. Unfortunately for most people, being able to afford one is the tricky part. So while I try to get my finances in order, I figured the best way of ticking this off the list in the meantime is just to test drive one.
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Party Like A Rockstar
- July 06, 2013
- Party
So after we finished in Vegas, we thought we’d have a couple of quiet nights in Los Angeles. Of course, that’s not what actually happened. In fact, there was a slight turn of events that helped me tick this item off the bucket list. It’s not something I thought I’d ever really get to do properly. But I did. And it was awesome.
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“The Hangover” In Las Vegas
- June 26, 2013
- Party
What. A. Week. We made the movie “The Hangover” look like a PG-rated family movie. I don’t think I can go into all the details, because some of them are pretty foggy. But here’s the play-by-play breakdown:
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Electric Daisy Carnival
- June 24, 2013
- Party
Electric Daisy Carnival is the largest electronic dance music festival in the world. And while it hits cities all around the US, the holy grail is definitely Las Vegas, selling 320,000 tickets both in 2012 and 2013. That’s a LOT of people. It’s the biggest party week anywhere in the world, and there was no way I was missing it.
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Tough Mudder
- April 14, 2013
- Sport
This isn’t really my thing. I’m not a huge fan of running long distances or spending time in mud. But this event proclaims itself to be “Probably the toughest event on the planet”, so my competitive nature roped me into signing up. I had to do it at least once.
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Submit to PostSecret
- April 07, 2013
- Random
Every Sunday morning I wake up, and the first thing I do is go to the PostSecret website. Started by Frank Warren, PostSecret is “an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard”.
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Northern Lights
- January 01, 2013
- Adventure
The northern lights have fascinated me endlessly since I first learned about them growing up. How could something be so beautiful, and yet so few of us get to see it? I felt like seeing the northern lights could be a life changing experience for me. This was at the very top of my bucket list.
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Dog Sledding
- December 30, 2012
- Adventure
The more documentaries I watch, the more fascinated I become with the Arctic and Antarctic worlds. There’s just something about a winter landscape that’s incredibly peaceful. It’s an escape from the loudness of everyday life – like a cocoon of silence. A shelter.
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Ice Hotel
- December 29, 2012
- Adventure
Located just outside of Kiruna in Sweden’s far north, the Ice Hotel is an incredible yearly project that attracts thousands of tourists every winter season. They pull all the ice out of the frozen Torne River, and when the hotel melts in summer, all the water flows back to it’s place of origin. This makes it not just one of the most impressive construction project in the world, but also one of the most environmentally-friendly. read more
Snowmobiling
- December 28, 2012
- Adventure
No people. No traffic. Wide open spaces. Raw power. Then, suddenly, the track turns sharply and takes you straight through the forest. The windy path between trees is breathtaking. As you duck and weave the snow-covered branches, you can’t help but feel like an explorer.
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Hold A Snake
- December 08, 2012
- Fears
I have a phobia of snakes. I appreciate them as animals, and I respect their place in the animal kingdom. But that in no way prevents me from being completely terrified of them. So naturally, my brilliant idea was to meet my fear head-on.
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Tony Robbins’ Mastery University
- September 15, 2012
- Educational
Anthony Robbins is arguably the world’s best-known self-help and motivational speaker. He’s helped millions of people worldwide improve their quality of life.
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Tomorrowland
- July 26, 2012
- Party
I spent years dreaming of attending this festival. In fact, anybody who loves to party wants tickets to this event at some point. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. In 2012, the Tomorrowland organisers spent in the vicinity of $70 million organising this epic celebration of dance music. All 200,000 tickets sold out within an hour…
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World’s Best Restaurant
- July 13, 2012
- Random
There are millions of restaurants all over the world that I’ll never get the opportunity to try. Many of them would probably also be more beautiful, more delicious and more memorable than any we’ve been to before. So instead of attempting to try all of them, I decided to shoot for the top and eat at the world’s best restaurant.
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Donate Blood
- May 30, 2012
- Random
My fear of needles has been well documented, and as such I would prefer not to ever have contact with them. Having said that, donating blood has always been something I’ve wanted to do, especially in Australia where blood reserves haven’t been particularly high.
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Skydiving
- April 21, 2012
- Fears
I’m afraid of heights. Like, very afraid. Whenever I’m on a plane I get nervous during take-off, and turbulence has me sweating profusely. So it seemed like a logical solution to jump out of a plane at 14,000 feet, because that was somehow going to help me overcome that fear.
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Live In A Different City
- September 10, 2011
- Random
Up until this point in my life, this was by far the biggest decision I’d ever had to make. I’d been offered a position at an incredible company. Voted as the second best place to work Australia, I’d be joining a company unlike any other in the country and throwing myself well and truly outside my comfort zone – not to mention a different city altogether).
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Whale Meat
- August 29, 2011
- Consumable
I’m not entirely sure why I’ve always wanted to try this, but a part of me is very curious about food. It definitely wasn’t something I was expecting to encounter, but I got my opportunity to try whale meat (Minke whale, specifically) in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik.
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