100 Things to Do before you Die

Date Added: 31/05/2011

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Earlier this year, we asked the Australian Traveller community to vote for their favourite things to do in Australia. We received hundreds upon hundreds of nominations, from local secrets to stumbled-upon surprises and well-tramped icons of The Outback. From that list, we asked a panel of ten well-respected and well-travelled Australians to help us vote on the final 100 – they rated each from 1 to 10 based on their personal knowledge or interest in the experience and thus we created the top 100 things we feel every Australian traveller must do before they die. To find out who was on the panel, click here.

001	Visit Lord Howe Island	051	Hire a houseboat on the Hawkesbury
002	Fly over the Bungle Bungles	052	Pootle down the Murray on a paddleboat
003	See Lake Eyre in flood	053	Uncover bones at the Age of Dinosaurs Museum
004	Walk our most beautiful beach at Wineglass Bay	054	Kayak on Coles Bay
005	Take a year off and drive around Australia	055	Visit Europe without a passport in the Barossa
006	Go back to nature in Kakadu	056	Stay on an outback cattle station
007	Explore ancient Arnhem Land	057	Drive the Gibb River Rd
008	Visit the Australian Antarctic Territory	058	Go to the Birdsville Races
009	Cross the country both ways by train	059	Take a seaplane to Whitehaven Beach
010	Soak up the spectacular Flinders Ranges	060	See in the New Year on Sydney Harbour
011	Drive the Great Ocean Road	061	Tackle the ‘tracks’ by 4WD
012	Hike the Overland Track to Cradle Mountain	062	Explore the unknown on the Torres Strait Islands
013	Meet the dolphins at Monkey Mia	063	See the Australian Ballet perform
014	Eat your way around King Island	064	Climb the Harbour Bridge
015	Cruise the Kimberley in the wet season	065	Find a waterfall by chopper
016	Swim with whale sharks on Ningaloo Reef	066	Ride in a camel train along Cable Beach
017	Sail the Whitsundays	067	Experience Karijini National Park
018	Take the Manly ferry	068	See Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series
019	Go walkabout in the Land of the Never Never	069	Go to the Melbourne Cup
020	Snorkel Rowley Shoals Marine Park	070	See something big at the MCG
021	Join a cattle drive in The Outback	071	Be the first in Australia to see the sunrise
022	Walk the rim of Kings Canyon	072	Have a barbie with friends on the beach
023	Explore Sydney Harbour’s Beaches	073	Walk in the wilderness of Maria Island
024	Spot a platypus in the wild	074	Hike the Larapinta Trail
025	Visit Remarkable Rocks	075	Go to the Tamworth Country Music Festival
026	Complete the Uluru base walk	076	Eat fresh lobster in Robe
027	Reach Australia’s northernmost point at Cape York	077	Drive across the Nullarbor Plain
028	Tick off all the Luxury Lodges of Australia	078	Go to the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame
029	Trek to the Bay of Fires	079	Trawl Melbourne’s laneways
030	Eat at Tetsuya’s	080	Marvel at The Pinnacles
031	Road-trip the Savannah Way	081	Go to the annual Outback Festival in Winton
032	Conquer the sand dunes of the Simpson	082	See the oldest man-made structures in the world
033	Camp on Lady Musgrave Island	083	See a performance at the Opera House
034	Hire a van and drive around Tassie	084	Take the family to a Great Barrier Reef island
035	See the little penguins on Phillip Island	085	Join the dawn service at the Australian War Memorial
036	Dive the Great Barrier Reef	086	Go jungle surfing at Cape Tribulation
037	See Tassie devils in the wild	087	See the flood plains of the Mary River wetlands
038	Whale-watch in Hervey Bay	088	Experience Mt Isa
039	Traipse through the Tarkine	089	Dig deep into Hill End’s rich gold and art history
040	Find a pearl in Broome	090	Be at the finish line of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
041	Visit an Aboriginal art community	091	Stay at a real Aussie pub
042	Take a hot-air balloon flight over the Red Centre	092	See the Devils Marbles up close
043	Look into our convict past at Port Arthur	093	Grab a seat at the Australian Open
044	Treetop Walking in Lamington National Park	094	Have a picnic into the night at Tropfest
045	Marvel at the wildlife on Kangaroo Island	095	See where the rainforest meets the sea in the Daintree
046	Watch the sunset from Steep Point	096	Cruise Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour
047	Rejuvenate in Victoria’s Spa Country	097	See the outback sculpture in Broken Hill
048	Rev yourself up on the Outback Trailblazer	098	Help protect our country’s flora and fauna
049	‘Climb’ Mt Kosciuzsko	099	Go to the Tiwi Islands’ annual footy day
050	Go underground at Coober Pedy	100	Get stranded on Wilson Island

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