![#13 See a performance at the Sydney Opera House](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_470,h_140/https://thegrown-upgapyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cimg7181-470x140.jpg)
Whenever people ask me if I like travelling solo I always tell them it has its pros and its cons. On one hand it’s nice…
![Falling in love...](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_470,h_140/https://thegrown-upgapyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/routeburn1-470x140.jpg)
I have a confession to make and this may shock some people and even cause some of you to de-friend me on Facebook, but I…
![E is for Earland Falls and Emily Creek (continuing wtih the alphabet challenge)](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_470,h_140/https://thegrown-upgapyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cimg6833-470x140.jpg)
I was starting to get a bit worried about finding E, as it turns out nowhere in New Zealand begins with this pesky letter. (Ok…
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The first time I went to Christchurch, like many tourists, I completely wrote it off. I arrived the day after the one year anniversary of the…
![#12 Walk on New Zealand's Franz Josef glacier](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_470,h_140/https://thegrown-upgapyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ice-470x140.jpg)
The night before I went on the Franz Josef glacier I saw a couple shivering over the hot soup offered by the hostel. “Have you…
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Imagine for a minute you’re a dolphin (just go with me on this one people). You’re merrily swimming along with about 400 of your mates…
![#10 Do a skydive in New Zealand](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_470,h_140/https://thegrown-upgapyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/skydive-470x140.jpg)
Ok, first of all I have a confession to make. Despite asking people for ideas for my 30b430 list, I really did not want to…