What is the 'Challenge List'?

Hi I’m Mel! I’m an adventurist that is constantly seeking out new experiences with my Challenge List of 400 unique experiences. 

My little brother describes my Challenge List as a list where all I have ever wanted to do comes true. I would almost say that he is right, they are experiences that I have always said that I wanted to do. I decided to stop making excuses and that I needed to go out and do what I have always dreamed about achieving. 

Once I started writing the list I couldn’t stop, I realised that there were so many things that I was holding back on and making excuses that I didn’t have the time to complete them or couldn’t spare any money for them. Once I started crossing them off it became a passion to get more ticked off, I have loved every moment of each experience and the unique challenges that they all brought.

All are challenging in their own way, some are easier than others. Which includes making a gingerbread house, having a water fight, making a snow angel, planting a tree or getting an “Elf on the Shelf”. On the other hand, some are more time consuming – like folding 1000 origami cranes, reading all of the Harry Potter books or solving a Rubik’s Cube. Then there are the all-out challenges, such as walking 50,000 steps in 24 hours, setting a Guinness World Record or reading the Game of Thrones book series. Discover more about what a Challenge List is by checking out my full list of Challenges here.

Places to go

Afghanistan

□ Shrine of Hazrat Ali

Albania

□ Butrint

Algeria

□ Timgad

Andorra

Currently unsafe to travel

Angola

Currently unsafe to travel

Antarctica

□ Ross Ice Shelf
□ Shackleton’s Hut

Location specific activities in Antartica

□ Swim in the Antartic waters

Antigua & Barbuda

Currently unsafe to travel

Argentina

Aruba

□ Arikok National Park

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

Location specific activities in Australian Capital Territory

□ Sleep at Jenolong

New South Wales

Location specific activities in New South Wales

Northern Territory

Location specific activities in Northern Territory

Queensland

 

Location specific activities in Queensland

South Australia

Location specific activities in South Australia

Tasmania

Location specific activities in Tasmania

Victoria

Location specific activities in Victoria

Western Australia

Location specific activities in Western Australia

Australian Islands

Location specific activities on Australian Islands

Location specific activities in Australia (across various states)

Austria

Location specific activities in Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Location specific activities in Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Location specific activities in Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Location specific activities in Bolivia

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Location specific activities in Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

□ Mindelo

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Location specific activities in Canada

Central African Republic

□ Chutes de Boali

Cayman Islands

Location specific activities in Cayman Islands

Chad

Chile

China

Location specific activities in China

Colombia

Location specific activities in Colombia

Comoro Islands

□ 

Congo, Democratic Repulic of the 

□ Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary 

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Ecuador

Egypt

Location specific activities in Egypt

El Salvador

England

Location specific activities in England

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Fiji

Finland

Location specific activities in Finland

France

Location specific activities in France

French Polynesia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Location specific activities in Greece

Greenland

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Location specific activities in Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Location specific activities in Indonesia

India

Location specific activities in India

Iran

Ireland

Location specific activities in Ireland

Israel

Italy

Location specific activities in Italy

Jamaica

Location specific activities in Jamaica

Japan

Location specific activities in Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Location specific activities in Laos

Lebanon

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Mexico

Location specific activities in Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Location specific activities in Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Location specific activities in Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

Location specific activities in Netherlands

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Republic of Congo

Romania

Russia

Location specific activities in Russia

Rwanda

Samoa

Scotland

Location specific activities in Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Location specific activities in Spain

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Location specific activities in St Lucia

Sweden

Switzerland

Tahiti

Location specific activities in Tahiti

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Location specific activities in Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Location specific activities in Thailand

Tibet

Trinidad & Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Location specific activities in Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States of America

Location specific activities in United States of America

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wales

Location specific activities in Wales

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Around the world

Location specific activities around the world