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Getting Lost started out as a travel blog in 2015. James and I had just got together and we were adventuring like never before with our then 6, 7 and 8 year old daughters. I started documenting it all on a blog called Getting Lost. A few of you followed us and you asked us how we found all these places. So we made a game with directions to get you off the beaten track. On the blog are hundreds of our adventures around Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Fiji over the last 10 years and of course, how it all began.

How to make your next work trip much less boring

I’m a firm believer in trusting your instincts, turning down random roads just because they look interesting and getting absolutely everything out of every place you go. It’s why we made the Getting Lost Game – to make it easier for people to dwell, to give them an excuse to explore and adventure no matter where they were. But we still seem to put these adventures on weekends rather than bring them into the week day. How many times have you been on work trips and just gone straight to the meeting and then home? Worse yet, how many times...

Getting off the beaten track in Queensland

On our first family holiday to Queensland, I didn’t want it to be the same experience that everyone else has...

How we made (and tested!) the Cruise Edition of the Getting Lost Game

We crowd sourced ideas for the Cruise Edition from our epic community and then went on a cruise to test...

Exploring Dravuni Island with the Island Edition

What better place to test our new Island Edition of the Getting Lost Game than my very first trip to...

Playing the Walkers Edition in Sydney

We let the Walkers Edition guide us through Sydney - finding rooftop lounges & underground whisky bars

Exploring the Grounds of Alexandria

The Grounds of Alexandria felt like an oasis in the craziness that is Sydney. An ever unfolding vista of photo...

Finding Sydney’s hidden bars with a bag full of Bluey toys

3 Mums out on the town without their kids in Sydney, but perhaps not so strangely, with a bag full...

8 things to do with teenagers in New Plymouth

New Plymouth is an epic playground for teenagers with a nighttime playground set amongst the lights, hidden dining areas, cliff...

Letting the birds guide me around Hamilton Gardens

The Hamilton Gardens are one of my favourite places to explore, but exploring them using the NZ Bird Edition of...

Three Sisters and the Elephant

It's all about timing to visit the Three Sisters and the Elephant. Only accessible at low tide you'll also have...

Playing the Road Trip Edition in New Plymouth

In New Plymouth for 48 hours with my teenagers so we decided to use the Road Trip Edition of the...

Playing the Girls Road Trip Edition in 1960's Kombi Vans

16 women, 3 chauffeur-driven Kombi vans, one Girls Road Trip Edition of the Getting Lost Game and absolutely no idea...

How to find the best restaurant in Melbourne

My sister (who works alongside me at Getting Lost) and I recently spent 9 days in Melbourne attending the Reed...

Taking the Girls Road Trip Edition to the Yarra Valley

My sister and I had a day free in Melbourne. We had the perfect combination of no children & nowhere...

Exploring Melbourne on foot

We had a day to explore Melbourne so took the Walkers Edition of the Getting Lost Game to explore the...

When we lived and worked in Melbourne

9 days living and working in Melbourne with my little sister. From our 18th floor apartment over the Yarra River,...

Getting Lost in the ngahere

Roimata took her whanau into the ngahere for a day of exploring with the Getting Lost Game Bush Walk Edition.

Getting Lost for 2 days in New South Wales

We took the Aussie Edition of the Getting Lost Game to explore New South Wales and found camel rides along...

30 hours in Sydney…. With kids

How to make the most of 30 hours in Sydney with primary aged children. Exploring Sea Life, Darling Harbour, Wild...

9 dog parks to go to with your best friend in Auckland

Auckland has some amazing dog parks and beaches to spend some time hanging out with your dog. Here are 9...

Across that stream, find the path and then you’ll find the Waipu Pancake Rocks

Any direction that begins with “wade across the stream to the start of the path”, coupled with the warning that...

Mike and Nicky’s place in Kerikeri

What if we told you that we know about a place you can stay in your own private loft above...

5 things to do for the ultimate luxury weekend in Paihia

Lockdowns, puppies, teenagers and long working weeks as we grapple with a rapidly growing business are a bit of a...

Hundertwasser Art Centre & an awesome lunch

There are a few towns in New Zealand that every time I visit they just get better and better. Whangarei...

My experience exploring Waitangi Treaty Grounds

James and I spent a weekend in Paihia just by ourselves and decided to explore the Waitangi Treaty grounds. I’ve...

Making your own perfume at Alix Apothecary

Maybe it’s from when I was a child making “potions” with flowers in the back garden. It’s certainly not from...

Just incase you thought you dreamt it all, it was all real

Dear Hunter, Jet and Marlow, One day in your far off adult life, you’ll recall this Easter Weekend in hazy...

Leaping, spinning, swinging, flying at Coromandel Zipline Tours

If I had to use just one word to describe Coromandel Zip Line Tours I’d use abandon. The dictionary says...

Rotoiti Hot Pools Rotorua bath in a hot water creek

What to do on a girls weekend in Rotorua

So you are planning a girls weekend in Rotorua? I’ve been on all kinds of holidays in Rotorua – holidays...

Lake Rotoiti Hot Pools & baths in hot water creeks

If you are anything like me you’d be sold as soon as you heard the words “hidden hot springs on...

Finding magic in the trees at Rotorua Canopy Tours

I’m sitting here on terra firma, feet up and laptop on my knees, 3 days after flying through virgin native...

Getting Lost in The Redwoods

Well, any number of searches could have led you here. If you are genuinely lost in The Redwoods – Whakarewarewa...

Camper Edition Getting Lost Quirky Campers

The ultimate road test for the Camper Edition

Kiki and I road tested the newest Getting Lost Game – The Camper Edition in a quirky little camper called...

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