8 things to know about the Te Ara Tahuna (Orewa) Estuary Walkway
I love walking. But I hate hills. Blame it on my early life in Christchurch on the flat for my early conditioning to the wide flat easy walking streets. Or...
Getting Lost - the blog
Getting Lost started out as a travel blog in 2015. James and I had just rekindled our relationship 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.
- All
- Abel Tasman
- Auckland
- Bay of Plenty
- Cambridge
- Canterbury
- Central Otago
- Christchurch
- Coromandel Peninsula
- Cromwell
- Dunedin
- Glenorchy
- Gold Coast
- Hamilton
- Hanmer Springs
- Hawera
- Hawkes Bay
- Invercargill
- Kapiti Coast
- Katikati
- Marlborough Sounds
- Matauri Bay
- Melbourne
- Milford Sound
- Mornington Peninsula
- Napier
- Nelson
- New Plymouth
- New South Wales
- Northland
- Palmerston North
- Queenstown
- Raglan
- Random Musings On Life
- Rotorua
- Ruapehu
- Singapore
- Southland
- Sydney
- Taranaki
- Taupo
- Tauranga
- Te Anau
- Tirau
- Waitomo
- Wellington
- West Coast - South Island
The lazy girls guide to conquering Rangitoto Island…
The green rugged symmetrical landscape of Rangitoto is such an iconic feature of the Auckland skyline that you’d be forgiven for not knowing that up close this features an assortment...
Snorkelling at Motutapu Island
We well and truly caught the snorkelling bug in the Poor Knights. So when we saw that EMR were going out Motutapu for a day snorkelling (for just $25 per...
Why you should absolutely not tell anyone about Centennial Park
I’ve got a secret. I know, why am I sharing it on here – but trust me, I’ve shared two other secret spots in Auckland here (secret spot one is...
Leave the kids at home and go to the zoo
If you have kids you are probably a regular visitor to your local zoo. I bought an annual pass when my girls were little and we were there on a...
Lighthouses & private beaches - why we love Awhitu Peninsula
I blame it on growing up on the Whangaparoa Peninsula but I have a penchant for peninsulas. You’re almost always guaranteed a beautiful view with water around both sides of...