Living off the land
There’s nothing so rewarding as catching, picking or hunting your dinner in New Zealand and living off the land! It brings us together with mates and family. It makes us...
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
Turning 40 with not a thing ticked off the list I forgot to write
There’s a quote that says “getting lost is a good way to find yourself” and I think it sums up my 30’s to perfection. I arrived at 30 with an...
What makes a Dad?
Today is Fathers Day. As I was buying 6 Fathers Day cards I decided it was time for a little reflecting on what makes a dad? Growing up, my view...
What happens when there is a new Mum in town?
Now up until this point I’ve been the only Mum in town. I’ve been Mum to my 2 beautiful girls and step mum to my beautiful step daughter and while...
And then she said she loves me back...
This post is for all you step mums out there who feel like you are doing a terrible job when it comes to raising your step children. For me, my...
Our blended family - what we learnt in our first year
This week it is our one year anniversary of being a fully fledged blended family. This time one year ago we packed James daughter (who was 7 at the time)...