Taking the tourist drive to Kerikeri
We try to avoid the direct routes where we can. They are generally inland, highly populated and while we may save a few minutes in drive time we’d rather take...
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.
Spending a morning in Russell
Our last day in Northland and James cousins Kylie and her husband Blair had come over to Paihia to spend the night hanging out with us and suggested heading over...
The top of New Zealand - Cape Reinga
If Tane Mahuta was on James bucket list then Cape Reinga was on my bucket list and it was definitely worth the 40 year wait to now be able to...
The Lord of the Forest - Tane Mahuta
Tane Mahuta is one of the things on James bucket list and was his first pick of things to do in Northland. Tane Mahuta sits proudly in the Waipoua Forest...
The Hokianga Ferry - Mind that gap in the map
Geography was never my strong subject. Maps elude and often confuse me (hence I’m in the business of Getting Lost) and I tend to take google as gospel when it...
Getting Lost in history at The Kauri Museum
The Kauri Museum in Matakohe wasn’t officially on our list but James Mum had raved about it so we decided to make a quick stop on our way up to...