Watching the sunset at John Hill Estate
There’s many things I love in life but top of that list have to be wine, good food, a great sunset and some serious Autumn beauty so it’s probably not...
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.
An ode to Waiwera Hot Pools
This blog post started life as a very different post. It was a celebration of returning to Waiwera Hot Pools with my kids – a spot that I used to...
Snapper and stingray at Gulf Harbour
We’d heard that you could spot Snapper and Stingray at Gulf Harbour but we had no idea just how up close and personal you could actually come to them. Growing...
Towering Kauri, choirs in the trees and great wine at Brick Bay
I knew Brick Bay Vineyard and Sculpture Trail was going to be good but I wasn’t prepared for quite how good it was. I’ve been to sculpture trails before. I’ve...
When to go to Hot Water Beach
Crashing waves so huge the beach is often closed, contrasted with a hot pool you dug yourself. The almost other worldly juxtaposition on this Coromandel beach is all part of...
Sipping Pina Coladas at The Lost Spring
Hot mineral pools from a lost spring in Whitianga that took 17 years to find, crystal caves, hidden paths and of course cocktails in the pool – there’s everything to...