Adele and why we should always dance in the rain
We all know what happened at the Adele concert last night. It poured, it bucketed. We all (including Adele) got wet. We were humbled when a superstar like Adele put...
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.
A tale of a death on a boat, The Kestrel and the importance of stopping
My Mum has been researching our family tree and found a rather poignant tale about my Great, great, great Grandfather. A widower, it seems he had been on his way...
Taking a detour to Antarctica on the way home
Now as you know, we are all about getting lost. Sometimes though I find with kids it’s a good idea to have a bit of an idea of the general...
5 reasons why you should go to school camp
This week I went on my first school camp. It’s something I’ve been looking forward to and dreading in equal parts. Maybe it’s from the movies (I’m definitely on the...
Summer on the road
I knew we drove a lot this summer – what I didn’t realise is that we drove for 27 hours, or over 2,000 kms. This summer we took our longest...
24 Hours in New Plymouth
Our last stop on our whistle stop road trip of the Central North Island was New Plymouth. The kids had chosen to stay at Flamingo Motel which comfortably slept all...