Hanging out with seals on Papamoa Beach
Papamoa was our final destination on our 24 hour trip to the Bay of Plenty and what a destination it is! We were lucky enough to be staying at James...
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 quick visit to Historic gold mining town Waihi
We hadn’t planned to stop as we made our way to Papamoa late on Saturday afternoon but the historic gold mining town of Waihi was just too interesting not to...
New roads to travel
I love an untravelled road. I’m with Robert Frost on this one that the more off the beaten track the better so once we had passed through the familiar streets...
25 years to get my bike license
I’ve wanted a bike since I can remember but it’s taken me 25 years to get my bike license. Every birthday and Christmas growing up as a kid I wanted...
Going back to Whangaparaoa Peninsula
Today I had the privilege of meeting a few of you who follow us on Getting Lost down at Army Bay. For me, heading up to the Whangaparaoa Peninsula today...
Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens
I’ve been flat out at work lately so getting time off in the weekend has become a bit of a rarity so today’s trip out to the Kaipara Sculpture Gardens...