Giving our kids the childhood we had
It’s a thing we hear so often – I wish my kids could have the kind of childhood we had. We look back on our childhood with not only nostalgia...
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
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...
Silverdale Adventure Park
We love exploring new places, getting outdoors and doing fun, adventurous things together so Silverdale Adventure Park immediately ticked all those boxes and when we arrived it was even better...
Exploring Hamilton Zoo
Hamilton Zoo is hands down my favourite zoo. I know that other zoo’s have more animals and are bigger but for me there is something really special about this little...
Exploring the South Island in a Campervan
The South Island of New Zealand is a truly magnificent place to visit and one of the best (and most affordable) ways to see it all is by hiring a...
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...