Getting Lost Travel Blog
Getting Lost the Travel Blog began in 2014. It was born shortly after Cat and James rekindled their relationship after a 20+ year break.
It was the love child of two people who just couldn’t be more different. James, a Joiner from the Hauraki Plains, was fearless – hunting and gathering, exploring shipwrecks, jumping into hidden water holes and sliding down hills.
Cat, a Strategist in an Auckland Advertising Agency and part time photographer knew a lot of restaurants, was constantly on the hunt for the perfect photo and had an infallible knack for getting lost. Oh and then there’s the 3 daughters they were now trying to bring together.
It was a brilliant, beautiful, messy chaos – full with wonderful exploration and a random adventure of getting lost that started it all. So now they’ve amassed over 200 stories, they’ve built a big, wonderful community who love random adventure too and they’ve created a travel adventure game that’s sold more than 100,000 games around the world.
You can find our latest adventures here or explore by destination below.
Recent posts
How to find the best restaurant in Melbourne
My sister (who works alongside me at Getting Lost) and I recently spent 9 days in Melbourne attending the Reed Gift Fairs. Reed Gift Fair is a massive trade fair where makers...
Taking the Girls Road Trip Edition to the Yarra Valley
My sister and I had a day free in Melbourne. We had the perfect combination of no children & nowhere to be (unheard of for us) so we decided to take the...
Exploring Melbourne on foot
We had a day to explore Melbourne so took the Walkers Edition of the Getting Lost Game to explore the city in a different way. Melbourne is like a game of pass...
When we lived and worked in Melbourne
9 days living and working in Melbourne with my little sister. From our 18th floor apartment over the Yarra River, our adventures around the city, laneways, vineyards, chocolate factories and art -...
Getting Lost in the ngahere
Roimata took her whanau into the ngahere for a day of exploring with the Getting Lost Game Bush Walk Edition.
Getting Lost for 2 days in New South Wales
We took the Aussie Edition of the Getting Lost Game to explore New South Wales and found camel rides along the sand dunes, swimming pools with sharks and rays, snakes to pet,...
30 hours in Sydney…. With kids
How to make the most of 30 hours in Sydney with primary aged children. Exploring Sea Life, Darling Harbour, Wild Life Sydney Zoo, Madame Tussaud's, Opera House and the Botanic Gardens
9 dog parks to go to with your best friend in Auckland
Auckland has some amazing dog parks and beaches to spend some time hanging out with your dog. Here are 9 of our favourite places to spend time with your best friend.
Across that stream, find the path and then you’ll find the Waipu Pancake Rocks
Any direction that begins with “wade across the stream to the start of the path”, coupled with the warning that it may be hard to find is going to draw me to...
Mike and Nicky’s place in Kerikeri
What if we told you that we know about a place you can stay in your own private loft above a potters workshop. That you’d be staring out at a river from...
5 things to do for the ultimate luxury weekend in Paihia
Lockdowns, puppies, teenagers and long working weeks as we grapple with a rapidly growing business are a bit of a death knell for the romantic weekend away. James and I created Getting...
Hundertwasser Art Centre & an awesome lunch
There are a few towns in New Zealand that every time I visit they just get better and better. Whangarei is definitely one of those for me. Hundertwasser Art Centre Last time...
My experience exploring Waitangi Treaty Grounds
James and I spent a weekend in Paihia just by ourselves and decided to explore the Waitangi Treaty grounds. I’ve visited Waitangi many times but this was the first time that I’ve...
Making your own perfume at Alix Apothecary
Maybe it’s from when I was a child making “potions” with flowers in the back garden. It’s certainly not from my failed attempt at science in the fifth form. But there is...
Just incase you thought you dreamt it all, it was all real
Dear Hunter, Jet and Marlow, One day in your far off adult life, you’ll recall this Easter Weekend in hazy fragments that live in your 4, 5 and 8 year old minds....
Leaping, spinning, swinging, flying at Coromandel Zipline Tours
If I had to use just one word to describe Coromandel Zip Line Tours I’d use abandon. The dictionary says it’s a complete lack of inhibition or restraint and that’s exactly how...
What to do on a girls weekend in Rotorua
So you are planning a girls weekend in Rotorua? I’ve been on all kinds of holidays in Rotorua – holidays as a kid, with my kids when they were little, with other...
Lake Rotoiti Hot Pools & baths in hot water creeks
If you are anything like me you’d be sold as soon as you heard the words “hidden hot springs on the lake front accessible only by boat or float plane” but oh...