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Getting off the beaten track in Queensland

Getting off the beaten track in Queensland

On our first family holiday to Queensland, I didn’t want it to be the same experience that everyone else has...

How we made (and tested!) the Cruise Edition of the Getting Lost Game

How we made (and tested!) the Cruise Edition of the Getting Lost Game

We crowd sourced ideas for the Cruise Edition from our epic community and then went on a cruise to test...

Exploring Dravuni Island with the Island Edition

Exploring Dravuni Island with the Island Edition

What better place to test our new Island Edition of the Getting Lost Game than my very first trip to...

Playing the Walkers Edition in Sydney

Playing the Walkers Edition in Sydney

We let the Walkers Edition guide us through Sydney - finding rooftop lounges & underground whisky bars

Exploring the Grounds of Alexandria

Exploring the Grounds of Alexandria

The Grounds of Alexandria felt like an oasis in the craziness that is Sydney.  An ever unfolding vista of photo...

Finding Sydney’s hidden bars with a bag full of Bluey toys

Finding Sydney’s hidden bars with a bag full of Bluey toys

3 Mums out on the town without their kids in Sydney, but perhaps not so strangely, with a bag full...

8 things to do with teenagers in New Plymouth

8 things to do with teenagers in New Plymouth

New Plymouth is an epic playground for teenagers with a nighttime playground set amongst the lights, hidden dining areas, cliff...

Letting the birds guide me around Hamilton Gardens

Letting the birds guide me around Hamilton Gardens

The Hamilton Gardens are one of my favourite places to explore, but exploring them using the NZ Bird Edition of...

Three Sisters and the Elephant

Three Sisters and the Elephant

It's all about timing to visit the Three Sisters and the Elephant.  Only accessible at low tide you'll also have...

Playing the Road Trip Edition in New Plymouth

Playing the Road Trip Edition in New Plymouth

In New Plymouth for 48 hours with my teenagers so we decided to use the Road Trip Edition of the...

Playing the Girls Road Trip Edition in 1960's Kombi Vans

Playing the Girls Road Trip Edition in 1960's Kombi Vans

16 women, 3 chauffeur-driven Kombi vans, one Girls Road Trip Edition of the Getting Lost Game and absolutely no idea...

How to find the best restaurant in Melbourne

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...

Taking the Girls Road Trip Edition to the Yarra Valley

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...

Exploring Melbourne on foot

Exploring Melbourne on foot

We had a day to explore Melbourne so took the Walkers Edition of the Getting Lost Game to explore the...

When we lived and worked in Melbourne

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,...

Getting Lost in the ngahere

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

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...

Sydney 

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...

9 dog parks to go to with your best friend in Auckland

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...

Across that stream, find the path and then you’ll find the Waipu Pancake Rocks

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...

Mike and Nicky’s place in Kerikeri

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...

5 things to do for the ultimate luxury weekend in Paihia 

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...

Hundertwasser Art Centre & an awesome lunch

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...

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

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...

Alix Apothecary

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...

Waitete Bay

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...

Leaping, spinning, swinging, flying at Coromandel Zipline Tours

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...

Rotoiti Hot Pools Rotorua bath in a hot water creek

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...

Rotoiti Hot Pools Rotorua

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...

Rotorua Canopy Tour

Finding magic in the trees at Rotorua Canopy Tours

I’m sitting here on terra firma, feet up and laptop on my knees, 3 days after flying through virgin native...

Redwood forest Getting Lost

Getting Lost in The Redwoods

Well, any number of searches could have led you here. If you are genuinely lost in The Redwoods – Whakarewarewa...

Camper Edition Getting Lost Quirky Campers

The ultimate road test for the Camper Edition

Kiki and I road tested the newest Getting Lost Game – The Camper Edition in a quirky little camper called...

Cuba Street shopping

How to have the perfect holiday with teenagers in Wellington

It was with some trepidations that I took my 3 teenage daughters (13, 14 and 15) to Wellington for a...

Shark mural Wellington

9 things unique to Wellington that won’t cost a cent

It took the kids less than a day to ask why the people in Wellington were different. It used to...

Off the Loop

Why you should explore outside of Wellington city on your next trip

It’s tempting when you visit Wellington to stay in the city. The city is so wonderfully compact and public transport...

Wellington Cuba Mall

My 20 year love affair with Wellington

Wellington has the biggest place in my heart. I arrived there as a precocious 22 year old to join an...

Carlucci Land

Expect the unexpected at Carlucci Land

Located in Happy Valley (a 10 minute drive from Wellington) Carlucci Land is not what you’d expect from Mini Golf....

Waitete Bay

Waitete Bay to Colville - conquering my mountain 

It’s not the getting lost that I struggle with. No matter how busy I am I always seem to squeeze...

Waitete Bay

After 7 years we’re finally going to tell you about Waitete Bay

We’ve been coming to Waitete Bay for 7 years now and I still haven’t penned a blog post about it....

K-Road

The ever changing canvas of Auckland's K-Road

I’ve loved K-Road (Karangahape Road) for as long as I can remember. It’s full of history and culture. I on...

Able Tasman

Abel Tasman and the beach that NZ bought

So if like us you’ve been seeing all those pictures of the clear blue waters and golden sands with kayakers...

Collingwood

Put Collingwood and Farewell Spit on your NZ Must Do List

Up until 2021 the furtherest I’d explored on the top of the South Island was Nelson – so I had...

Anatoki Salmon Farm

Why we travelled 13 hours to go fishing at Anatoki Salmon Farm

Despite never being to this part of the country before the Anatoki Salmon Farm is something I’ve heard loads about...

Letter to my 24 year old self

Letter to my 24 year old self

Have you ever wished you could go back in time to tell your younger self to stop worrying and just...

Nelson

6 tips to get the most out of Nelson

We had no idea what to expect when we booked 3 nights at the Hotel Nelson in January except for...

Portage

The Portage - the best view in the Sounds

Those of you who read this blog know that I have a weird juxtaposition of luxury and getting off the...

Chateau Tongariro

Stepping back in time at The Chateau Tongariro

The Chateau Tongariro has had a place in my heart for the longest time. It’s grandness is on a scale...

Paraparaumu Beach

Pick a path - Auckland to Wellington two ways

My favourite poem is Robert Frost’s Road Less Travelled. In fact this blog was almost called The Untravelled Road, until...

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