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
Cycle tracks on the North Shore
Years ago I used to rattle my way down the Ngauranga Gorge on my old Warehouse bike in Wellington on my way to work each day but its taken us a while...
Exploring Auckland's new pink cycle lane
You have to love a city where a sentence can start with follow the pink lane to…. That’s exactly what happens with Auckland’s new pink cycle lane. Made from a disused off...
Stepping into the past at Highwic
Ever since I was a little girl I have loved visiting heritage buildings. I could never stand at the top of the sweeping stairs at Smith and Caughey without imagining I was...
Photographing Auckland at night
I love photographing Auckland at night. Not only does she look stunning but you meet the most interesting people hanging out with you… There is always a fellow photographer, chatting while waiting...
Clevedon Animal Farm
Picking up Miss K (8) from her 2 week holiday down in Thames we decided to once again combined work with a bit of getting lost out at Clevedon Animal Farm… I...
Date night in Piha
It’s not every day that your work takes you to a location as lovely as this but on Tuesday night I was photographing a lovely young family out at Piha at sunset...
Creating new Christmas Traditions
This Christmas we decided to create a new family tradition by visiting the Albany Xmas Pines Farm to choose our Christmas Pine Tree. Those in the know (clearly not us novices) had...
Getting lost in Auckland in a limo?!?
Way back in March we were lucky enough to get 5 tickets for the Maroon 5 concert in Auckland in October. Our 3 children are huge Maroon 5 fans so you would...
Exploring North Head
Tonight we ventured up to North Head with the kids. We finished dinner early and had 2 hours till bed time and felt like something a little adventurous so we parked the...
When we were young in Stillwater
I am in love with Adele’s new song – When we were young – why? It reminds me of when we were young and the first time I met you in Stillwater…...
Tree Adventures
Our girls are monkeys. They are forever climbing things and seem to have no limit or fear. So what better thing to do for Krystal’s 8th birthday than to take her out...
Auckland Botanical Gardens
For a photographer, gardens are like walking into a candy shop – there are so many things to photograph and great backdrops to use. And Auckland Botanical Gardens was a great candy...
Getting Lost
Our family was born in May 2015 after James and Cat rekindled their childhood romance and blended their two families together. I met James when I was 12 years old in Stillwater...