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
Lodges and fancy dinners on the outskirts of Whangarei
All to often we can pick a spot by how close it is to the city centre but when you are wanting to get away from it all, sometimes it’s about how...
8 things to know about the Te Ara Tahuna (Orewa) Estuary Walkway
I love walking. But I hate hills. Blame it on my early life in Christchurch on the flat for my early conditioning to the wide flat easy walking streets. Or perhaps it...
9 tips to tame the budget in Paihia
It’s just so easy to spend money in Paihia – there are just so many amazing things to do and a lot of them are quite pricey. I know first hand just...
5 ways to play the Getting Lost Game in school holidays
School holidays are almost upon us again. For those of us in Auckland that have just gone through another 3 weeks of homeschooling this term it feels like the term hasn’t even...
How to plan the perfect Coromandel escape with teenagers
It’s tough to figure out what your teenagers will like at the best of times. So to say I was feeling a bit of pressure around planning the perfect Coromandel escape for...
The easiest (and potentially longest) trip to the supermarket ever!
We don’t like to do things the usual way. It’s generally a lot less fun and a bit too predictable for our liking. We’re a bit of a “give it a whirl...
The lazy girls guide to conquering Rangitoto Island…
The green rugged symmetrical landscape of Rangitoto is such an iconic feature of the Auckland skyline that you’d be forgiven for not knowing that up close this features an assortment of brightly...
Snorkelling at Motutapu Island
We well and truly caught the snorkelling bug in the Poor Knights. So when we saw that EMR were going out Motutapu for a day snorkelling (for just $25 per person including...
Why you should tell a blogger you love them today
Part of the life of a blogger is dealing with the comments. I love bloggers like Constance Hall, Emily Writes and Liz Carlson but I don’t know how they handle the comments...
The Getting Lost Game - the unique Kiwi Travel Game
The Getting Lost Game is designed to inspire adventures and get people out of what they know and explore that untravelled path. It’s purposefully offline and deliberately like those games we played...
Top 5 places to stay in New Zealand
We get to stay in a lot of amazing places as we travel around New Zealand so we thought it was about time we made a list of our top 5 places...
How to make your next work trip much less boring
I’m a firm believer in trusting your instincts, turning down random roads just because they look interesting and getting absolutely everything out of every place you go. It’s why we made the...
Where to stay, play and eat on the Tutukaka Coast
I’m a first time visitor to the Tutukaka Coast. Growing up it felt like everyone had been there, and James talked about it all the time. So when I was given the...
Why you should absolutely not tell anyone about Centennial Park
I’ve got a secret. I know, why am I sharing it on here – but trust me, I’ve shared two other secret spots in Auckland here (secret spot one is here, secret...
How to have a perfect day as a non diver in the Poor Knights
The Poor Knights are something that I’ve heard a lot about through James. He’s dived there quite a few times when he was younger, sailed there with his Dad as a young...
Tauranga - big city perks with small town heart
Tauranga is such an entirely liveable city. Beautiful weather, shops if you feel so inclined (why would you with so much to explore but it’s nice to know they are there), it’s...
Why you have to visit McLaren Falls
I have this vague memory of going somewhere amazing when I was a kid. I remember loads of rocks and little pools. I remember dressing my barbies in their togs my Nan...
Papamoa Beach Resort - the perfect spot to relax and unwind
There’s just something about the feeling of being exclusive. Usually it comes with a big price tag and me feeling a bit self conscious but at Papamoa Beach Resort we had all...