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
The Mount Hot Saltwater Pools
The Mount Hot Pools feel to me like something that could only possible happen in New Zealand. For starters they sit under an extinct volcano. And the said volcano is dotted with...
My promise to Katikati to stop being a passer through
I feel like I’ve done you wrong a few times now Katikati. Every time I drive through I love that little peak of ocean you get as you come around the bend....
Swimming with my husbands ex girlfriends at Miranda Hot Pools
I have a great story to tell about Miranda Hot Pools. We went to Miranda Hot Pools on our way home from an epic birthday long weekend in Tauranga with the kids...
When we went wandering through Waterlily Gardens
I never want to go home. It’s not that I don’t love my home, I do. I just always want to get the last little bit out of every holiday or day...
How I got lost on Sentosa Island
Sentosa Island was on my maybe list. It looked amazing but there was so much that I wanted to do in Singapore that I just didn’t know if I’d have time to...
Making peace with Puhoi
Puhoi and I have a chequered past. It started out 25 years ago. It was the mid 90’s and I’d left school at 17 and had my first job at a timber...
Learn How To Love Travelling Alone
This may be surprising given I write a travel blog, but up until last month the furtherest I had ever travelled from New Zealand was to Australia. There’s a myriad of reasons...
Four places in Singapore you need to add to your list
I spent 5 days in Singapore, and two of these were working so I didn’t have the most time to explore. I literally made the most of every hour I had –...
What you need to know about shopping in Singapore
Despite being renowned for it’s shopping it wasn’t originally high on my list of must do’s when I visited Singapore. But I’m always one to be proven wrong and shopping became a...
Why Singapores Gardens by the Bay will blow your mind
Against a vision of creating a city in a garden, Gardens by the Bay in Singapore fits this bill perfectly. Its leafy lushness gives way to impossible works of art in the...
What you need to know about Singapore's top attractions
If you are anything like me you will have read a whole bunch of blogs and guides before you embark on your adventure in Singapore. So rather than tell you again to...
How I found 8th wonder of the world at Waimangu
Ever since I was a child I’ve been fascinated by the Mount Tarawera Eruption. I used to spend hours wandering through the Buried Village reading the tails of the guide Sophia and...
Luxurious private spas and steaming lakes at the Polynesian Spa
I’m a huge advocate for balancing any trip with a little bit of luxury. I’m all up for a camping holiday but after 5 nights on an airbed I was craving a...
5 Things You Need To Do Twice In Rotorua
Some things are just so good that you have to do them twice. Over the past few years we’ve been fairly regular visitors to Rotorua, and far from running out of things...
Rainy day inspiration with the kids in Rotorua
Let’s face it rain and camping are not the ideal mix. The kids had made their way through Pretty Woman and Legally Blonde and were staring bleakly out the tent door at...
Leave the kids at home and go to the zoo
If you have kids you are probably a regular visitor to your local zoo. I bought an annual pass when my girls were little and we were there on a regular basis...
Lighthouses & private beaches - why we love Awhitu Peninsula
I blame it on growing up on the Whangaparoa Peninsula but I have a penchant for peninsulas. You’re almost always guaranteed a beautiful view with water around both sides of the peninsula....
Why Britomart Is An Amazing Playground For Kids
Up until recently I’ve always seen Britomart as a very grown up place. Now while I’m not advocating that the kids come and join in on a Friday night, Britomart is actually...