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
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...
9 tips for exploring the Waipu Caves
Waipu Caves have been on my list for a while. I’ve driven past the sign a few times now but they’ve never seemed particularly keen. So this time it was just me...
The little cabin in the clearing - Coco Cabana
So I bet you can’t get the Coco Cabana song out of your head now either (you’re welcome) and I bet you, like me, only know the chorus too. And perhaps like...
Spirit animal ducks, giant antipasto platters and sensational chardonnay at Marsden Estate
We’re long time fans of a good vineyard lunch. It’s just everything I love all wrapped up into one irresistible package – out of the city, great views, amazing food and great...
Taking the long way to Russell
I’ve only ever been to Russell on the ferry from Paihia. Which means I go on foot, which means (remembering I’m rather lazy) that I only ever explore a couple of streets...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Finding Mahurangi
It’s a side effect of having 3 jobs, 3 kids and a love of travel that there is very seldom a day when I wake up with nothing to do. This however...
A hundred thousand welcomes to Waipu
It kind of sets the scene for a place when they sign as you enter the town deviates from the standard Welcome to… and instead gives you a hundred thousand welcomes to...