by Cat | Jul 8, 2017 | Being Blended
There’s nothing so rewarding as catching, picking or hunting your dinner in New Zealand and living off the land! It brings us together with mates and family. It makes us proud to be able to provide for our family. It gives us recipes and techniques to hand down...
by Cat | Feb 17, 2016 | Getting Lost With The Kids, North Island, Northland
Amazing scenery and deep calm waters, combined with a bit of history and some great stories make Scandrett a brilliant day trip just over an hour from Auckland. Our journey to spending a day at Scandrett went a little like this… Krystal and I wanted to take...
by Cat | Feb 14, 2016 | Getting Lost Together, North Island, Taupo
Taking the alternate route to Taupo is a brilliant way to see more of the country and has the added advantage of having next to no traffic. It will add about an hour to your travel time but as Robert Frost says, taking the road less travelled will make all the...
by Cat | Feb 14, 2016 | Getting Lost Together, North Island, Taupo
If we could only do 3 things in Taupo (that wouldn’t break the bank because lets face it if we won Lotto the list may include Huka Lodge, floating behind a boat like the guy I captured in the picture above and this floating plane that James couldn’t stop...
by Cat | Feb 14, 2016 | Getting Lost Together, North Island, Taupo
We love prawns so not surprisingly the first place we stopped when we arrived in Taupo was the Huka Prawn Park. I last went there 16 years ago (really – was it that long ago!) and it was fair to say it had changed a bit. We went in and immediately saw a huge...