🌊 Giants of Stone, Lighthouse Winds and the Wildest Slide Ever
We carried on along the Great Ocean Road, and the coastline just kept throwing out bigger and better…
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Farewell New Zealand… Australia, You’re Up.
Today felt like the quiet inhale before the next big chapter. After more than a month of mountains,…
Day 37: A Quiet Drift Toward Goodbye – Auckland Botanic Gardens & Our Last Day in New Zealand
After nearly 6 wild, wonderful, absolutely bonkers-beautiful weeks zig-zagging across New Zealand, Day 37 landed a bit different.…
Day 36 – Waterfalls, Wild Beaches and Writing 2025 Into the Sand
New Zealand really turned it on today. We packed a waterfall, a lake, a west-coast beach and a…
Day 35 – Wandering the Worlds of Hamilton Gardens
After the magic of Hobbiton the day before, we kept the fantasy world rolling and headed to Hamilton…
Day 34 – A Walk Through Middle-earth: Our Hobbiton Adventure
Today was one of those days that felt like stepping straight through the screen and into the world…
Day 33 — Ruakuri Cave & Waitomo Glowworms: A Full-On Underground Adventure
Today we went deep underground… twice. And honestly, if we’d only done the boat cave we’d have felt…
Day 32 – A Birthday Spent Battling Rapids, Saving Swimmers and Screaming Through Jet Boats
If you’d told me last year that I’d spend my birthday surfing white-water rapids, hauling strangers back into…
🌊 Day 31 – The Colour-Changing River and the Power of Aratiatia
Today was one of those lighter travel days that still somehow managed to feel massive. We started the…