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School Holiday ideas!
Hi all, did you know we have a website full of awesome walks in the Bay of Plenty region and beyond, just waiting for you to take a look at http://www.forestfamilynz.com! Check it out for awesome inspiration over the school holidays. We detail the…
How to fail at short walks with kids!
🤦♀️Failure to remember our child’s raincoat, so we fashioned one out of a rubbish bag!😂 🤦♀️Failure to circumnavigate Lake Rotopounamu track an easy grade, 5 km track around the lake. The kids were not having it this day! Another time!?? 🤦♀️My failure to let…
How to fail at mountain biking with kids
Hey everyone welcome to a series on how to fail …! We are aware of how on a daily basis we are bombarded by endless beautifully curated images, stories of success and of things we should strive for, do or aspire to be… We…
Te Ara ki Hikurangi/Mt Hikurangi, East Cape
The story below is contributed by my friend Stacey. I too am so excited about the prospect of exploring NZ more and particularly doing some of our NZ Great walks without (dare I say it…tourists everywhere!) Love you, but I’m sure you understand what…
Lock-down “takeaways”
Kids in trees Muddy knees Endless cups of tea… Biking in the middle of the road Lazy sunshine stretching out for days, weeks, then months… Hand sanitizer Navigating the “new normal” The joy of friendship, family and hairdressers People are back on the road…
Happy Mothers Day!
Tomorrow in New Zealand it’s mothers day, I remind my family all week so they know it’s important to me! 😂 In my family it’s not so much about gifts as making that person feel extra special and acknowledged for e.g. breakfast in bed,…
Whiskers on kittens 🐱 & warm woollen mittens 🧤…
These are a few of my favorite things… 32 days, that’s how long I’ve been in my bubble with my little whanau and no doubt many of you reading this will be hitting similar milestones! On day one of self isolation I came up…
Lockdown Reflection
After looking through some of my posts from the last couple of years, I came across one about hiking off the Christmas food coma. And well I think it’s safe to say that once we are allowed out, then I will definitely have some…
How mindfulness & nature can help in times of crisis 🙏🌿
Is anyone else feeling a whole varying mix of emotional reactions to the current pandemic and lock-down? I have noticed everything from despair to humor, felt all within one day or even one hour! When we are highly emotionally aroused, we look out from…
30 days of fun activities for families self-isolating🏡🍂🌲
Kia ora dear whanau. While mother earth takes a massive break and families around the world are self-isolating to protect each other & everyone around them, most of us have suddenly found ourselves with more of that elusive and valuable asset – time! Approaching…
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