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Epic Adventures for Rad Families!
Tag: Kids in nature
Walking at kids pace
I find that kids have two paces, the slow, almost painful, one for when they are walking with just their family and the fast, fun run, one for when they are “walking” with their friends. Most of the time when I’m out bush walking,…
Getting re-inspired while reminiscing – Waitewheta Hut
So I thought it was time we revisited this adventure, as it was so awesome! It’s definitely time another one was done. Check out our video below🖐🚶♀️🌿🏞👍 6 amazing mamas and 7 cool kids! Originally we had 10 kids coming but sickness, a sleepover…
Cloudy ☁ with a Chance of Blissballs
Who doesn’t want to walk a trail called Peach Tree 🍑🌳 Track? Am I right? Enjoy this guest post written by my good friend and adventure buddy Stacey Walden, on her recent trip to Great Barrier Island, in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand😀👊🌳🚶♀️ Aotea (aka Great…
Bush Ambience …& Cracking Thunder 😳
Summer walk wish list – Whataroa Falls – Check ✅ It was meant to be a beautiful summers day, so a friend and I organised to take the kids on the bush walk to Whataroa falls, located just 40 minutes out of Tauranga. The…
Pukeiti, New Plymouth- a Rain forest with Rhododendrons🌺
I’ve recently got back from a great week, spent exploring New Plymouth in Taranaki, New Zealand. I have been to New Plymouth a couple of times for WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) which is an incredible festival, but I hadn’t actually done any…
Top 5 adventures with kids- in☀ Gisborne.
Mahia Beach- Ok so not technically in Gisborne (it’s actually in the Hawkes Bay region) but just humor me. It’s located between Wairoa and Gisborne, the beach is stunning and is known to be a fantastic beach for swimming, surfing, kayaking, surf casting and…
Taking the kids to a hut overnight solo … things get a little spooky👻, Part 2.
So there was an almighty CRASH! Needless to say I almost had a heart attack! I lay there listening, my heart hammering, but there were no torch lights and no one was talking. Spooky!!!!👻👻👻 Heart hammering I got up and went to investigate and…
Exploring a new track 🏞 – let go of your expectations 🧘
So I had a great idea to check out a track close by home (<30minute drive) that I hadn’t been on yet. I don’t know about you but sometimes this can make me nervous especially with the kiddies 👧 👦 along – all those “what if’s” that…
Aongatete, short loop: a quick bush fix🌳🕊✌
In need of a quick bush (forest) fix? Not too far down the road from where I live, is an area of the Kaimai Mamuku Forest Park called Aongatete. There are a bunch of different walking tracks you can access from the car park…
Looking for something cool to do this school holidays?
This is such a cool place to take the kids this #schoolholidays check out #lookingglassgardens 🐰in #tepuke #tauranga . Why not take a #picnic 🍉🍌🍇🍎🥑🍕and make a day of it!
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