Up For Adventure
We are a family from New Zealand 👪 with mum, dad, and two teens who love to travel and explore . . . We travel part time in school holidays, as have one teen at college, and one on gap year to start University in 2025. In between those times we are out adventuring as much as possible.
As our girls have gotten older, they are more reluctant to be filmed so are now mainly background characters. On the flip side, Adam and I now sometimes venture out alone! The excitement for more freedom and retirement is brewing!
Our travel style is simple, budget and totally DIY, with a few bits of flash thrown in for good measure.
Aitutaki - checking into Aitutaki Lagoon Private Island Resort
Rarotonga - How to catch the bus?!
Rarotonga - Where are some great snorkel spots? Coconut husking - with help!
Rarotonga Turtle Tour with Go Local
Rarotonga - Saturday Punanga Nui markets and Vibe fish van dinner
Flying Air New Zealand Premium Economy to Rarotonga
Hike Waipu Coastal walkway - is it really that hard??
Hike Karangahake Gorge tunnel loop with us!
Freedom Camp Waihi Beach - hiking the Hauraki rail trail
Waitawa Auckland Regional Park - we found us a shipwreck
LEGO - the biggest shop in the world!! Sydney, Australia
Van Life Camping Drone Fishing at Mahurangi Sullivan's Bay - Auckland
Drone fishing - Mavic Pro DIY setup
Tokyo to Auckland - the final leg home
Tokyo Disney Sea
Kyoto, Japan - what to see and do
Japan Universal Studios - Osaka
Tokyo Haneda Airport overnight layover survival guide
Doha Qatar airport layover - come explore with us
Zagreb and the Uber ride of our lives!
Dubrovnik In Winter - not what we expected
Split Riva Boardwalk - Croatia
Sea Organ Zadar Croatia
Flixbus - bus travel from Budapest to Croatia
DIY Budapest City Tour - Save $$$
Austrian Trains, such an easy system!! Vienna to Budapest moving day
Hallstat - New Year celebrations and Hallstatt Skywalk venture
DIY Salzburg City Tour - we saved $$$$
Salzburg Salt Mines - Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden - We fell off the miners slide!
Europe Christmas Markets - Nuremberg, Germany