Island Hopping – the New Caledonian Way
As is usually the case with us, we weren’t content just sitting still. We had to explore what was beyond our little patch of paradise, so it was time for a bit of island...
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More fun…. The French way
It’s taken me a while to jump into writing this blog post… and for once I have a legitimate excuse. We’ve had our kids and grandkids here in two separate visits, which means life...
Settling into Island Life… One Baguette at a Time
Well, we’ve settled into island life in Noumea very comfortably. It’s not exactly the holiday we had planned, but here we are making the most of this beautiful little island… while trying very hard...
Beautiful Bora Bora
Just when we thought French Polynesia couldn’t possibly get any better, we touched down in Bora Bora — which honestly feels less like a real place and more like a Photoshopped screensaver. Getting there...
A Beautiful, Vibrant, Resilient Culture (With Bonus Pineapple Racing!)
From the moment you step off the plane in French Polynesia (any island will do!), the culture doesn’t just greet you—it practically hugs all your senses at once. We’ve been lucky enough to set...
a deserted island paradise
Did you know French Polynesia is made up of 5 archipelagos and 118 islands? That’s a lot of choices when you’re deciding where to run away from it all. So when Rowdy suggested we...
Magnificent Moorea
We’ve had three single-day trips to Moorea in the two months we’ve been in Tahiti, and honestly, the more often we go, the more we love it! It’s laid back, chilled, much less busy,...
Tahiti: The Sea Lion, the Surgery & the $15,000 Sprint
Our mission to drop 5kg before flying home was going strong — mountain hikes, 3 minute sprints along the Papeete foreshore, smug little chats about “how good we were feeling.” Enter: The Beach Walk....
Hold Onto Your Hat: Our Wild Ride Through Tahiti
Whilst the family were here, we decided to take on the highly recommended 4WD safari adventure through the wild, leafy, spine-tingling heart of Tahiti. Because nothing says “quality family bonding” like being flung around...
Just when we thought, it can’t get any better – It has!
We’ve been pretty quiet on the travel blog for the last week or so—and there’s a really good reason for that. Just when we thought this staycation couldn’t possibly get any better… it did....