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With another 10 days in Japan we planned to stay in just two cities –

Tokyo – Nest Hotel Tokyo Hanzomon
Osaka – HR Front Regal Shinmori
Tokyo – Narita Tobu Hotel Airport

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May 6th, 2017

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Growing up in Northland it is just about compulsory to have at least one school trip to see Tāne Mahuta 🌳 so we took the boys and we also hadn’t been for 20+ years. It’s a one hour drive from Dargaville, Paula’s home town, and winding our way up into the Waipoua Forest was a beautiful drive. It’s a short walk in along the boardwalk to see the “Lord of the Forest”, the largest known living kauri tree in New Zealand. Such an impressive sight with some incredible stats - 🍃 Truck girth = 13.77 m 🍃 Truck height = 17.68 m 🍃 Total height = 51.2 m 🍃 Truck volume = 244.5 m3 🍃 Age = estimates indicate over 2,000 years The kauri tree is native to New Zealand and are among the worlds mightiest trees but they are under threat due to the kauri dieback disease. There is no known cure but to reduce its spread, always stick to the paths and wash your shoes at the cleaning stations. Due to this disease some of the other walks in the area are currently closed but we could walk about 25 minutes in through the forest to see Te Matua Ngahere, the Father of the Forest, the second largest living kauri in NZ 🇳🇿 If you want to see how these magnificent trees started out, 👉👉 keep swiping to see Paula’s Mum’s seedings 🌱🌱 she is growing some and these are about 3 months old. #tanemahuta #lordoftheforest #waipouaforest #northland #northlandnz #purenz #newzealand #newzealandnatural #nzmustdo #amazingplaces #exploretheworld #traveltheworld #seetheworld #longtermtravel #travellingwithkids #travelwithkids #havekidswilltravel #kidstravel #ourfamilytravels #travelfamily #familytravel #familyadventures #showthemtheworld #travelmadfam #ourtribetravels #exploringfamilies #everywherefamilies #travelbrood #ourawesomeworldadventure #kiwifamilyoe

Nothing quite as fun as a good tyre swing at the beach 😎 This beautiful spot is One Tree Point in the north of New Zealand’s North Island and we are very lucky to be able to enjoy this special part of NZ, just a few steps 👣 from Logan’s parents house 🤩 #beach #onetreepoint #northland #purenz #newzealand #newzealandnatural #nzmustdo #kiwikid #amazingplaces #exploretheworld #traveltheworld #seetheworld #longtermtravel #travellingwithkids #travelwithkids #havekidswilltravel #kidstravel #ourfamilytravels #travelfamily #familytravel #familyadventures #showthemtheworld #travelmadfam #ourtribetravels #exploringfamilies #everywherefamilies #travelbrood #ourawesomeworldadventure #kiwifamilyoe

🌈 Brighton Bathing Boxes, Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 Built well over a century ago in response to very Victorian ideas of morality and seaside bathing, the bathing boxes remain almost unchanged but there are strict guidelines that dictate how they can be decorated. Incredibly iconic but they don’t come cheap, recent sales have been well over $300,000 per box!! 💸💸 #brighton #brightonbeach #brightonbeachboxes #brightonbathingboxes #melbourne #victoria #australia #visitaustralia #exploretheworld #traveltheworld #seetheworld #instatravel #travelgram #longtermtravel #travellingwithkids #travelwithkids #havekidswilltravel #kidstravel #ourfamilytravels #travelfamily #familytravel #familyadventures #showthemtheworld #travelmadfam #ourtribetravels #exploringfamilies #everywherefamilies #travelbrood #ourawesomeworldadventure #kiwifamilyoe

Cute Aussie animals 🐨🦘for some Friday feels 😍😍 This was the boys first trip to #australia so we stopped in at #moonlitsanctuary to visit some of the locals. The park was really well done and we all enjoyed the many keeper talks we listened to, as well as feeding a few wallabies and roos. #koala #kangaroo #dingo #victoria #australia #visitaustralia #exploretheworld #traveltheworld #seetheworld #longtermtravel #travellingwithkids #travelwithkids #havekidswilltravel #kidstravel #ourfamilytravels #travelfamily #familytravel #familyadventures #showthemtheworld #travelmadfam #ourtribetravels #exploringfamilies #everywherefamilies #ourawesomeworldadventure #kiwifamilyoe

Great family time in Australia recently on our way back to NZ 🥰💞 Logan’s sister Casey and her husband Morgan live in Sale, Victoria (about 3 hrs east of Melbourne) and we haven’t seen them for nearly 3 years. While Sale is a small community we had a fun few days catching up and exploring some of their local area. Plus Lincoln and Braxton got to meet their (cat) cousins, Fizzy and Crackle 😻😻 #family #familytime #catcousins #sale #victoria #australia #visitaustralia #nationalpark #exploretheworld #traveltheworld #seetheworld #longtermtravel #travellingwithkids #travelwithkids #havekidswilltravel #kidstravel #ourfamilytravels #travelfamily #familytravel #familyadventures #showthemtheworld #travelmadfam #ourtribetravels #exploringfamilies #everywherefamilies #mumsinphotos #travelbrood #strongerthroughtravel #ourawesomeworldadventure #kiwifamilyoe

Guess where we are⁉️ Back in the Land of the Long White Cloud ☁️ 🇳🇿 New Zealand‼️ We organised a surprise trip back and with help from Logan’s Dad (& a few others) we surprised three of our parents yesterday when we turned up for lunch. Lincoln and Braxton only found out at the airport in Vancouver that we were heading back to this side of the world for a visit. We also just spent a few days in #australia 🇦🇺 visiting other family there, so now we are hoping to catch up with as many family and friends during our three weeks here in NZ before we continue #ourawesomeworldadventure and do actually head to the UK and Europe later next month 😉 Who likes to plan surprise trips?? #beach #onetreepoint #northland #newzealand #newzealandnatural #nzmustdo #amazingplaces #exploretheworld #traveltheworld #seetheworld #instatravel #travelgram #longtermtravel #travellingwithkids #travelwithkids #havekidswilltravel #kidstravel #ourfamilytravels #travelfamily #familytravel #familyadventures #showthemtheworld #travelmadfam #ourtribetravels #exploringfamilies #everywherefamilies #travelbrood #kiwifamilyoe

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