𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬

𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘐𝘎 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 …

🌐 This week’s Getaway theme for #traveltribeunite is has got me thinking of all people in the Middle East whose lives have been turned upside down this week and are unable to getaway.

🌐 It is especially close to home with friends and family in the region. 🫶

✈️ The morning before much of the international airspace was closed in the region, I slipped back into London from Australia, blissfully unaware in doing so, of the huge impact on global travel about to happen…

🌐 I’m thinking of all those looking up into the skies and instead of seeing planes and dreaming they could get away, are seeing warplanes, drones, and missiles. 🤍

🌐 We have lived most of our careers as Expats so I’m also thinking of the Expats affected in the region…

✈️ I remember all to well when COVID struck and I’d booked the last flight out of Bangkok to Australia in March 2020, and Mr Wren told me he couldn’t leave the team, but I should go to be with the kids if I wanted….

🌐 Big decisions & choices, we stayed and didn’t get back home to Australia until December 2022.

𝘐’𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 – 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱…🌍🌏🌎

✈️ 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥: 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸?

🌎The TravelTribeUnite is a group of travellers that love photographing destinations both near and far. 🌍Each week we share travel images that reflect a specific theme. 🌎 Check out this week’s theme 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 at #traveltribeunite and feel free to join us by tagging your themed travel shots.🌍 …

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Still, to this day, I know that I’m yet to feel 💯 Australian, because I still find kangaroos in the wild the most amazing thing … whilst my Aussie friends don’t bat an eye!

𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘖𝘔𝘎 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳!

And shout out to @charlie_dale standing beside me who had the presence of mind to film that large Roo casually skipping over the fence between us!

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀.

𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 : What extraordinary moments have you had with wildlife?

𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝟻 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥? 👀 🦋 🐞

Today I watched the crows in the garden picking up twigs, it is nesting time again here in the UK 🐦‍⬛

Where ever you are in the world I wish you a peaceful day with the opportunity to enjoy the joy of wildlife in nature.

With lots of love xx …

It seems it’s been a long wet, winter here in the United Kingdom. People have been sick and world news is sad, scary and gloomy…

We feel very fortunate to have had our recent New Zealand holiday…

➡️Do check it out my recent posts and follow along if you are interested in travel ideas and inspiration @littlewanderingwren

Wishing you a lovely day where ever you are in the world. …

𝗪𝗮𝗶𝗵𝗲𝗸𝗶 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘩𝘦𝘬𝘪!

Australians it’s super easy, here’s how!

𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹
✈️ We arrived onboard an early flight with @Qantas from Melbourne to Auckland (3 hrs 35 mins) & used Uber for transport to the Pier 🚘
⛴️ Ferry to Waiheke (45 minutes from Downtown Ferry Terminal)
🚌 502 island bus ( hop on, hop off)
🏡 Stay with friends
🐟 Evening barbecue with friends

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭
🥾We spent the morning exploring the local area, via the 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 loop walk, first swims in the pristine water.
🍴a late lunch at 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗸𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘆 & 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆
🍷wine tasting at 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱.

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮
🥾 𝗠𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗣𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 along north west coast of island 𝗢𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮 return
🍴Picnic lunch bought from 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗿

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟯
Visiting the east side of the island 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿
🍷𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟰
Morning walk and swim along 𝗢𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵
𝗠𝗮𝗶 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 – German bakery for sweet treats
3.30 pm back to Auckland with 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀

📌Save for your future trips to Waiheke Island & follow @littlewanderingwren for more travel inspo. …

𝗪𝗮𝗶𝗵𝗲𝗸𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝟷𝟶 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘩𝘦𝘬𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥…

🎶In the words of Ed … it’s alright to run from all this pain … 💕

The world is a little crazy right now, we are holding our breath …there is a calm and peaceful world out there and I thought you might be in need of a little escape.

Whereever you are in the world, I’m sending uou this with lots of love 💕

Wren xx

➡️ Follow @littlewanderingwren for more calm and travel joy. …

𝗪𝗮𝗶𝗵𝗲𝗸𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

𝘐 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝟷𝟺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘩𝘦𝘬𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥…

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿? 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗽!

The world is a little crazy right now, we are holding our breath … I hear the beautiful sounds of nature, of a calm and peaceful part of the world and I thought you might be in need of hearing this too.

Where ever you are in the world, I’m sending uou this with lots of love 💕

Wren xx

[ filmed whilst visiting @manowarwine ]

📌Save and send to friend in need of some calm today!

➡️ Follow @littlewanderingwren for more travel joy from around the globe. …

Our recent 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 holiday was the best. Here’s what made it great…

✨ Our trip was fabulously planned by our NZ friends and Auckland residents ( we spend a lot of the year travelling and it was so lovely for someone else to do the planning and organising!)

✨𝟭𝟯 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 & 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

✨𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
Waiheke island ~> Queenstown ~> Waneka
𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘴 one night in Auckland.

✈️ Melbourne -> 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱
⛴️ Ferry to 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝗵𝗲𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱
✈️ Auckland -> 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻
🚗Drive to 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗮
✈️ Queenstown to Melbourne

✨ A perfect combo of exploring & exercise, hiking & biking, lovely meals out, visiting wineries and enjoying this glorious country!

𝘞𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦?

📌Follow along & save for future trips

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱? …

☕️But first coffee shops from around the globe! ☕️

Life has never quite been the same since I gave up dairy and with it a skinny cappuccino …a long black coffee is not quite as exciting, but hey ho!

Here’s a caffeine fueled trip down memory lane!

Where are my coffee friends?

The TravelTribeUnite is a group of travelers that love photographing destinations both near and far. Each week, we share travel images that reflect a specific theme. Check out this week’s theme “coffee shop” at #traveltribeunite.

#coffeelover #coffeetime …

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 NZ 🏃‍♀️

This weekend, I completed my 𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝘂𝗻 and being a 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘳𝘦𝘯 this was planned for 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 … I love being a Parkrun tourist a new Parkrun country is a bonus. 💪

My 50 Parkruns have been at 22 locations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand 🇦🇺 🇳🇿🇬🇧

✨𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦.✨

This has not been without its challenges especially as last year I was not in the best health but I use Parkrun as a good measure of my health and my wellness journey. 🏥

In recent weeks I’ve run in the rain, in the freezing cold and in mega hot conditions… 🥶🌧️🥵

Parkrun is a free event held every Saturday for all abilities, walking is encouraged and there is a Tail Walker who brings up the rear, so no one comes last.

I am not much of a runner, the furthest I have ever achieved was at Sydney’s 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘧 14 km and I once ran 10 kms at the Melbourne Marathon.

I love that I can attend with my friends & family and whilst we all finish at different times it is something we can all do. ❤️😍❤️

Parkrun is worldwide but not global so it has taken me three years to join 50 Parkruns 🌐

I ran a personal Parkrun best. I’m 16 minutes faster and 20 kgs lighter than I was 13 months ago. I feel fitter than I have done for a long time. 💪

𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 👏👏👏

👉 Tell me – any other Parkrunners out there?

#parkrun #fitatanyage #activetravel #wellnesstravel #parkrunuk …

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄 -𝘂𝗽! 🚆✨

𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝟻 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝟿𝘬𝘮 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦?

We took a ride from the brand-new Anzac Station close to the Shrine of Remembrance & Royal Botanic Gardens to Town Hall in the CBD.

These new underground stations are beautifully designed – we loved the art work.

Under St Kilda Road, is Melbourne’s first tram-to-train interchange, what a great addition to our city travels.

Bravo to all those involved on this massive project that’s been many years in the making and gives us a beautiful way to enjoy our journeys through this amazing city.

𝘞𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦?

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