It's minigolf, but not as we know it.

Taup?'s latest tourist attraction - Swingers Putt Putt is not so much putting Taup? on the map, as putting punters on the map of Taup?.

Owner and developer of The Landing Jamie Keehan is the ultimate tour guide as we traverse the minigolf course - the final stage of a wider development that includes 10-pin bowling, a trampoline park, restaurant, cafe, laundromat, icecream shop and bar.

Jamie never stands still and this tour is all about getting more sponsors on board to raise money for charity.

He wants to raise $30,000 a year for good causes by adding sponsors to each of the features on the course.

Already, $10,000 has been given to the T?rangi Squash Club and another $10,000 to a kohanga reo.

There are plenty more attractions for sponsors to add their branding to, for a cost of $1000 a year - all of which will be donated to charity.


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Here is my brief story of entering the swinger lifestyle.

Until recently my husband and I had never seriously considered swinging. It had come up in passing when discussing fantasies, but that was pretty much it.

Then we had a few weeks of intense discussion and spent a brief amount of time doing some reading online, and eventually, I agreed to go to a swinger's club. We researched various clubs in our state, selected one, and headed there with the full intention of finding a couple for a full swap.

So why did we take this 'jumping into the deep end approach?

My husband says it is because we are engineers, and therefore expect that once the necessary data has been analyzed and a decision reached, we are all in.

Maybe we're just impulsive. Maybe I would have wimped out otherwise. Maybe it's because we went to mega-State U and were raised to believe that if you are going to do something do it big or don’t do it at all.

From what I have learned since starting to swing, apparently, this “Go Big Or Go Home” approach is NOT the most common.

If you are new or just considering swinging, you are probably in the majority if you take a more gradual approach.


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Sydney-based couple Jess and Jay say that they have never been happier for opening their relationship to other partners, but that it works because they have strict rules and strong communication around them.

It’s rare to find someone that would say they’d like to see their significant other in a compromising position with someone else.

The usual suspects would probably get in the way – self-esteem, jealousy and, of course, the monogamous rules of the relationship. However, a Sydney couple decided to remove those rules and ‘open’ their relationship to swinging, saying that it has made their relationship all the more solid.

Speaking on KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O Show, Sydney residents Jess and Jay explained that they started out with a closed or ‘monogamous’ relationship after meeting on Tinder two years ago.


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What's The Difference Between Polyamory And Open Relationships?
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BY LAUREN ASH|OCT. 11, 2022 11:07 AM EDT
If you've been active in the dating scene, you've probably spotted the phrase 'ethically non-monogamous' in a few Bumble bios lately. Ethical non-monogamy is a popular dating and relationship term that encompasses a number of "non-traditional" styles of relationship and approaches to dating, including polyamory, swingers, relationship anarchy, as well as open relationships, per Freddie. And while all of these relationships fall under the heading of ethical non-monogamy, they are not synonymous with one another. Though open relationships of all kinds are nothing new, it seems more and more people are interested in exploring their options. A 2021 study revealed that one in nine Americans have been in a polyamorous relationship, and one in six would be open to trying one at some point.

To people who've never considered non-monogamy, the idea of having multiple emotional and sexual relationships might seem confusing. Just the number of relationship labels can be a lot to process. "In practice, it can look like a range of things," Georgia Grace, a certified sex coach and educator tells Vogue Australia. "For some people, being ethically non-monogamous is about wanting to have sex with multiple people. For others, it's about having romantic connections, or it might be about intimacy, or a range of other reasons." Whatever the motivation behind opening things up, the common thread between these types of ethically non-monogamous relationships is that all partners are aware of the open relationship dynamic and fully consent to their partner(s) becoming romantically, sexually, and/or emotionally involved with other people.

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