Return to Ouvéa
“Ouvéa is everything you’d expect in a South Pacific island. Twenty kilometres of unbroken white sands border the lagoon on the west side of the island…
Dancing with whales
We’ve all heard about whalewatching from boats or shore, and a few companies are now offering the possibility of actually swimming and snorkelling with whales in…
Backpackers and billionaires
“It used to be that backpacking trips to Fiji involved a bus ride from Nadi to Suva, then a ferry to somewhere like Ovalau, Savusavu, Taveuni or Kadavu. No more.” The Fijian islands are no longer the preserve of luxury cruise holidaymakers…
Tahiti in fiction and film
Over the years, Tahiti and Polynesia have provided novelists and film-makers with colourful subject matter. Early travellers told of wanton women on tropical shores, and Fletcher…
Samoa, Heart of Polynesia
The islands of Samoa are emerging as an exciting new South Pacific travel destination between Hawaii and New Zealand. This “Heart of Polynesia” is politically split…
Christmas around the world – South Australia
“‘Chestnuts roasting on an open fire’…it’s not!! In fact anyone caught doing anything with an open fire between the months of December and April is likely to incur a huge fine in Australia, as it’s ‘bushfire season’! The Country Fire Service personnel would not be best pleased to be summoned from their Christmas Day lunches for a bush fire that’s now spread over 15 hectares or more!” Mojan in South Australia gives another view of the Aussie Christmas.