So you think you want to fish in Fiji? First things first… Read the Disclaimer before continuing, as life altering behaviour could ensue…
Fishing Fiji Style
The Tale of the Self Sailing Yacht: A Salvage Story
One dark night, on route to be delivered to Australia, disaster stuck when a beautiful 42ft Beneteau yacht hit the reef in Fiji’s Lomaiviti group of islands.
The panicked crew jumped ship onto a passing fishing boat and the next day reported the grounded yacht to the authorities.
Duty Free Bunkering in Fiji
For fuel and duty free alcohol sales your yacht or ship agent must complete a C-35 Application To Ship Stores form which is required to be stamped and signed by the vessel’s captain and approved by customs before any bunker. Regulations state that only vessels 100 tons net or more may bunker duty free fuel.
More info here…
Nature over Nurture
For 78 years, a member of the British Royal family has featured on the local currency of Fiji.
However, from January 2013, a series of new-look currency came in to circulation with unique local flora and fauna replacing the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
A Quick Guide to the Fijian Language
Bula!
“Bula!”, the Fijian ‘hello’, is the best-known Fijian word. Whatever their own language, people who come from Fiji like to say bula to each other when they meet in other parts of the world.More info here…
Vuda Marina Fiji Expansion and Super Yacht Facility Development
In November 2012 work commenced on an exciting, state of the art Super yacht marina expansion project at Vuda Marina.
As a fast developing and centrally located Super yacht destination, Fiji is steaming ahead to equip herself with even greater facilities to make all vessels and their crew feel beyond welcome!More info here…
Fish with Attitude
Many reef fish are toxic, that is they contain strong toxins in their bodies. There is however a difference between a poisonous fish and a venomous fish.
Both types of fish contain strong toxins, but the difference is in the way the toxin is delivered.
Medicinal Plants of the Fijian Sea Shore
Imagine you are stuck on an island and feeling pretty rotten, but your medicine box is running on empty….what can you do? A walk along Fiji’s seashore and into the rainforests unearths a natural cure for almost every ailment.
If you ask any of us here in Fiji about wai ni mate vaka viti (native Fijian medicine), you will find many different remedies that can be brewed or concocted to help treat a range of ailments from a simple mozzie bite to a crippling migraine!
Pacific Island Voyaging – Uto Ni Yalo
Across the Pacific, the voyaging canoe is said to represent genealogy. Pacific Islanders trace their origins to certain canoes, for each is a sacred and living treasure that connects people to their ancestry. The canoe is origin and possibility, heritage and story, and a poetic, powerful metaphor of planet Earth, reminding us that we are an island of finite resources, floating in the sea of space.
As she voyages, the canoe embodies balance, harmony, teamwork, and respect. If one of her hulls is damaged, we take actions to repair it and prevent sinking. So too is our responsibility for the Earth, to care for our home as though the planet is on loan to us from future generations yet to be born…More info here…
Go Nuts with a Coconut or Two
Spanish explorers apparently called them coco, which means “monkey face”. When you look at a freshly husked coconut, you will see why; the three indentations (eyes) and the hairy shell resemble the head and face of a monkey.