Garden, gossip & review Saturday November 7 2020 Alien hibiscus in my garden I asked Tim to take some pics this morning. I discovered a...

4.9.20 Jo-tu enters the world This morning, at two minutes past midnight, baby Jo-Ann was born at Puanangisu clinic. I’ve just been to...

Vanuatu celebrated their 40th Independence Day in July 2020 but it was a month of celebration for other reasons too. July 2020 emails to...

Dawn has just dawned. It’s 6 a.m. and I’m sitting in my office surrounded by jungle. The birds chirp and twitter from all angles and the...

We got one dead in the village. This is how Mr Alick, the Class 5 teacher announced that one of the village chiefs had passed away. It...

Jalista turned one last week. She was born on the back of a truck at the Tagabe roundabout in Vila. Her mum, Lewi had been staying in...

A satellite shot of TC Harold over Vanuatu. The eye is between Malekula (left) and Pentecost (right) with Ambae (top) and Ambrym...

There were no confirmed cases in Vanuatu as of March 19th. On March 20th it was announced that a man who just arrived from France, had...

Malowia Guesthouse is a modern, self-contained bungalow with a white sand beach and spectacular views of Nguna and Pele Islands, see...

We’d been in Vanuatu five days and had purchased a car. We were ready to start building the house. Then Joel delivered upsetting news....

‘11/02/20, 06:00AM Tropical Cyclone Uesi Cat 2, centre left of B8. Mov S/SW past 6 hrs. Moderate rainfall over Vanuatu, very rough seas...

06:00: There is a cyclone coming. It’s not officially a cyclone until it’s christened, probably later today. It’s busily sucking up warm,...

Life is short and you only get one go at it. Some of us dream of different ways of living. Choose a dream that sings to your soul and...

It’s a glorious Sunday morning here. The jungle is glistening in the sunlight, rinsed earlier by a passing shower just before sunrise....

Staff and students from Menindee in outback Australia spent time at Ekipe Centre School before heading back to Bethel Garden Restaurant...

On the way to the Banyan tree, Silas and the boys harvested manioc. Joel found a pawpaw and whipped out his trusty bushknife to prepare...

Students and staff of Menindee Central School travelled 4000 km from their remote outback town in Australia to stay in a village at Ekipe...

Year 12 students from the outback town of Menindee, NSW, Australia chose to come to Vanuatu in September 2019. They spent the first few...

I first met The Family in 2006. I’d visited Vanuatu earlier that year, staying in mainstream resorts. After that first trip I couldn’t...