Solo Lighthouse was built in 1888. The lighthouse stands on a massive rock surrounded by the circular Solo Reef, also known as the North Astrolabe Reef, adjacent to the Great Astrolabe Reef and Lagoon. The Solo Reef is actually the crater of a distinctive volcanic system, now extinct, and the massive rock in its centre…
Category: Dravuni Island
The Legend Abridged
I wrote the legend of Taunovo (aka Tanovo) and Tautaumolau and published it on 16.02.14 as a contribution under the Legends section. For the Exhibition: ‘Dravuni – Sivia yani na Vunilagi: Beyond the Horizon,’ 24 June – 10 October 2016, (see Exhibition), I related the story in Fijian to the children of Dravuni and this…
Dravuni – Rural Village Economy
In concluding the blog post: ‘Romanticizing Village Life’ (published on 08.10.16), I had attempted to characterize the changing Dravuni economy and had thus opined that out of the ashes of ‘The Death of Subsistence Affluence’, a ‘Rural Village Economy’ has taken roots. I did not expand on what the new term meant. I propose to…
Romanticizing Village Life
“There are commentators in Fiji’s media today that tend to romanticize village life. I beg to differ.” I wrote the above under the ‘About’ Page, referring to a picture of three Dravuni young men standing in the crystal sea and with the caption: “Having pushed the visitors’ boat out to sea after their fun-filled visit,…
New Dravuni Pontoon
Engineers and workers arrived on Dravuni on 17 May 2010 to install the new pontoon, co-funded by Carnival Cruises, the Fiji Government and Yavusa Natusara (Dravuni and Buliya Islands). Carnival Cruises and the Fiji Government are the principal funders. However, to facilitate early realization of this project to boost the tourism industry on Dravuni,…
Dravuni victorious at the Canoe Race during HM Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation Visit 1953
After the visit of the ‘Uto ni Yalo’ to Dravuni (see previous posting), regular Fiji Times correspondent, Aisake Delai, (believed to be from Buliya village), wrote to the daily to remind the whole of Fiji that the visit was not only historic but of special significance and an acknowledgement of Dravuni’s claim to fame for…
“Uto ni Yalo” night-sailed to Dravuni
The “Uto ni Yalo” (Heart of Souls or Heart of the Spirit), a hand-crafted traditional ocean voyaging canoe, night-sailed to Dravuni from Suva, arriving at its destination on Saturday, 30 January 2010, at about 5pm. The oceanic visitor and its crew were greeted with traditional ‘cere’. It meant that the crew members, men and women,…
First posting
On Sunday, 17 January 2010, my daughter Ema Tavola taught me the ABC of blogging. I’m now launched on this exciting project to take advantage of the new technology at our fingertips today. Save
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