Evening Star

27th June It ended up raining hard about 0400, as we had the awning rigged for water collection we began to quickly fill tanks. We also repositioned the three buckets to catch overflow. We had the t ...

26th June We need to use up the bread we bought back in Neiafu before it goes off (we didn't get to another loaf in time previously), so French Toast for breakfast. After which, as the wind has final ...

25th June After a breakfast of cornmeal pancakes we all went shore to the East side of Mala Island to explore the "Japanese Gardens" coral. It's stated to be in a recovery state due to some invasive ...

24th June After a breakfast of pancakes we went ashore to meet up with Vaha to take us through the village. There is a 200m concrete road with sidewalks going up the hill from the wharf, which then e ...

23rd June As planned, Sarah and I got up early and took the washing to Cafe Tropicana, where they said it would be ready between 1200 and 1300. Afterwards Sarah and I walked to a shop I found online ...

22nd June We had the chicken rice from dinner last night fried up for breakfast, then went over to visit Savarna who popped by to say 'hi' yesterday and invited us to come over. They are into the fir ...

21st June Quiet morning, didn't start the engine until after lunch as the solar panel was mostly keeping up with our power usage. Sarah, Hannah and I went for another snorkel over at the nearby reef. ...

20th June Got up this morning to discover the replacement starter motor on the chart table. I wasn't surprised as I heard my dad try and start the engine without success. So after breakfast and dish ...

19th June Another slow start today, but it's a sunny day! After breakfast of pancakes and bacon, we finally inflated the large dinghy which can take the outboard. Once setup, we loaded it up with our ...

18th June The weather is supposed to start clearing from today, so we relocated to Vaka'eitu Island where there is supposed to be good snorkelling. We had purchased some loaves of bread from the marke ...