Brisbane to Suva and Home - Nov/Dec 2010

I was only home a few days and packed my bags again to head to Suva, Chris was coming to Canberra to work and I helped mind the grandkids, a tough job in Fiji. The last part of the road from Nadi to Suva is lined with wild orchids, wish I could take some back to Australia and I can with a photo, lucky Chris has some growing in her garden here and they deck the house. so no need to worry about getting them through customs.













The sunsets are pretty spectacular from the Holiday Inn in Suva and the sunrises from the house in Suva encourage me to wake up early, not that I need to worry about missing the sunrise Oskar is an early riser and he wakes me most mornings before the sun is up.

















Pacific Harbour and the Pearl resort is about an hours drive from Suva and drivers need to watch out for the radar, especially on Sunday when people tend to disregard the 60kph signs through the villages. Its a great way to spend a Sunday, a swim, a good meal, a massage in a bure with the sounds of waves lapping on the sand a few feet away, and also a TV is you feel you need to know what is going on in the world. Oskar even tries a meditation pose.












I love the warning sign at Pearl, the Fijians say the coconut has eyes and won't land on people, but I hadn't heard that saying when one dropped from the tree and knocked the water bottle out of my backpack. I realised it hadn't meant to hurt me, but it was a bit too close for comfort.






After a month of mostly wet days in Suva we returned to Brisbane ready for Christmas. What better way to be a tourist in your own town than to vist 'Modern Art in the 21st Century at GOMA. I didn't have to go to the Middle East to see this building. It was fantastic.