March 17, 2018
I’ve had some great opportunities to see and study birds in different parts of the South Pacific, but until recently the Solomon Islands had remained out […]
January 16, 2018
Why do you always hook the biggest fish at the end of a long poppering session, when your arms are heavy and aching and you can […]
January 13, 2018
It’s a rocky ride over to Savo Island, the hunk of land I’d seen earlier from my Honiara hotel balcony. Although a volcanic island that continues […]
November 3, 2017
From the over-water bar at Fat Boys Resort in the Solomon Islands, lobster tails and cold beers are served with views to nearby Kennedy Island. The […]
May 30, 2017
2017 will mark the 75th anniversary of the WWII battle for Guadalcanal where the advance of the Japanese imperial forces across the Pacific was halted by […]
March 12, 2017
There are very few places in the world that can lay claim to being truly unspoiled. Mbabanga Island, in the Solomon Islands’ Western Province, is one. […]
February 6, 2017
The Solomon Islands are a staggeringly beautiful archipelago of volcanic islands and luxuriant rainforest. It’s a place where a traditional life of fishing on the reefs […]
November 30, 2016
Approximately 42,000 Japanese and 8,000 Americans and hundreds of New Zealand, Australian and Solomon Islanders lost their lives, on land, in the air and on the […]
October 19, 2016
When the great English playwright posed that question about legendary US baseball player, Babe Ruth, he did more than display his ignorance of America’s ‘Sultan of […]