Daytripping Bonnici Style

As I mentioned in my last story, we had endured a high powered sales pitch to earn our (cheap) afternoon trip to Southseas island!

A small white coral sand island about 35 minutes ride by catamaran…

It was a very warm steamy midday when we arrived at port Denarau to check in and board the air conditioned Cat!

Leaving the port, we enjoyed the half hour of coolness, before landing on the Island, which was to be our home for the afternoon…I’ll just say here one of the team (George) had had a night of Fiji belly and needed a quiet day to rehydrate and recuperate!

Upon hitting the sandy atoll, Henry made a beeline for the first ball he could see! While we were introduced to the afternoons, bbq plan, and activities available…we all enjoyed a great BBQ with lots of salad! And the complimentary beer and wine started flowing! However for yours truly….there was not a lot of time to sit and relax…

Tyler and I circumnavigated the island, barefoot, which in hindsight was possibly a mistake as the sand was full of crunchy coral…

However…between rock hopping and the sandy patches, we completed our walk in about 30 minutes…just in time for Jess, Lex and I to jump on the snorkelling boat and Steph and Tyler to catch the fish feeding boat!

While the boys looked after the sleeping babies…

Evidently there were no fish to feed on that expedition, but the snorkelling was a success…lots of bright coloured fish clinging to the coral formations….until I spied a bullnose (or reef) shark mooching along the bottom below me! I decided I had seen enough and (quietly) hightailed it back to the boat! The Fijians were unfazed by this guy, but they were in the boat!!!

We returned to our patch on the Island…

Travelling with babies is always fun and messy! We allowed half an hour gathering time before the Catamaran was due to pick us up at 5pm… the last trip off the islands for the day, and as first boat was full…we waited a bit longer for the second less crowded one…arriving back at Port Denarau at 6pm…

As the sun was setting on the harbour…

Orange skies and live bands…

So what could we do, a cool drink, food for the kids…a taxi home, babysitter organised while the adults (minus George and Jess) headed to the adults only cocktail bar….