Wahoo Time

This was taken a few weeks ago
Thanks Dave for the photo. we are still eating the steaks from this.

Sunset cruise turned into another fishing expedition... well done team savusavu fishing on the 16kg wahoo!

Savusavu Sunset

It was the last night in Savusavu so we took Trif & Dave out for a Sunset cruise.

As it worked out it turned out to be a very beautiful sunset & we caught dinner on the way home. so what more could you ask for?

Dave's Mahimahi

Terry & I finally got out on the water on Sunday. after Cyclone Winston then repairs & painting of Searov, it must be close to 4 months since we last went out.

It was a great day out on the water & we caught fish, so lunch & dinner was covered, after catching fish we went to Split Rock for a bit of snorkeling for our guests, then home. 

Weather

We are getting our fair share of rain this year, since Cyclone Winston then Zena, the whole country is getting flood warnings every week.

We have another depression north of us we hope won't develop into another cyclone, but so far is bringing really heavy rain 

With this weather continuing it looks like we will still be on the hard for the rest of the month, Terry is just unable to get any painting done!

The garden is starting to show sighs of growth, with this amount of rain it should be, the coconut tree leaves are lifting & new ones showing, it was a mess for weeks as the dead ones kept dropping, plus the small formed coconut also falling.

Haven't had any reports of fish being caught might have to go to the market to see what is in the freezers as a sigh of what has been caught.

It has been so long since we have been out on the water might have to find my sea legs again!

A few more yachts that were blown ashore during the cyclone have been re floated over the last week with the spring tides, so that is great news for the owners. 

Hopefully will have some fishing news in my next blog

Cyclone Winston's Damage

These are some of the boats beached during the cyclone, I think there were 17 in total & that wasn't counting the little local boats.

A few are still waiting for the high tides next month to try & get off as the storm surge during the cyclone took some of the boat way above the high water mark.

Do hope we don't get another cyclone before the season ends as the growth is starting to come alive again.

After Winston

Well how time has flown, it is 4 weeks tomorrow since Winston hit, & still there is so much to be done.

A few of the yachts have been floated but some are still stuck high up on land because of the tidal surge that happened with the cyclone. these are waiting for the higher tides that are expected next month,

It is amazing to hear the stories about the experiences of the many that were effected during the cyclone. what is also amazing is there weren't any deaths here in Savusavu, so we were really luck in that respect.

 Terry is still busy working on the boat, but in this heat he can only do so many hours plus the property still has a lot of clearing to be done. It takes a lot to cut one of those old coconut trees up!

Because the boat is still on the trailer on shore we are getting a lot of good reports of fish being caught. that is always the way. once back in the water the fish would have gone!

Cyclone Winston

It is a week since Winston surprised us with a category 5.
We were fortunately one of the lucky ones, we were safe & so was the house and boat, but the property is a mess.
We lost 10 coconut trees & most of the banana trees, our breadfruit & avocado trees have a good trim.
But these things will grow back like the flowers. It is the people that have lost everything that will take time to recover & rebuild their lives.
There were about 18 boats that were damaged some beyond repair, it is a sad sight to drive around  & see the yachts in the mangroves & along the coast line some were home to their owners.
We had given our cyclone mooring to a boat as we were on land, unfortunately for him 2 yachts broke their mooring interlocked & moved down the anchorage area hitting the boat on our mooring overturing it, & carried on hitting boats along the way until they washed up on the shoreline.
Some of the town area have phone & electricity but some like us will have a long wait, power poles & lines are still down along the roadside.
Looking out from our porch towards the airport everything looks so bleak all the lush greenery is replaced by trees without any leaves .some look  like they should be in a desert.
Hopefully the people that have nothing left of their homes will get assistants soon.