“The necessity of a vessel to keep up a more frequent intercourse with Norfolk Island, having been much felt by the want of various stores for the use of the inhabitants, occasioned Captain Townson, the commanding officer, to construct a […]
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If you are down at Kingston you may be intrigued to see a number of weathered boat hulls, in various stages of repose, on the grassy area near the pier and the Royal Engineer’s Office. Children often climb in them, […]
Let me try to explain the annual Norfolk Island Food Festival. I’ll need to do it in a roundabout way. Let’s begin with a single word: bounty. The word bounty has many colourful, overlapping facets when applied to Norfolk Island. […]
A phrase you’ll often hear on Norfolk Island is, “Every side es gude side“, meaning everywhere on Norfolk is beautiful. And if you’re visiting Norfolk for the first time, you’re about to realise that statement is wonderfully, delightfully true. Everywhere you […]
Norfolk Island is a quaint – almost quirky – forgotten corner of Australia. And that’s a huge part of its appeal. I went back recently, after not having visited for over a decade. It was a sweet reminder of how […]
“There wasn’t a tour for visitors that showed how the Pitcairners lived since the early days, so I thought I would open the property to the public. They seem to like it.” – Marie Bailey Visitors to Norfolk Island who […]
It is remarkable that two tiny islands six thousand kilometres apart share a culture that began with an incident Hollywood later made famous. I am speaking of course about the mutiny on board His Majesty’s Ship Bounty, which led to […]
The word, ‘chocolate’, produces an array of emotions that are both personal and communal; to be shared as an act of fellowship or to be savoured as a private reward. Chocolate. White; dark; milk. The very concept evokes immediate preferences, […]
Shark populations in the South Pacific have always been diverse and plentiful. From the early records of settlers on Norfolk Island there have been extensive sightings of large numbers of shark populations in the surrounding seas. To Pacific Islanders, the […]