Hi all, Sorry once again it’s been a long time since we added a blog. We finally received our residency permits and came out to Vanuatu on the 12th March. We stayed for the first week with Tony’s sister Narelle until we could get the boat moved closer to town and ready to live in again. We were really blessed to find that everything was in good order when we got back, pretty much as we left it, only a bit dirty in the back cockpit area. The inside was gr...

Hi all, It's a long time since we added an update. Christmas holidays and the New Year celebrations are now just nice memories. We enjoyed catching up with most of you and now we have headed into our new adventure for 2011. Our life has taken a different turn this year. We are headed for Vanuatu for the next 12 months. I have applied for and received a work permit to teach at a small private school in Port Vila. The residency papers are the last thing to ...

James the Miracle Boy We met James at the Clinic at Losalava on Gaua .He had been a patient there for three weeks.His story started before that though.About one month before we arrived at Gaua he had been accidentally cut with a bush knife on his leg at the front down by his ankle.I am not sure what first aid was applied at the time but it is possible that if anything it was custom medicine.After a week the cut was much worse and badly infected so they made a p...

The Banks and Torres Islands Team 3 was about to start.We had finally loaded all the equipment and a new team of people (four nurses) on board the yacht.This time the plane was on time, always a bonus.We up anchored at 5.30pm and headed out.I had cooked tea for our crew and we ate while motoring down the channel.We had before us a 19 hour sail across to Meri Lava, the most north eastern Island in the Banks group.This was the first time we had been to Meri Lava s...

The Runaway Wheel! Daily life can be very exciting here in Vanuatu. At the start of the Pentecost Maewo trip I had the chance to go on a short tour of some of the dispensaries and aid posts further inland. I, along with about five Health Department staff, piled into the back of a servicable ute and off we went along the dirt roads. The centre of the island is a mountain range and the road runs along the top so it wasn't long before we were considerably high up ...