Beached Az

Well our little Pacific paradise fling has come to an end…times for us to leave the Cook Islands. If you want a low key beach holiday and not hooked to shopping malls, the Cooks are for you. Water is incredible, weather is amazing and the people are super friendly. Today is the last day that […]

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Island Time

Kia Orana. We’re back on the main island of the Cooks, Rarotonga. It’s very different to Aitutaki – it’s where all the government and commerce is done. It’s busier yet still very relaxed and quiet. The centre of the island rises up into huge volcanic mountains that resemble Jurassic Park. Incredible back drop to the […]

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One Foot

That idyllic beach view never gets old. One Foot Island lives up to it’s big reputation as being one of the best beaches in the world. You can’t take a bad picture of the place. I keep thinking Brooke Shields is going to jump out of the bushes! The TV show Survivor was filmed around […]

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Aitutaki

Today I think I found the bluest water in the world. I can now stop searching. Write this one down…AITUTAKI LAGOON in the Cook Islands. Take a 45 minute flight from Rarotonga and you will come across one of the most idyllic places on earth. Its paradise. The water temp is around 23-24…the air is […]

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Shippies

Can someone tell me why a number of huge freighter ships were coming in so close to Bondi this morning…like I’ve never seen before? Was it because? They were all drug smugglers dumping their loads to be later picked up by speed boats? They were dodging a large school of fish out to sea? The […]

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