Sunday

Induction day went very smoothly. A quick run through of project details and the plan for the day after a lazy breakfast and early morning swim. Then John, Matt, Byron and Riley headed off to peg out the site. Matt and Byron were introduced to Fiji with a ride on the public bus to the Namaka fresh produce and fish market for some fruit before heading to Moala Village to peg out. They were pleased to see the poles had been delivered, but dismayed to see it was incorrect. The tyres that the villagers had committed to sourcing are yet to arrive so fingers crossed they arrive on Monday as locating poles accurately is determined by the exact size of the used tyres.

While the big boys of the team were out, Sophie, Emma, Jess, Tarli, Kiarra, Tane and Noah checked out the pool and the kids explored the hotel grounds. Sophie did a run for supermarket supplies as we have the option to self cater.

All went to schedule and the reward was a team visit to the Sleeping Giant Zip Line. Located 20 minutes into the interior in rainforest, the drive there gave the team an opportunity to view typical Fijian rural countryside - fields full of sugarcane, cassava and more, tethered horses and cattle, wandering dogs, and locals enjoying a quiet Sunday.

Byron started off on the zipline with confidence and zest but was stung by a hornet as he landed. Recovered well and was off again with the gang ziplining through the forest. Kids enjoyed patting skinny cats.

Dinner at Raffles Hotel next door - a great waterslide but huge meltdown from Noah who decided to leave on his own and head out to the main road to walk back to our resort!!