When we got back to the false pass of Motutunga in the early morning just in time for the slack tide, we had to find out that the small cargo ship had indeed left as they told us, but they forgot to tell us that they left some workers there for the week to work at a pearlfarm in the lagoon. Their workboat still blocked… Continue reading »
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Article about coconut palmtrees in an Austrian newspaper
We wrote an article about the coconut palm, which is the symbol for the south seas, but unfortunately a big eco-disaster. Palm trees are not even endemic here, but were introduced and are replacing the natural vegetation (and habitat for birds). We couldn’t find a magazine for this topic at first as it’s not exactly a sailing topic. Now an Austrian newspaper (OOE Nachrichten) got… Continue reading »