Aore Island Resort

31 October 2010

We had a great night at the Aore Island Resort last night good friends and 2 wonderful people people who are over on the island building a new school pro bono.

We met Lee and Geoff this morning to walk our block of land and for me to ear mark the trees that are to “go”. I am getting rid of the native Hibiscus trees and the breadfruit trees. Both have shallow roots so I was not going to risk them falling and causing damage.

There is a track cut right down the side of the block which was done by the Americans in WW2. It will be great for access to the beach from the road and will provide access to storage under the deck of the potential house. It would have been a lot of work cutting it to the water line so we are very pleased with this.The proposed holiday house site is high, will get breezes from both directions and will have remarkable views.

Walking the block led to a trip in Geoff’s WW2 jeep to the other end of the island looking for engine blocks for the mooring . The boys are loving this -  the Huck Finn and burning around in the jeep. WW2 Jeeps are the preferred transport on the island and Stephen’s eye’s are lighting up!!

We looked at the rear end of a Massey Fergusson tractor to see if it would be suitable for the mooring. We passed a number of WW2 buildings sprinkled around the jungle which were used to store ammunition and which were camouflaged by soil and grass. They were not built in a line to stop the Japanese from doing a bombing run. There was even a small one used for storing detonators.

We have just finished a 1^st pass at the waterfront to see what the depth profile will be for the new mooring. Ross is plotting the data as I write.

We have just had word that the Profke’s (whose mooring we are on) will let us have the 2 engine blocks that they have. So that means that to date we have a tractor rear end and 3 engine blocks and we are waiting to hear about the other tractor rear end.

There is a new development proposed for the eastern end of the island and it will include a 6* hotel, a 200 boat marina, golf course, 200 house sites and a hospital for plastic surgery.