Welcome to the April2004 FijiBure.Com newsletter

Bula!

Next month we will be getting the music of our participating villages recorded by a professional sound recordist from Brisbane. By June we hope to have our first FijiBure.Com CD.

Watch this space!

We now have

• our first island village, Naiseuseu (Beqa Island) - a location highly sought after by scuba divers and snorkelers
• the village of Korovisilou located near Waidroka Bay is the gateway to the famous surfers paradise of Frigate Reef
• finalised the accommodation facilities for the village of Naroro - custodians of the famous Tavuni Hill

Iso, the son of our host at Namatakula, has shown a deft hand at line fishing and has already gained a following in the fishing community. His rates are just a fraction of those levied by fishing operators. Judith's famous food servings and feasts have seen up to 12 travellers sitting around the dining room mats.

How the money has been spent:

The money tourists have spent at the villages is being put to good use,

• Our hosts at Namuamua now having new bedding and mattresses and cement walkways to the outside toilet. Namuamua are also building a new community hall with the money and hope to have it finished by the end of the year.
• Our hosts at Namatakula have nearly finished building their seven bedroom guest house with showers and toilets on both floors.
• Our hosts at Navutulevu have upgraded their public toilets - which have been tiled. 

Marketing FijiBure.Com

There are now  professionally made FijiBure.Com signs located on the Queens Highway at Namatakula and Navutulevu and at the check in to Tavuni Hill Fort. The FijiBure.Com website is now drawing over 100 visitors and an average of five enquiries a day. Not bad for a website just six months old - but we have a long way to go. We are hoping that the project might get some valuable media publicity soon.

Kind regards and seganaleqa marau (don't worry, be happy!)

Scott Balson

http://www.fijibure.com