Farewell dinner and arrival to Vanuatu!

On Friday evening the Rotary Club of Elizabeth hosted our team, and our family and friends for a Farewell Dinner. We modelled our uniforms for the first time and gave our presentation to the club, that we will be giving while in Vanuatu, detailing our personal stories, including where we come from, where we work, our families and discussion about Australia's wildlife, culture, history, wineries and agriculture. Our presentation was well received by the VTT committee, the Elizabeth Club and a few of our family members, friends and workmates. We enjoyed a lovely meal with the club before heading home for some last minute packing and preparations.

Our flight was at 6am Saturday morning, to Vanuatu via Brisbane. We had our own bags plus two extra bags to check in filled with our dental supplies. We arrived in Port Vila at approximately 2.30pm, to gusty winds and rain causing our plane to circle the island several times before it could safely land. We were greeted upon arrival by Richard Purdie, Rotarian and owner of Vila Chaumieres, our accommodation for the next two weeks, and Bruce, also a Rotarian expat from Australia. We were taken to our accommodation for some R & R before meeting Richard Tatwin, a Rotarian youth worker studying ophthalmology, and Gloria and Neville Jones, missionaries from New Zealand now living in Vanuatu, who help run the clinic. We enjoyed our first meal at the accommodation on the lagoon, and then turned in early for a much needed good night's sleep!

Agnetha

View from the plane of Port Vila 

Welcome to Vanuatu!

Flying over Vanuatu on arrival from Australia