Posted on March 10, 2010 by Delia
Snorkelling
The last two months have been fantastic for snorkelling – great visibility and lots of fish. Split Rock continues to astound me – and everyone I take there. Last time I swam out from the beach with a family staying at Daku, and we saw a striped sea snake in the shallows. Although venomous, they [...]
Posted on February 19, 2010 by Delia
Renovations!
It’s one thing to renovate rooms ‘cos you can do them one at a time, but when you’re ripping out the entire roof of the main reception/ dining / bar area, it’s a big ask! So we had 10 days of disruption but our guests were very relaxed about it – we moved the restaurant [...]
Posted on February 5, 2010 by Delia
Dolphin Spotting in Natewa Bay
January 2010
What a fantastic day’s outing! We saw LOTS of dolphins – leaping, turning and twisting under the boat, streaking along ahead of us. The faster we went, the more of them came to play and race; they seemed to dare each other in how near they’d allow the boat to [...]
Posted on December 28, 2009 by Delia
Twenty-two people for lunch – and a visit from Father Christmas!
We abandoned the idea of turkey this year, and served ham, seafood and lobster salad – a good move when its warm weather. Actually, it’s been a very mild December – after Cyclone Mick passed, we’ve had warm clear days and temperatures of 24 [...]
Posted on December 20, 2009 by Delia
The yoga shala at Daku has been a work in progress for the last few months, and we completed it in time for Mark Whitwell’s Heart of Yoga course in December. Mark himself conducted an opening ceremony and blessed the shala, in particular thanking the men who had built it – Tomi, Samu, Rupeni, Jorgi [...]
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Posted on November 6, 2009 by Delia
Eileen is back from her six month cooking course at Raki Raki and we’re all enjoying the results. Eileen has been one of our cooks here at Daku for 2 years, and won a scholarship to the hospitality school training programme. She loved the experience, and learnt a huge amount about presentation, serving, and of [...]
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Posted on August 7, 2009 by Delia
A recent guest at Daku Resort writes to tempt you to a Singing Workshop in Paradise…
Are you thinking about attending a Singing Workshop as one of the Paradise Courses at Daku Resort? This brief note could help you to decide “Yes, this is my sort of thing.”
I am Eric Conley and, with my wife Rose, [...]
Posted on August 1, 2009 by Delia
Last week one of our guests, Wendy, attended the Kundalini Yoga retreat here at Daku lead by Madi Simmons. Wendy had this to say about her blissful time at the retreat:
“Yes, I am still feeling the Fiji spirit and the beautiful Kundalini Yoga effects from Madi Simmons’ Kundalini Yoga retreat. The week there, of course, [...]
Posted on July 28, 2009 by Delia
Paradise Courses 2009
We’re more than half way through the schedule for this year – but there are some wonderful courses still to come.
Art:
Kerrie Lester teaches Figures in the Landscape from September 12 – 19; as a 16 times Archibald finalist, her exuberant paintings are very well known.
The following week – September 19 – 26 [...]
Posted on May 7, 2009 by Delia
In April we welcomed Leonie Norton and a group of painters to Daku for a very busy week of botanical art AND holiday sketching. The difficult economic times have affected everyone, and we didn’t have enough people for two separate weeks of painting – so we put the two courses together and had a very [...]
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