David Douglas StuartHi! Here’s my #introduction. I’m a digital #journalist at ABC News, mainly working on #YouTube stuff. I’ve just returned to the public broadcaster after three years of globetrotting with my family. I’ve spent significant time in #Japan and #Vanuatu so I’ll be tooting about those places as well as #rollerblading, #travel, #art, interesting #subcultures, #language, #journalism and much more. Nice to meet you!
Hobson Lane@bigkamo where in Vantuatu? How did you get there and find a place to stay?
@hobs I was living in a little bamboo hut in Mele Maat — I went over on an AusAID volunteer-esque program and worked at INTV (now VIT) about twenty years ago. I haven’t been back since 2008.
@bigkamo Gorgeous! I was there 2 years later on a sailboat. Surreal experience. Stepping back in time. A small tsunami rolled through and created panic without any real danger.
@hobs Oh nice. I used to chat with sailors down at the markets. One guy invited me to sail to NZ with him – I think he was delivering a boat to somebody there – and I was very tempted despite not knowing him from a bar of soap. Which islands did you visit? I didn't manage to get to any further south than Tanna or any further north than Pentecost/Malekula – gotta save some for the future. I didn't have much cash so I mainly travelled by cargo ship. I'll treasure those memories forever. Amazing!
@bigkamo Port Villa for a week or so. And another couple weeks on a nameless island where we tried to fix the chief's outboard motor... burned up impeller... handed off the part number to another sailor in PV and I think I heard that it eventually got fixed.