Category: Tim Foster
Of ships and planes
By Tim Foster I seem to remember that in 1977 there were only four or five international flights per week into Bauer Field but I stand to be corrected. One of our pastimes was to go to the Airport and... Read More
The jetty at Saama village
By Tim Foster Geoff Holman, the British Engineer in the PWD Design office, was working on a project to construct a jetty in the North of Efate near Saama village. A jetty had been constructed there by... Read More
Ambrym 1976
By Tim Foster In October 1976 I made my first trip to an outer island. I was sent to Ambrym with Daniel Melen from the PWD design office, who was Acting Sub-Divisionnaire for CD No 1, to carry out a p... Read More
Epi Experience
By Tim Foster. In the 1976–1977 hot season two cyclones struck the New Hebrides group. One result was that the airstrip at Lamen Bay was damaged and put out of use. Luckily, Geoff Holman, a British ... Read More
Three trips to Tanna
By Tim Foster. As an engineer working for the Condominium Public Works Department I was responsible for overseeing operations in Southern District and Central District number one and I travelled to ot... Read More