Turtle Island | POSTCARDS
‘We have travelled a lot and we've never stayed at another resort like this. That's why we keep coming back.” Tanya and John, from NSW's Hunter Valley, are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary with their fifth visit to Turtle Island. Moments before, they'd been surprised with cake, garlanded with salusalus (necklaces of flowers) and serenaded with song. Now, visibly moved with emotion, they're sharing a few words about what this luxury Fijian resort means to them.
It's cocktail hour and guests and staff members are gathered on the sand for this nightly sunset ritual. We've just arrived, my partner and I. One quick flight from Sydney and a seaplane transfer over turquoise seas patterned by pale coral later, we're blinking in our new surrounds: a private island paradise in the secluded Yasawa archipelago, the sun sinking into the South Pacific.
We introduce ourselves, as is the norm for fresh arrivals here on Turtle Island. So, too, do today's other newcomers, Antonio and Rachel, a couple from Austin, Texas, who
