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Levuka,
Ovalau, Lomaiviti.... ...the heart of Fiji
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Living in Levuka |
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Ovalau is a lush volcanic island approximately 180 square
kilometres in size. Levuka is located 22 kilometres from the
island's airport, Bureta. The island's population is around 8000
of which nearly 25% reside in Levuka. The majority are
indigenous Fiji Islanders, with part-Europeans, Chinese, Indian,
Rotuman, Solomon Islanders, Gilbertese and many others representing the
balance.
Levuka is the principal town in the Lomaiviti group. It
has infrastructure including
supermarkets and grocery stores
stocked with "European" foods as well as beer, wines and spirits,
bakeries, hardware & appliance stores. Local
market vendors sell fresh vegetables, fruit and fish.
Clubs, café and restaurants, churches, schools, museum,
library, local government, Post Office, document and freight
couriers, internet access, banks, Police force, Customs &
Immigration and a new modern hospital. Accommodations, tours
and activities, ferry and flight services.
Levuka/Ovalau weather is a coastal tropical maritime
climate with no extreme temperature fluctuations.
The summer from November till April is warm and humid
with calm and sunny days often with short but heavy afternoon or
night showers. The warmest and calmest is February/March with
Temperatures are around 30 Celsius.
Winters from May til October bring dryer south east trade
winds that can cause the evenings to be cool and windy. August
usually is the coldest month temperatures can drop just under 20
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Once you've
been in Levuka for a while, you might not want to leave. Here
are some pictures of homes that people have built to escape the
mad rush of the outside world and enjoy the silence in a friendly
atmosphere. It's maybe exactly the lifestyle that you always
wanted to have.
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A guide to Levuka and
Ovalau by The Levuka Ovalau Tourism Association
PO. Box, Levuka, Ovalau, Fiji Islands
info@levukafiji.com
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January, 2011 |
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