Dreaming of islands?

are you

• single
• a couple
• a family with children
• adventurous
• keen on the sea, snorkeling, diving, windsurfing
• fan of fresh fish
• a hobby fisherman
• a bit tired of civilization
• between 20 and 60 years old

??????

would you like to

• finally write the book you always wanted to
• finally read all the books piled up on your bedside table
• swim in 28° warm water every day
• take a three month break and spend it on a tiny island in the pacific
• have access to e-mail, videos, and TV, nevertheless
• experience the tropical climate yourself
• lose a few pounds (or kilos)

??????

can you

• communicate in English well
• pay for a ticket to Solomon Islands for each person (tell your travel agent you want to go to Lata, Santa Cruz Island, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands.)
• afford A$ 10 (approx. US$ 5.40) a day to help pay the costs of electricity and gas
• bake your own bread

?????

if your answer is Yes to at least half these questions, you may be the person, the couple, or the family the Hepworths are looking for to look after their comfortable house on Pigeon Island, Reef Islands, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands, and to feed their friendly Rottweiler bitch Stacey while the Hepworths are away from Pigeon Island.

Read here what the late Diana and her son Ben Hepworth wrote about Pigeon Island.

Lucy Irvine spent a year with her children on Pigeon Island and wrote about her experience and the interesting life of the late Diana Hepworth and her family in her book Faraway (Doubleday ISBN 0385600119 oder Corgi ISBN 0552146803).

if you are interested, please contact the Hepworths directly (in English) by e-mail:

riverbend@batemansbay.com (Your email will be passed on to Pigeon Island)

Note: Messages are sent over a very low-speed radio link. They should not contain attachments and should be less than 5 kBytes (2 text pages) in length.

Diving:

All scuba equipment is available for hire to any diver holding the necessary qualifications.