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Suva, Pacific Harbour & The Coconut Coast
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Suva
The four Suva Suburbs of Muanikau, Samabula, Tamavua and Cunningham are mostly residential areas but with several places worth exploring. Local buses run to the suburbs regularly from 6am to 6pm departing from the Suva bus stand.
Muanikau
Muanikau flanks the southern side of
Suva
Peninsula, south and east of the city. Immediately east is the upmarket residential area of The Domain, sitting prettily on a hill with large houses hidden behind security fences and thick tropical landscaping. Forum Secretariat established in 1971 to voice the collective political, economical and environmental concerns of the South Pacific are here. Close by, on
Battery Road, is Parliament House, reflecting the design of a traditional bure but made instead of steel with a bright orange roof.
Further east, in
Laucala
Bay, is the
Fiji
campus of the University of the South Pacific which has a public library, including the extensive Pacific Collection, for which visitors must pay a $20 temporary membership fee to access. There’s also an excellent University Bookshop. Close by is the National Stadium with a capacity of close to 20,000 and across the way in
Sports
City
is the new Olympic Swimming Pool and Vodafone Indoor Sports Arena.
Tamavua, Samabula and Cunningham
Some of the most expensive residences in
Suva
are perched on the steep cliffs of Tamavua with fantastic views of the harbour. They also look down on industrial
Walu
Bay
with its ship yards, oil storage tanks and car retailers. At the far end of this gloom are the thick limestone walls of Suva Prison. Across the
Queens Road
is the Royal Suva Yacht Club, a pleasant spot to have a beer and watch the sun set over the volcanic plug of Joske’s Thumb.
Samabula, east of Central, is divided between the middle class houses along
Rewa Street, with the
Mariamma
Hindu
Temple
which has spell- binding fire walking ceremonies in August, and further south, the appalling housing estates around Raiwaqa. Cunningham is the newest municipality on
Suva’s northern and eastern boundary heading along the
Kings Road
towards Nausori. It includes the busy suburb of Nabua as well as Queen Elizabeth Barracks.
Lami
Town
Five kilometres west of the city centre along the
Queens Road, is the pretty seaside residential area of
Lami
Town
with nice views looking back across the harbour to the
Suva
skyline. Beyond the town is the tranquil setting of the
Bay
of
Islands
with three rocky islets offshore from the Novotel Suva and yachts bobbing in the bay.
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Readers may also be interested in the following destinations:
Cook Islands Travel Guide
Samoa Travel Guide
Tonga Travel Guide
Tahiti Travel Guide
Hawaii Travel Guide
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