Vanua Balavu is the third largest island in Fiji's Lau archipelago, and the main island of the Northern Lau Group.
Beach on Vanua Balavu
Men loading bags of copra and other crops onto an inter-island vessel at Lomaloma wharf, Vanua Balavu for markets in Suva the capital of Fiji.
Lomaloma is a village at the south of the island of Vanua Balavu in the Lau archipelago of Fiji. The settlement is part of the tribal district of Tikina, Lomaloma and consists of 9 villages, 13 Yavusa (tribes), 42 Mataqali (clans), and 54 family units known as Tokatoka. The nine villages of Lomaloma Tikina are Lomaloma, Sawana, Susui, Narocivo, Namalata, Uruone, Levukana, Dakuilomaloma, and Tuvuca.
The Lomaloma jetty, Vanua Balavu, Fiji
Bakery on Lomaloma, Vanua Balavu, Fiji.