Eyrie Sleep-out
p. 79 · Read in the full issue
Bachelors in Roturna take advantage of their single state to move out from conventional houses at night and sleep in lofty sleep-outs, high above the beach, where the sea breezes are coolest. One side of the shelters is open, the other is protected from the weather.
The sleep-outs are not a new idea. Roturna had them at least 80 years ago when H. H. Romilly, Britain's first Commissioner in Roturna, wrote his book A True Tale of the Western Pacific”, and used a drawing of one on the cover. However, this is the first photograph of one to come our way. It was taken by Rob Wright, of the Fiji PRO, on a recent visit.