They mow lawns where fish jumped

In early 1959 the city of Suva sported a small beach. It extended from the fire station to the Cable and Wireless building, facing the Club Hotel, and from it fishermen made their boat journeys, dogs splashed in the waves, tourists searched for shells, and sometimes passengers embarked from it on to a small float plane. Then came the city council’s reclamation plan for the entire waterfront. Today green lawns and trees decorate an area where fish once jumped. Rob Wright took both these photo graphs from the same spot.