Travel

, Sydney medicol specialist whose great love is surfing ('after,' he soys, my amily and my work') has spent many of his holidays over rhe losr 11 years ovelling rhe Sourh Seas, more often rhon nor wirh his surfboard. One of tese trips rook him ro rhe island of Rururu, in French Polynesia. He has zrirren rhis account of ir for PIM, wirh rhe accompanying comment rhor iince one of rhe greor oreos of porenriol economic assistance for many f rhe Sourh Pacific islands is rhe rourisr industry, rhe continuing growth of jrfing especially professional surfing, might prove ro be o significant conrri lurion Most Sourh Pacific islands hove surf. This is my justification for offering iis article.' We rhink 'Dr Geoff', os he prefers ro be known in print presum ibly for reasons of medicol ethics, needs no such justification. We hope 3 see more of his worm ond sensitive reports.