As some of the readers might know, my time living in Fiji is approaching five years in total – crazy! I have spent nearly a seventh of my life on this island in the South […]
Last week, Greg contacted me to ask whether I would be up for a little project with him: interviewing several University of the South Pacific students about their experiences with COVID-19. It sounded like a […]
A few weeks back we celebrated Amanda’s 31st birthday and we decided to enjoy a few days away from Suva by visiting Beqa Island. Due to the COVID situation, Fiji’s tourism industry has suffered drastically […]
In my last post about the birdlife here in Fiji, I concentrated on the small and medium-sized birds that I have seen and photographed thus far. This post is dedicated to the doves (or pigeons, […]
A few days ago I finished my last project: a short film about the My Fiji Shark Initiative by Beqa Adventure Divers (BAD) with support from the United Nations Development Program Office (UNDP Pacific) here […]
After a successful day in Gizo and a wonderful boat ride back (including a stop at the famous Lola café, where I was able to snap a couple of images of blacktip reefs shark cruising […]
It must look hilarious how I walk on the road towards the mountains in a wetsuit and diving boots. In one hand my underwater housing with strobes and in my other a snorkel and a […]
It’s hard to imagine, but I’m closing in on being four weeks at the CRIOBE Research Station here on Moorea in French Polynesia. As the Media Manager of the #physioshark project, I have and am […]
I had been looking forward to this trip for quite a while and at that moment it looked like it’s not gonna happen. We were sitting in the train from Bremen to Bremerhaven and kept […]
North Stradbroke Island is with its 275.2 km2 the second biggest sand island the world and just 50 km from Brisbane. In order to explore the island a little, find some wildlife and to finally get into […]
Tom Vierus is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and marine biologist based in Suva, Fiji Islands. This blog is dedicated to his assignments and to sharing some behind-the-scenes footage.
