Nausori Town, Fiji
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2023
- With my intention to visit and explore every major town in Fiji, I found myself in Nausori, regarded as the gateway to the capital, Suva. I had wanted to visit the market but the heat and humidity and the strong likelihood of rain meant I would have to leave that for another day. There are many sides to Nausori not least of which is the old town situated, so I've been led to believe, around 5 km north of the current one with crumbling relics of the colonial past. I'll visit it on another occasion.
Thanks for sharing the history of the Syria, of the Indians who lost lives, and of the Fijians who rowed out to save them. As someone descended from Indian indentured labor in another ex-colony Mauritius, I was fascinated by your historical walking tour.
Absolutely fascinating comment especially given we share a similar history. Thank you! I’ll be doing another couple of vlogs on the indenture experience including visiting the village where the brave rescue occurred. The experience of indenture in Fiji was absolutely horrific. I’ve been fortunate enough to look at records and their details of the treatment of Indian labourers by overseers from Britain, Australia and New Zealand makes for harrowing reading.
Thanks for your postings.
The old Nausori bridge brought my childhood memories of about 1947-48. We lived in Suva and frequented my Nana and Nani's home in Wainibokasi, about six miles from Nausori township.
They were sugarcane farmers.
Nausori was set up with sugar mill to process all the cane grown in the area.
The Colonial Sugar Refining (CSR) was an Australian Company that operated the mill back then.
I recall ocean going freighters coming to Nausori to collect the sugar.
The Nausori bridge was newly built WWII and vehicles were charged a toll to use the bidge.
The Rewa river used to be much deeper most of the year then, but during heavy rains the river would be dredged aroung the milling season.
Thanks for your much enjoyed posting.
Great memories of times past.
Best regards to you!
I'm sorry, I do not know your name friend!
Feel free to write me!
Novin Parsad
Hi Novin. Glad you enjoyed my Nausori vlog. 😃 My name is Azeem. I have many more vlogs on my channel and there’ll be lots more to come his year. I’m hoping to eventually do a vlog on the experience of Girmit and eventually a vlog from India on the experience of indenture. 😃🫶🏽👌🏽👍🏽
However, THANK YOU for the nostalgia for I miss my home so, so much
17:05 "Nausori will never change. Same old people, same old brain, no planning, no idea. Look at the potholes, even the toilet the men had to sit with the ladies “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂 That one took me out!!
I guess he pretty much sums up the state of Nausori as it stands. Although they've done well with the new market there's a lot of work that still needs to be done.
Agreed. It’ll take a generation to change the mindset of the planners by which I mainly mean the local council.
Bingo, always been the issue
I grew up here till I moved overseas. Thank you for filming this. I miss it ♥️
The monument changed 😳 It was a wishing well
Under the bridge where it always floods during hurricane season isa
Big new building 😳 that was the old bustand 😳
That Anglican church was functioning when i was growing up 😍 its so old isa
That place where you saw Porknest. There was a colonial building there. It burned down few years ago.
Oh how I remember that bridge. I worked in Nausori in 1986 for almost 10 years! We travelled in one of those mini vans. Not legal in those days but transport by any means cos I lived in Suva! Sometimes the cops stopped us and we had to walk all the way to town!!😊 Good old days of fun
Wonderful reminiscences! Consider this vlog part 1. I'll go back soon and cover parts I missed. 😃
Thanks for the vlog. I went to school over on the other side of the Bridge [Lelean] back in 1978-1981.Walked across that old Rewa bridge "many" times Nausori has changed so much.
Thank you for watching. I only wish the government would declare the old bridge a national monument. I hate to see it rust away. I’m thinking of going back to Nausori to film parts I didn’t capture the first time around. 😃
Good to hear the British accent vlogging in Fiji. I like your happy tone and saying hello to everyone. Great work!
Thank you Inspire! 😃👌🏽🫶🏽🙌🏽
Can you imagine if Towns were to have annual MOT’s, Nausori Town would have failed and deemed un town worthy. It’s such a shame to see the state of some of the buildings, roads etc..etc. I’m sure there are Towns across Fiji that are in the same state. The one good thing actually the best part about Nausori from your videos are the people, so proud of my fellow Fijians back home. Vinaka.
I agree. The people are incredibly friendly and helpful and it’s a whole lot safer than Suva. PS. Now there’s a thought: an annual town MOT!
There was a big pot hole in Nadi between the Airport and Nadi Town near macDonnel. Almost knee deep. They just placed A Cone {Wtches hat} in it . Lucky i saw it at night when it was raining.
@@prophet1782 very lucky!
Nice video, so many memories from my hometown!!
Glad you enjoyed it, Atish!
Extremely beautiful video Azeem. Thank you again for sharing such a wonderful video from my home town. It is nicely covered with your description and video. Love watching again and again. I'm homesick now. Now your video is intimating me to visit Fiji again very soon.
Glad you liked it, Babita. I was so surprised by how much I enjoyed Nausori. The people were really nice. 😃😃🙌🏽🫶🏽🙏🏽👍🏽👌🏽
Love this! Family is in Nausori!
Can you make a video eating cream buns and sauage roll from hot bread shop! I miss fiji so much!!!
Those are very Fiji things to do! 😊 No wonder you miss the place! 🇫🇯
Nice to see you back!
Thanks, Kate! Yes! Back in the saddle!
Love your channel ❤️👍
So kind of you to say so, Aelan! 😃🙌🏽🫶🏽👌🏽👍🏽
Bula , I'm from Malaysia, i was there in Nausori & Suva City for 1 month (2021) because of work..Easy to go everywhere, there are many taxis...i miss the friendly people there & originally Fiji Water..so much!
So happy for you. 😃 You should return some time.
@@ThePaleBlueDot Happy for you too...i Wish to return
@@ridzuanmohd1521 Thank you!
Bula Vinaka Azeem, hope you are keeping well my friend.Thank you for another Wonderful vlog. Quick notes... between the Nausori Police Post and the Wing Zoing Wah building is where the old Nausori Town Market used to be, so you would enter Nausori from the Rewa Bridge and the Market is what you would see on the left at the junction. Immediately opposite to the Wing Zoing Wah building was the old Nausori Bus Stand and near the bus stand shelter were lines of sweet carts, selling sweets and savoury to nausori goers. As a kid I used to buy sweets on the bus ride home 😂. Next to the old bus stand was the historical Morris Hedstrom (MH Supermarket) That's where that big white "functional" building is now. RB Patel supermarket is probably one of the oldest and biggest.
Wow! Thank you! That was a fantastic series of observations! I’ve always passed through Nausori in the past without stopping and having done so for this vlog, I was pleasantly surprised by how interesting and friendly it was. I’d like to go back and cover more of Nausori especially the old town. For one thing, I’m waiting for the weather to clear. It’s been very wet all over Fiji in the last few weeks. Again, thank you! 😃👌🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽👍🏽🇫🇯
@@ThePaleBlueDot VINAKA VAKA SARALEVU to you my good friend Azeem. You are just incredible and taking us all on your trails is something I will always be grateful for my friend. That CSR building was a find 😮. Just opposite to CSR building is a road going up the hill called Vunivivi Hill, you might want to check it out. On both sides of the road the land used to be empty because it was used as a golf course. Up the hill it has these colonial houses. I'm thinking it must be the quarters for the CSR people. Looking forward to you next vlog my dear friend. Keep up the great works⚡ 🙏🏼🤘🇫🇯❤🤗
Happy New Year Good Sir. Many blessings to you and your family. Your videos have been such a big help during the lock-down period. So insightful and entertaining. Im glad to be back in fiji now. Last time i was here was in 2019 and i am enjoying my time exploring. Take care champ!💯
Happy New Year, “Draken_xyz”. Thank you! 😃🙌🏽👍🏽🫶🏽🙏🏽 I’m glad you found them so helpful. I’ve got lots more content to share. Are you back in Fiji for good?
2:07 The Ferns we see between the Bridge proper and the foot bridge is called "Fish Tail" in Fiji. Most house holds have it in their lounges.
34:20 The fish kawakawa is Grouper.
35:42 The Sugar Mill closed because the Sugar cane in that area was too juicy and less sugar because of the rain. It rains all yr around.
The Indentured Labourers from India were first taken to the Island of Levuka for Quarantine then to Mainland.
Thank you so much Sir. Very gud vid.
Thank you, "Prophet 17" for the information. Much obliged to you. 😃👍🏽✌🏽
@@ThePaleBlueDot You welcome sir.
Beautiful video! Have you been here to New Zealand before, landscapes here are very diverse 💯
Thanks, Jono. 😃 I’ve never been to NZ. Having said that, I’m thinking of coming later this year for a Melanesian festival in October.
Nausori is my home town. Haven’t been in more than 13 years. Can’t wait to go . Please do more videos on nausori ❤ n yes separate video on nausori market pleaseeee. My uncles work there . Used to go there when I was a kid
Glad you liked it, Ashweta. I loved vlogging from Nausori. The people were just wonderful. 😃🙌🏽👍🏽🙏🏽👌🏽🫶🏽🇫🇯
Aseem, Good to see you back on the saddle.
Happy trails.
Thank you, my friend! 😃👍🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽
My parents are from nausori, I am born and raised in California , as a history geek my self , I find your videos fascinating ! Did you ever get to making that vlog about the ship in naslai ?
Thank you for sharing . Cheers ❤️✌🏽
Yes, I will be doing a vlog on Nasilai as soon as I can properly organised. It is a fascinating aspect of Fiji’s past. I even attended a conference on sea archaeology recently where Nasilai came up.
Happy New Year Sir. Good to see you.
Thank you! Happy new year to you too! 😃👌🏽✌🏽👍🏽
Love the work and effort Azeem! keep it up 💯
Nice to see someone vlogging in Fiji very educational indeed
Thank you, Sailasa. I’ll be starting up again soon. The weather has been a problem and getting in the way.
Love the videos if you don't know already here you go nausori town council has called for tenders from company's who are able to remove the old bridge because it has become a hazard with parts of it falling down into the water and and a few of the slabs fell on the ground under sriya park so it's set to be demolished as soon as a company is found to have to removed without it causing damage to the eco system
Thank you! While I was there I saw quite a few people crossing from the Nausori end diagonally across from the police station. It does make one wonder why the police are turning a blind eye to what can be quite hazardous.
Oh ok .Thanks.
finding my self walking in that video is hilarious 😂😂😂
Really? 😆🤣😂 Which one was you?
@@ThePaleBlueDot at 29:18 walking down street with my fiance haha. I was born in Fiji but I live in California now. I went to go see families back home. I saw you doing your vlog and I knew who you were since I follow you. I told my fiance watch we will be in his next upload 😂
@@vikrantnath1362 Hahaha! What a coincidence! More to come soon. Just taken a short break. 😀
Thanks for your effort to allow us to walk down memory lane. My I very humbly request and observe , if you had left the camera looking at the sight while narrating in the background , we could have seen so much more of the SIGHTS...Having said that appreciate your effort.
Feroze Khan .
Glad you enjoyed it, Feroze. I’d like to go back there some day and cover areas like the market, the side streets, the airport, and the remains of the old town of Nausori located in Naduruloulou.
My grandma and grandpa got married in that church in nausori
That old church in the main town centre would be interesting to look inside.
Happy New Year....
Welcome back...
Vinaka, samuela. 😃
When you have time come and visit the Old chiefly village of Nadi at Denarau south road.
@@jamesburebuilders5202 Would make for an interesting vlog, certainly. 😀
@@ThePaleBlueDot you most welcome to the Old chiefly village of Nadi l.
That bridge was built in 1950’s by New Zealand Army Engineers. When built it was considered and Engineering marvel of its time. It connected Nausori / Tailevu to Suva. After serving for seven decades and overuse it started to sink and it’s use was discontinued.
It’s current condition is a shameful indictment to the government who did not preserve it as a cultural heritage. It is now earmarked to be demolished.
Thank you, Dharmendra. Wonderful slice of history. I thoroughly agree. It should be preserved as a icon of cultural heritage. It would also serve as a much-needed foot bridge too.
Cant be built in the 1950s because a fighter plane flew under the bridge in World War 2.
@@georgetuisawau4781 Really? Incredible! Could it have been an earlier bridge?
@@ThePaleBlueDot Bridge was officially opened on June 12 1937 by governor Sir Arthur Richards. My dad was a student at Sawani which is now ACS. They walked from Sawani to Nausori to witness the opening of the bridge.
@@georgetuisawau4781 thanks for the correction. Guess, I got mixed up in the dates.
Hello Mr Pale, please upload more of Nausori town videos
Yes. I will do more from Nausori when I get the opportunity.
Thank you, great job you are doing. This is it.
Hi Brother it’s been 6 Months we didn’t see your new Videos. Mr khan you have lots of Fans and we all miss your videos. I hope you’re doing well.
Thank you! Don't worry! Will be starting soon.😃👍🏽😎👌🏽
@@ThePaleBlueDot Good to hear from you Mr Khan . Watching from USA 🇺🇸
@@sandranair9471 Nice! I've taken a break but I'll be resuming the vlogs very soon.
Iam a fijian and i remember the bridge that is the old bridge
The bridge must have lots of fond memories for you.
When he said Nausori can't changed, he said he meant in a good way. But once he stated to elaborate further, it was clear that Nausori to him is not going to change in a bad way.
I agree. He was optimistic about the people but disappointed in the maintenance of the town.
Yes he meant it in a bad way. To him good way was being Honest.
@@prophet1782 Yes, he was very frank.
12:17 Tebara Festival used to be held at that open field
My dad lived there for long time , he was born in labasa, my grandma,s name is rewa.
I really liked Nausori. It genuinely pleasantly surprised me.
There's a place in India called Rewa.
@@prophet1782 really? I had no idea. Amazing.
@@ThePaleBlueDot I'm referring to The Bridge.
His right nasouri needs action should be like ba town
Nausori has been sadly neglected, Yung ming. Here’s hoping things might change.
Ba toh Ba he😂😂
17:35 The Nausori Hospital has no soap or paper towels in their bathrooms
Love you videos - just thought i would mention you need to edit your title 'Town'
Thank you ever so much, David! Overlooked that!!🙌🏽👍🏽🙏🏽
@@ThePaleBlueDot Just paused and read the whole of the monument to Syria Ship at the start of the video, have they made a spelling mistake at the bottom section, detailing the medals they have spelt suprintendent, they have missed the e. , I am no literal genius far from it, anyways, i have to get back to work have an awesome day myfriend.
@@davidbarnes4984 It’s funny you should say that because I felt the language was a little clunky and lacking in syntax in parts. Really appreciate your feedback, David. Enjoy work. 👍🏽😎👌🏽
Nausori Town has being neglected by the council.
Sadly, I would have to agree. Let’s hope things change with the new government.
Damn right, new people with innovative ideas are sorely needed there
He doesn't even know the name of the island where Indians were first taken to Fiji; it is the Ellis Island of Fiji and it is called Nuku-i-Lau
i was there in 1975 when i married my wife from dilkusha
A lot has changed in the area since then. 😃
@@ThePaleBlueDot what i know has changed, most people i knew there left the country
Yes, indeed. The rate of migration especially among Indo-Fijians has been considerable. @@davidthomas5990
Show me the bus stand area next time please. Thanks.
No problem.
15:45 There are no mean streets in Fiji; why would you go to an ATM at midnight anywhere in the world, let alone in Fiji
You sound like Peter Drury .
Maybe that could be a new career! 🤣🤣
@@ThePaleBlueDot
Just might be 😂😂
Love your videos ❤
@@alcodogfj, a big thank you to you. Lots more to come. Stay tuned! 😃
Bro, how come you are not speaking Hindi
Nausore town is a depression town
😂😂
Not Naselai , it's should be Nasilai.
Correct, Joe. So many mistakes on that commemorative plaque.
I hope one day you will visit the village of Nasilai , Nakelo, Tailevu. You will be surprise as the old shipwreck still there. Greetings from London UK, GOD Bless.
@@BigJoe4189 yes, Joe. Will do. Very high up on my list. 👍🏽✌🏽🙏🏽👌🏽
Most towns in Fiji are depressing, lack of landmarks, parks, lack of public toilets, potholes, poor drainage, seating places, very mechanical layout, Nadi is worst....a zombie tourist town
Nadi has become such a mess through poor planning. I used to live in Nadi many years ago and it wasn’t as bad as it is now. Suva is much better and very pleasant.
The bridge was cordoned off. Just in the Island way who cares
That’s right. I only wish the government would maintain it as a footbridge and a heritage monument too. 🙌🏽🫶🏽
Although I agree with the guy 17:18. He was extremely annoying to listen to, i recommend editing the videos are removing such rambling. Great informative video thou.
Noted! Appreciate your feedback, Niketh.
Welcome back! Yeah, I felt people like that guy complaining etc should be going to the town council meetings and trying to change things where he lives, or least pick up a gallon ( or litre ) of paint , and go for it himself !
@@geewah9736 thank you! Good to be back! 😃
He was expressing his views on the state of affairs. Eg. Public Toilet is not maintained. Males use Female toilet. That's appauling .
Why is he annoying. ? He has every right to exp. his views. The council is appauling. They should be sacked by the central govt. He is right.
@@prophet1782 Did I say it wasn't an issue ? Did I say he has no right to voice his concerns ? NO. Its the way he presents his case/opinion that is annoying. He is overly zealous and doesn't stop. Do you realise what human relations are ? Obviously, if you're that pushy, no one will hear you out. Plus, voicing a concern is one thing and his rambling is another. Also I wrote that comment for the the creator of this video not for you so kindly mind your own business.
But, quit patronizing
This video is older that 2023; dude is lying. First of all, this guy is not from Nakasi or Nasinu and second, he is plain old lying; for when I went back home (I grew up in Fiji and went to Dilkusha Boys' School) in 2019, there was a distinctive, large hole in the bridge about midpoint. Quit lying bro..