Avatele Beach
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 27 Oct 2013 23:27
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Sunday Bliss at Avatele
Beach
 The Wash Away
Café.
The books say the place to spend
Sunday afternoon is at Avatele (Oneonepata) Beach. This stretch of sand served
as a beacon for the early trading ships, today the little jetty serves the local
fishermen, snorkelers and divers. We arrived at
the Wash Away Café for lunch, (open only on a Sunday from 11 am to 11 pm) and
found the most novel bar we have ever visited. A self-service bar. You help
yourself and write it in the book......
  
 Food wise you can order burgers (Bear), pizzas (Me) and
sandwiches. I of course had to use the glass that was Beez
colours... We settled for a leisurely time before going for a snorkel.
 The legend here is
that while beating her hiapo down at the beach, Mataginifale would often sing
and chant while she worked. Attracted by her singing, all the fish would gather
within the bay to admire her singing and her skillful work and to ask her to
paint them whichever colour they asked for. One day a whale swam up to
Mataginifale while she worked and asked her to paint him. Mataginifale in turn
mocked the whale “ulu pekepeke”, teasing him about his large bumpy head. The
whale was deeply offended and vowed to take revenge on Mataginifale. While she
had her back turned, the whale snuck up on her, swallowing her whole and
disappeared from the shores of Oneonepata, Trapped for days in the pit of the
whale’s stomach Mataginifale noticed that the whale was no longer swimming – she
used her tools which were wrapped around her waist to slowly scrape away at the
whale’s stomach in an effort to escape. Upon emerging from the whale’s stomach
she found herself on another beach, Mataginifale found herself in Tonga where
she was immediately taken by the king as his bride.
  
 
  
  
 
  A handsome group of
chaps
 As at other beaches and attractions we
found a picnic area, showers and
toilets.
ALL IN ALL FANTASTIC EATERY
AND
SNORKELING |