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APRIL,
YOU HAVE BEEN
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BOTH OF YOU AND
YOUR DETERMINATION,
SUCCESS HERE IN
HAWAII. ALOHA,
D.Ecklund
YOU HAVE BEEN
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BOTH OF YOU AND
YOUR DETERMINATION,
SUCCESS HERE IN
HAWAII. ALOHA,
D.Ecklund
"Again, many thanks for
helping us out. I know I'm
speaking for my father when
I say that we both really
appreciate you working for
us."
Greg Huyck, CFM, CRPC
Vice President
Senior Financial Advisor
helping us out. I know I'm
speaking for my father when
I say that we both really
appreciate you working for
us."
Greg Huyck, CFM, CRPC
Vice President
Senior Financial Advisor
The Kohala Coast on the Island of Hawaii
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Ancient Hawaiian Fish Ponds
Like their Polynesian forebears, Hawaiians were among the first aquaculturists on the planet.
Scientists still marvel at the ways they used the brackish ponds along the shoreline to stock and
ponds, located inshore, were closed off from the ocean. Open ponds used rock walls as a barrier to
the ocean and sluice gates that connected the ponds to the ocean. The gates were woven vines,
with just enough room for juvenile fish to swim in at high tide while keeping the bigger, fatter fish
open ponds; juvenile manini, papio, eels, and barracuda occasionally found their way in, too.
The Kalahuipuaa Fish Ponds, at Mauna Lani Resort (tel. 808/885-6622), are great examples of
both types of ponds in a lush tropical setting. South of the Mauna Lani Resort are Kuualii and
Kahapapa Fish Ponds, at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort (tel. 808/885-6789). Both resorts
have taken great pains to restore the ponds to their original states and to preserve them for future
generations; call ahead to arrange a free guided tour.
Kohala Coast Petroglyphs
The Hawaiian petroglyphs are a great enigma of the Pacific -- no one knows who made them or
why. They appear at 135 different sites on six inhabited islands, but most of them are found on the
Big Island.
At first glance, the huge slate of pahoehoe looks like any other smooth black slate of lava on the
seacoast of the Big Island -- until gradually, in slanting rays of the sun, a wonderful cast of
characters leaps to life before your eyes. You might see dancers and paddlers, fishermen and
chiefs, hundreds of marchers all in a row. Pictures of the tools of daily life are everywhere: fish
hooks, spears, poi pounders, canoes. The most common representations are family groups. There
are also post-European contact petroglyphs of ships, anchors, horses, and guns.
The largest concentration of these stone symbols in the Pacific lies within the 233-acre Puako
Petroglyph Archaeological District, near Mauna Lani Resort. The 1.5-mile Malama Trail starts
north of Mauna Lani Resort; take Highway 19 to the resort turnoff and drive toward the coast on
North Kaniku Drive, which ends at a parking lot; the trail head is marked by a sign and interpretive
kiosk. Go in the early morning or late afternoon, when it's cool. A total of 3,000 designs have been
identified.
The Kings' Shops (tel. 808/886-8811), at the Waikoloa Beach Resort, offers a free tour of the
surrounding petroglyphs Tuesday through Friday at 10:30am and Saturday at 8:30am; it meets in
front of the Food Pavilion. For the best viewing, go Saturday morning.
Visitors with disabilities, as well as others, can explore petroglyphs at Kaupulehu Petroglyphs in the
Kona Village Resort, Queen Kaahumanu Highway (tel. 808/325-5555). Free guided tours are
offered three times a week, but reservations are required (or you won't get past the gatehouse).
Here you can see some of the finest images in the Hawaiian Islands. There are many petroglyphs
of sails, canoes, fish, and chiefs in headdresses, plus a burial scene. Kite motifs -- rare in rock art --
similar to those found in New Zealand are also here. This is Hawaii's only ADA-accessible
petroglyph trial.
Warning: The petroglyphs are thousands of years old and easily destroyed. Do not walk on them or
attempt to take a "rubbing" (there's a special area in the Puako Preserve for doing so). The best
way to capture a petroglyph is with a photo in the late afternoon, when the shadows are long.