"The range of life of life at the equator is diverse and beautiful. We are reminded and reassured of the presence of Kanaloa by the mana and spirit in all life we cannot see and the life that is larger than us."
"ʻFind your roots that ground you down to Mother Earth, cause nobody can take that away from you.ʻ It was truly a special day and I am honored to have been guided by the Quandamooka elders through their lands."
"We have become our own little world here on the wa’a. Through common vision, discipline, constant communication and a surrounding envelop of aloha, one can feel the ties that will bind us long after this journey."
None of us could have foreseen how fortuitous it would be for us to be in Sydney not only on a personal level, but in our capacity representatives of Hawai‘i and the Hōkūle‘a crew.
From the crew on board Hikianalia going to Tahiti, and Hōkūleʻa going to Australia, we would like to send out the biggest mahalo to the New World ʻohana for their hard work.