This site came about, curiously, because the author was living in Vanuatu. Through visits back to Australia he saw his homeland through the eyes of a tourist and that resulted in the guidebook The Small Guide to A Big Country, this website, and setting up the travel agency, Small Guide Travel.

Ian Heydon has been writing for radio, television and print for over 20 years. His television credits include Kingswood Country, Home Sweet Home, Graham Kennedy's World of Comedy and Howard: The Mild Colonial Boy. Radio series include The Samuel Pepys Show, The Year My Country Broke, Getaway and How Green Was My Cactus.

Ian has written/produced travel web sites including the original Getaway site (Nine Network) and was Executive Producer for Travel Online (2000-2001). Ian has now semi-settled in South East Queensland (the South Pacific still beckons). For more of Ian's Australian stories click here.

Meet The Small Guide Team...

• Honeymoon Vanuatu - Our guide to romance in Vanuatu
• Resort Weddings - Weddings in Australia and the SW Pacific
• Tropical Honeymoons - Honeymoon resorts in the tropics
• Vanuatu A-Z - Vanuatu visitor guide
• Fiji A-Z - Fiji Islands visitor guide
• Cook Islands A-Z - Cook Islands visitor guide
• Samoa A-Z - Samoa visitor guide
• Study Vanuatu - Educational and cultural study tours

For family travel to Vanuatu there’s also Pacific Lagoon Apartments.

Small Guide Travel is a licensed travel agency and a member of the Travel Compensation Fund with offices in Brisbane Australia and Auckland New Zealand.