Mr Flack took all sorts of goods with him and had an overwhelming response, after receiving a set back with freight delays.

Along with donating goods, Mr Flack shared his inventions and taught them to use his coconut press and chainsaw mill, which will help the community increase production and make everyday tasks more achievable.

“I taught them how to use the chainsaw mill which we used to chop down an African Tulip tree, which is an introduced plant and a noxious pest, but has a high fibre content so it’s a produces really good, hard interior timber once it’s dried … it was something I was very proud of building, for something that is so easy to make and the result that came out of it,” he said.

The coconut press was also a huge hit, with his host family amazed at what they could get from something they disposed of.

“I used a coconut that they had already done, they had hand squeezed around 10 or so coconuts, then I got it it and put it in the press and got about two and a half litres of raw virgin oil, which they would have just thrown to the pigs, so that’s worth a bit of money as well, they can sell the oil to resorts and hotels, and its a way they can increase the value of the coconuts,”

“They were very excited, and they couldn’t believe how much they were throwing it away, especially because they would do this three or four times a week, it’s certainly better time management with more product extracted.”

His children Portia and Austin also had an amazing time, integrating themselves into the community.

“It was the last week of school and they had their exams, so the kids sat their exams at the school, and they did very well.”

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“The principle was overwhelmed with everything that we’d given, but there’s a lot of people involved, a lot of kind hearts out there who have donated and I’ve just made the connection.”

The next thing for Fijian Fixin’: getting a committee together to register as a charity.

Mr Flack wishes to give a huge shout out to all the Griffith businesses who supported his efforts and donated goods and financial support, and to the many generous donators who contributed to his Go Fund Me campaign.