There are plenty of restaurants to choose from on Norfolk with menus ranging from simple family fare to the best of French cuisine, exotic Hungarian, genuine Chinese, freshly caught fish and the special Pitcairn Is feasts. Most restaurants are licensed or BYO but please book your table. Geographical Location 1,610km NE of Sydney, 1,456km ESE of Brisbane, 1,063km NNW of Auckland. Total land area is 3,455 hectares of which more than 1,000 hectares are national parks and reserves. There is no public transport system.
Taxis are available upon request, hire cars are inexpensive, bicycles can be hired.
History Discovered in 1774 by Captain James Cook. First settlement was in 1788 when Philip Gidley King arrived with a party of 9 men and 6 women convicts. Palm seeding started about 1878 and eventually became the island's major industry. Burns Philp began a regular cargo service in 1893 followed by a regular passenger tourist ship between 1932 and 1952. Postal Services Norfolk Is has its own postal service and produces its own postage stamps.