Posts Tagged ‘ big island ’

Free Hawaii iPhone Wallpaper - Puna

Oct 6th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Hawai'i

Puna is one of the 9 districts on the Island of Hawai?i (Big Island) (County of Hawai?i). It is located on the windward side (eastside) of the island and shares borders with South Hilo district in the north and Ka?? district in the west. With its size of almost 320,000 acres (1,300 km2), Puna is [...]

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Tex Drive-In Honoka’a, Hi

Apr 10th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Featured Articles, Local Grindz

Tex Drive-In is located in the small town of Honoka’a, just a short drive North of Hilo, on the Haumakua coast. The Tex Drive-In opened 1969 by the portuguese Texeria family. In just a short time the Tex Drive-In became famous for their malasadas and local style food.
When you walk into the Tex Drive-In [...]

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Halema’uma’u Explosion

Mar 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Hawaii News

Kilauea is not know for explosive behavior, but yesterday the mold was broken. Kilauea’s Halemaumau Crater produced an explosion so powerful that it sent boulders flying over a 75-acre area. Scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory initially thought it was an earthquake. They later determined that pent-up gas pressure caused an explosion. No lava [...]

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