Sights in Nauru

1. Cantilevers

   • Nauru
   • Sights › Mine

   The first shipment of 2000 tonnes of phosphate left Nauru in 1907. By 1908 vast industrial architecture began to be installed. Between the world wars, the first of two huge cantilevers was built on the coast, enabling phosphate to be loaded onto ships more efficiently. After WWII demand for phosphate rose and by the 1960s a second cantilever was in operation.

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2. Command Ridge

   • Nauru
   • Sights › War

   Command Ridge, where the Japanese kept watch in the 1940s, is Nauru's highest point and still holds some rusted WWII guns, including two large rotating six-barrel weapons that once fired 40kg (90oz) shells. There's also a communications bunker - you can enter if you have a flashlight or lantern and if you look closely you'll see some Japanese writing.

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3. Former Presidents' House

   • Nauru
   • Sights › Government building

   Check out the view from the ruins of the once-splendid former Presidents' House, burned down in 2001 by a local mob who were furious at the government's mismanagement of funds. Ponder any potential lessons on the exploitation of finite natural resources. Think about purchasing a box of matches.

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