THE GREATEST GUIDE TO HOWE ISLAND

Almost everything about Lord Howe, a reef-rimmed tropical island 780km north-east of Sydney, is laidback – apart from the fervour with which its locals guard their paradise.Dropping cash into honour bins, I picked up an avocado at a roadside fruit stand, a mask and snorkel at a deserted beach shack and also a cart and clubs in the nine-hole golfi