Gongona

Gongona is a village in the Solomon Islands, on Rennell Island in the Rennell and Bellona province.

Location

Travel easterly for approx 10 min from Tigoa.Approx 2.5km from Tigoa.

Population

150 persons approx.

Helicopter landing site

It is a large playing field which is very well used and therefore has very short grass lying over dirt covered coral.

Sporting events occur every Thursday with over 300 people attending.

The village lies on the southern side of Copperhead Rd.

The field dimensions are 90m long Nor west – Sou east and 40m wide at the western end and eastern end (roughly)

There are two houses on the edge, one on the southern side and the other on the eastern end.

A vehicle track runs through the western end, this end also has a line of coconut trees which border the whole field.