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2016 : Nouvelle Calédonie J'ai 65 ans Dernière sortie hors de l'hexagone avec un A/R Paris-Osaka-Noumea. Au retour s'en est terminé des correspondances, des salons business d'Air France, Lufthansa etc des fasten your seat belt, dernier appel pour le passager xx, vol retardé... Immigration, etc etc.. !! ras le bol!! ....plus de carte identité, passeport expiré non renouvelé. xxx destinations dans 35 pays différents, 2,4 Millions miles, 60 équivalents tours du monde. Stop!

2016 : New Caledonia. I'm 65 now. Last journey outside the french borders with this a back & return trip Paris-Osaka-Noumea. Back home : flights correspondances- over- business lounges - over, fasten your seat belt annoucement -over, last call for passenger xx - ovze, flight delayed -over, immigration desk over.. I'm fed up! no more ID, passport expired in full an final... xxx destinations in 35 various countries, 2.4 millions miles collected, i.e 60 eq. worls tours. Stop!! bye bye airlines..!!

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OCEAN PASSAGE Australia TO NEW CALEDONIA - Following Our Gypsea Hearts (...

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Ep. 59: Sailing offshore from Vava'u, Tonga to Fiji, Vanuatu, & New Caledonia with Linus Wilson, Season 4 of Slow Boat Sailing's Part-Time Around the World Trip

Ep. 59: Sailing offshore from Vava’u, Tonga to Fiji, Vanuatu, & New Caledonia with Linus Wilson, Season 4 of Slow Boat Sailing’s Part-Time Around the World Trip

Linus Wilson talks about season 4 of his part-time around the world trip where he sails his 31-foot Island Packet from Vava’u, Tonga to Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji. Then he and his volunteer crew member sail to the home of the active volcano Mt. Yasur, Port Resolution, Tanna. Finally, the Slow Boat arrives in Noumea, New Caledonia after the third offshore passage in less than a month. That is the 15th…

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Seventy-five years ago today, on 19 May 1944, USS ENGLAND (DE-635) sank Japanese submarine I-16, the first of six submarines ENGLAND would destroy in May.

She honored John Charles England, born in Harris, Missouri, on 11 December 1920. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 6 September 1940, and was commissioned an ensign on 6 June 1941. On 3 September 1941, he reported for duty aboard the Battleship USS OKLAHOMA (BB-37). Ensign England was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, when OKLAHOMA was torpedoed and capsized.

His namesake, USS ENGLAND, was launched on 26 September 1943, by Bethlehem Steel Company in San Francisco, California. She was sponsored by Mrs. H. B. England, the mother of Ensign England. The ship was commissioned on 10 December 1943, with Cdr. William B. Pendleton in command.

ENGLAND arrived at Espiritu Santo on 12 March 1944, from San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, Funafuti, and Guadalcanal. She took up escort duty between Espiritu Santo and Guadalcanal, occasionally sailing to Noumea, and once to the Marshalls.

On 18 May 1944, with two other destroyer escorts, RABY and GEORGE, ENGLAND cleared Port Purvis on a hunt for Japanese submarines during a passage to Bougainville. Thanks, in part, to Executive Officer John Williamson’s previous duty teaching ASW tactics at Miami, during the next 8 days, she was to set an impressive record in antisubmarine warfare, unmatched by any other American ship.

She hunted down and sank 1-16 on 19 May, RO-106 on 22 May, RO-104 on 23 May, RO-116 on 24 May, and RO-108 on 26 May. In three of these cases, the other destroyers were in on the beginning of the actions, but the kill in every case was ENGLAND's alone. Quickly replenishing depth charges at Manus, ENGLAND was back in action on 31 May, to join with four other ships in sinking RO-105.

This superlative performance won for ENGLAND a Presidential Unit Citation, and the assurance from the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral E. J. King, "There'll always be an ENGLAND in the United States Navy." His pledge was fulfilled 6 October 1960, when DLG-22 was assigned the name ENGLAND. Sadly, the promise has not been kept today.

Through the summer of 1944, ENGLAND sailed throughout the northern Solomons, providing the escort services necessary for the building up of bases.   She also continued to provide escort services that aided the preparations for the renewed assaults on Japanese territories to the north, and the provision of supplies to garrison forces on the islands of the southwest Pacific.

In August, she underwent repairs at Manus, and between 24 September and 15 October, voyaged from the Treasury Islands to Sydney, Australia. From the Treasuries she sailed, guarding a convoy to Hollandia, where she arrived on 18 October.  Then, on the 26th, she got underway on the first of two voyages to escort reinforcement convoys to newly invaded Leyte. She returned to Manus and local escort duty on 2 December.

From 2 January 1945, ENGLAND escorted convoys between Manus and Ulithi, the major base for operations of the carrier task forces, and later to be the staging point for the assaults on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The escort vessel sailed to Kossol Roads in February, bringing in a convoy later routed on to the Philippines, and then resumed her duty on the Manus-Ulithi sea lanes. She sailed from Ulithi on 23 March for the pre-invasion bombardment of Okinawa.  

Then she returned to Ulithi to join the screen of two cruisers, guarding them back to Okinawa to join the 5th Fleet just after the initial assault on 1 April. Between 6 and 17 April, she voyaged to Saipan, screening empty transports. Next, she took up a screening and patrol station north of the Kerama Retto.

On 9 May 1945, while on station, ENGLAND was attacked by three Japanese dive-bombers. Gunfire from the ship blew off one wing of the first suicider, but failed to deflect the kamikaze from its one-way mission. The plane crashed into ENGLAND’s starboard side, at the main deck, below the bridge. A heavy explosion soon followed, and a burst of smoke and flame engulfed the destroyer escort's pilothouse and bridge. ENGLAND raced along out of control.

The minesweeper, VIGILANCE (AM-324), rang up full ahead and went to ENGLAND’s assistance. ENGLAND was brought under control and stopped, about four miles east of where she had been kamikazed. At 1920, VIGILANCE pulled alongside the burning destroyer escort.   VIGILANCE found heavy fires blazing from the forward mess hall, up through the wardroom, forward 20-millimeter clipping room, radio room, pilothouse, and flying bridge. Afterwards, when ENGLAND’s fires were under control, VIGILANCE took the destroyer escort under tow.

Underway for the northern entrance of Kerama Retto at 2135, the two ships arrived at their destination two hours later. ENGLAND’s total casualties were horrific, with 37 of her men killed or missing, and 25 wounded. When ready for sea, ENGLAND sailed on to Leyte, where she received temporary repairs, putting her in shape for the long voyage home. On 16 July 1945, she arrived in Philadelphia for permanent repairs and conversion to a high-speed transport.

The end of the war, however, halted this work. She was decommissioned on 15 October 1945, and sold for scrap on 26 November 1946. This was the end of one of the great destroyer escorts.

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10 Best Dives in the South Pacific Bubble

As New Zealand and Australia start to flatten the curve and ease restrictions, there has been talk this week of creating a “Trans-Tasman Bubble” to allow travel between the two countries. The concept has now been extended to include our Pacific Island neighbours, most of which are Covid19-free. Let’s hope they open their doors once we have beaten this pandemic – our neighbours can do with our support, some of whom have suffered the double-whammy of Covid19 and TC Harold. To get you dreaming of the South Pacific, here is our pick for the Top 10 South Pacific Dives.

Tanna’s Blue Holes

There are several ‘Blue Holes’ along Tanna’s fringing reef, some with names including Pikinini Blue Hole, Blue Hole 1 and Blue Hole 2, others apparently not significant enough for a name. A labyrinth of tunnels and swim throughs that open into blue holes and shallow basins filled with coral gardens. Dive with: Volcano Island Divers, White Grass Ocean Resort.

Photo: Heather Sutton

The Great White Wall, Taveuni, Fiji

Taveuni’s Great White Wall is deservedly famous and cited as a world class dive site. But it is so much more than the white wall it’s famous for. The reef wall itself stretches down to 40 metres, and it’s covered in soft white corals. It is also topped with some of the best hard corals around, soft corals of all the colours of the rainbow and prolific reef fish life. Dive with: Taveuni Dive Resort, Paradise Taveuni Resort.

Le Jardin d’Eden (Garden of Eden), Isle of Pines

A series of deep fissures that penetrate the top of the coral reef, creating grottoes and canyons, Garden of Eden begins at a depth of about 11 m with a maximum depth 45 m. It features tunnels and swim-throughs teeming with reef fish and crustaceans and a wealth of hard corals and soft coral. Here, you may encounter grey reef sharks, along with banded sea snakes, yellow box fish and densely packed schools of glassfish and anthias. The coral walls drop to around 45m with average depth of 15 to 20 m. Dive with: Kunie Dive Centre.

Gonubalabala Manta Station, Milne Bay, PNG

Divers are often treated to a visit 10 to 12 mantas at this shallow cleaning station. The site itself is pretty enough, with large coral boulders and bommies and a healthy cover of soft corals scattered over a sandy bottom – perfect conditions for a Manta Ray cleaning station, and indeed for observing mantas at a cleaning station. Mantas have their own timetable and so cannot be guaranteed – but there is plenty of other stuff to see in the sand while you are waiting. Dive with: MV Chertan, MV Febrina (Milne Bay itinerary).

Cave of the Kastom Shark, Munda, Solomon Islands

This unique dive starts on an island, after a short track through the jungle, where a small clear pool is located at the base of a rocky outcrop. Gearing up here you enter the water and descend down into a narrow passage dropping vertically into darkness. The first section drops to 20m and opens into a larger chamber, followed by a sloping narrow passage that leads to the deepest point at 32m, before hitting the narrowest point of the cave, and out towards a dim blue light, the cave exit on a reef wall. Dive with: Dive Munda.

Photo: Heather Sutton

The SS President Coolidge, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

The mother of all WWII wrecks, the SS President Coolidge is HUGE. Many divers go to Espiritu Santo or even Vanuatu just to dive the Coolidge, and spend the best part of the week doing so: starting with an orientation dive, and working their way up (down) to the ‘Lady’ – a porcelain figure of a medieval lady riding a unicorn in the first class dining room, and beyond to the engine room and stern, at 70 m. Dive with: Pacific Dive, Coral Quays Dive Resort.

Uepi Point, Uepi, Solomon Islands

Uepi Point is the Uepi Island Resort signature dive and definitely one of best in the Solomons. The ocean facing side of Uepi drops off in a steep wall. The water from the Marovo Lagoon flows via the Charapoana Passage. The currents are not strong, but carry nutrients which attract the smaller stuff, which in turn attracts the bigger stuff. Though a good dive at any time of day, in the early mornings and late afternoons it can be really going off with large schools of trevally and barracuda, as well as rays and reef sharks. Uepi Island Resort.

The Awakening Shark Dive, Kuata Island, Fiji

There are now five shark dives in Fiji, with three in Beqa Lagoon, one on the Coral Coast and this one, The Awakening, in the Yasawa Islands. It’s an intimate experience, with normally only 10 to 12 divers lined up to watch some rather magnificent bull sharks, lemon sharks, nurse sharks and reef sharks tussle over tuna heads being fed to them by a few of Fiji’s finest shark whisperers. Dive with: Barefoot Kuata Resort.

Photo: Gerald Rambert for Solomon Islands Discovery Cruises.

Leru Cut, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands

Leru Cut is a long passage cut deep into the land, almost – but not quite wide enough for a couple of divers to swim side by side. Open to the air at the top, though you can’t always see vertically upwards, it is lit by slanting shafts of sunlight in parts – depending obviously on the time of day. At the apex, surface under a rainforest canopy before swimming back through the ‘cut’ to explore the coral wall beyond. Dive with: MV Bilikiki, Solomons PNG Master.

Dumbea Passe, Noumea, New Caledonia

Three dive sites in one, on one side of the ‘passe’ or channel, a site called Canyon Fossil has varied and abundant life, with giant gorgonian sea fans. In season, the channel itself plays host to hundreds of groupers that aggregate in small caverns during their mating season. On the opposite side of the channel at M’Bere Reef, there’s abundant fish life alongside black corals, steep canyons and a large World War II submarine mine. You’ll very likely see reef sharks, including grey reefs, whitetips, leopard sharks, hammerheads and blacktips. Dive with: Abyss Plongee Diving Club.

What’s your pick for the best of the South Pacific?

Obviously, Top 10 lists are controversial. These are our favourites – tell us yours!

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Best Diving in New Caledonia

Tiny New Caledonia, in the South Pacific, is a divers’ paradise. The New Caledonian Barrier Reef is one of the largest double-barrier coral reefs in the world, stretching for 930 miles (1,500 km). It encloses a lagoon 9,300 square miles (24,000 square km), and has an average depth of just 82 feet (25 m). Dive sites are suitable for both beginners and advanced divers; expect clear waters and plentiful marine life including large pelagic fish species, dugongs, sharks, manta rays and macro life. There are also numerous shipwrecks, cave diving, dive sites outside the barrier reef. In short, the best diving in New Caledonia offers something for everyone.

The water temperature varies from 71 to 78 F (22 to 26 C) from May to September and from 81 to 86 F (27 to 30 C) from October to April. Divers will need a 3mm to 7mm wetsuit, depending on the time of year and cold tolerance. Visibility is usually good, though can vary from 30 to 100 feet (10 to 30 m). There’s good diving year-round, but March through September offer the best chance to spot mantas and sharks. Here are our top picks for the best places to dive in New Caledonia.

Prony Needle

Where it is: Prony Bay, south mainland

What makes it special: From Prony Bay you can see the remains of Prony Village, a former penal work camp, along one of the inlets, nearby waterfalls, banyan forests and hot springs. The hot springs have created a tall pinnacle, the Prony Needle, which rises 131 feet (40 m) from the ocean floor to just 6.5 feet (2 m) below the surface. This pyramid-shaped pinnacle is ideal for all divers and makes for an excellent night dive as well. Expect to see plentiful corals, oysters, scorpionfish, macro life and a variety of reef fish. Spanish dancers are visible at night and the lucky diver might spot a pearly nautilus.

Details: Average dive depth is 82 feet (25 m) and those with time for a second dive should consider drift diving the Canal Woodin, where you can sometimes spot whales and sharks.

La Pointe aux Cachalots (Sperm Whale Point) 

Where it is: Accessible from Hienghene 

What makes it special: Those looking for an isolated and remote dive experience can visit Babou Coté Océan, where they can stay next to a small tribal village while diving sites such as Sperm Whale Point. This cave and arch site features unusual topography, with cracks in the wall reaching to the surface and creating unique light conditions for photography. Divers can expect to see moray eels, conger eels, gorgonian fans and scorpionfish. Other dive sites in this lesser-visited area include the protected Hienga Island and Doïmen Reef. Divers visiting in November can also experience the annual coral spawn.

Details: Average dive depth at Sperm Whale Point is 100 feet (30 m), with visibility of over 65 feet (20 m+) and no current. The dive sites in this area are suitable for all experience levels.

Shark Pit

Where it is: Accessible from Grand Sud, Goro

What makes it special: The Shark Pit is a well-known dive site in New Caledonia. It offers steep drop-offs, a sandy bottom, hard corals and the opportunity to see marine life such as barracuda, skates and grey reef sharks. A shipwreck lies tucked between Néaé Island and the reef.

Details: The current is strong at this site, which means it’s suitable for experienced divers only. Bring a dive guide.

Dumbea Passage 

Where it is: Accessible from Noumea

What makes it special: This dive sites offers two potential dives. Canyon Fossil has varied and abundant plant life, a drop-off, gorgonians and often features hundreds of migrating groupers that congregate in small caverns during their mating season. You can make a second dive on the opposite side of the passage at M’Bere Reef, where there’s abundant fish life alongside black corals, steep canyons and a large World War II submarine mine. It is rare to dive this passage without encountering sharks, including grey reefs, whitetips, leopard sharks, hammerheads and blacktips.

Details: This very popular dive area varies seasonally. There are lots of grey reef sharks in June and the groupers lay their eggs during October and November. You’ll find the groupers in caverns at about 42 feet deep (13 m). The dives are often drifts with reasonable currents, and are suitable for experienced divers.

Amédée Island

Where it is: Accessible from Noumea

What makes it special: Amédée Island is a 45-minute boat ride across the lagoon, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and is home to the Amédée Diving Club. This center was the first to operate in New Caledonia. There are 10 dive sites to explore here, all within 20 minutes of the island. Some of the best include the Dieppoise and Toho 5 shipwrecks. A French warship sunk in 1988, the Dieppoise is home to barracudas, nudibranchs and jacks. The interior of the ship, with dining tables and chairs, is clearly visible and you can swim through the pilot house. The Toho 5, a Japanese longliner sunk in 2000, is already home to groupers and jacks.

Another nearby site, Boulari Pass outer reef, is famous for its manta rays and other large pelagic species. You may see humpback whales from July through September.

Details: The Dieppoise and Toho 5 are both at a depth of 85 feet (26 m). The Boulari Pass averages around 49 feet (15 m), with a maximum dive depth of 98 feet (30 m). Dives from Amédée Island are suitable for both novice and experienced divers.

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Best Diving in New Caledonia

Tiny New Caledonia, in the South Pacific, is a divers’ paradise. The New Caledonian Barrier Reef is one of the largest double-barrier coral reefs in the world, stretching for 930 miles (1,500 km). It encloses a lagoon 9,300 square miles (24,000 square km), and has an average depth of just 82 feet (25 m). Dive sites are suitable for both beginners and advanced divers; expect clear waters and plentiful marine life including large pelagic fish species, dugongs, sharks, manta rays and macro life. There are also numerous shipwrecks, cave diving, dive sites outside the barrier reef. In short, the best diving in New Caledonia offers something for everyone.

The water temperature varies from 71 to 78 F (22 to 26 C) from May to September and from 81 to 86 F (27 to 30 C) from October to April. Divers will need a 3mm to 7mm wetsuit, depending on the time of year and cold tolerance. Visibility is usually good, though can vary from 30 to 100 feet (10 to 30 m). There’s good diving year-round, but March through September offer the best chance to spot mantas and sharks. Here are our top picks for the best places to dive in New Caledonia.

Prony Needle

Where it is: Prony Bay, south mainland

What makes it special: From Prony Bay you can see the remains of Prony Village, a former penal work camp, along one of the inlets, nearby waterfalls, banyan forests and hot springs. The hot springs have created a tall pinnacle, the Prony Needle, which rises 131 feet (40 m) from the ocean floor to just 6.5 feet (2 m) below the surface. This pyramid-shaped pinnacle is ideal for all divers and makes for an excellent night dive as well. Expect to see plentiful corals, oysters, scorpionfish, macro life and a variety of reef fish. Spanish dancers are visible at night and the lucky diver might spot a pearly nautilus.

Details: Average dive depth is 82 feet (25 m) and those with time for a second dive should consider drift diving the Canal Woodin, where you can sometimes spot whales and sharks.

La Pointe aux Cachalots (Sperm Whale Point) 

Where it is: Accessible from Hienghene 

What makes it special: Those looking for an isolated and remote dive experience can visit Babou Coté Océan, where they can stay next to a small tribal village while diving sites such as Sperm Whale Point. This cave and arch site features unusual topography, with cracks in the wall reaching to the surface and creating unique light conditions for photography. Divers can expect to see moray eels, conger eels, gorgonian fans and scorpionfish. Other dive sites in this lesser-visited area include the protected Hienga Island and Doïmen Reef. Divers visiting in November can also experience the annual coral spawn.

Details: Average dive depth at Sperm Whale Point is 100 feet (30 m), with visibility of over 65 feet (20 m+) and no current. The dive sites in this area are suitable for all experience levels.

Shark Pit

Where it is: Accessible from Grand Sud, Goro

What makes it special: The Shark Pit is a well-known dive site in New Caledonia. It offers steep drop-offs, a sandy bottom, hard corals and the opportunity to see marine life such as barracuda, skates and grey reef sharks. A shipwreck lies tucked between Néaé Island and the reef.

Details: The current is strong at this site, which means it’s suitable for experienced divers only. Bring a dive guide.

Dumbea Passage 

Where it is: Accessible from Noumea

What makes it special: This dive sites offers two potential dives. Canyon Fossil has varied and abundant plant life, a drop-off, gorgonians and often features hundreds of migrating groupers that congregate in small caverns during their mating season. You can make a second dive on the opposite side of the passage at M’Bere Reef, where there’s abundant fish life alongside black corals, steep canyons and a large World War II submarine mine. It is rare to dive this passage without encountering sharks, including grey reefs, whitetips, leopard sharks, hammerheads and blacktips.

Details: This very popular dive area varies seasonally. There are lots of grey reef sharks in June and the groupers lay their eggs during October and November. You’ll find the groupers in caverns at about 42 feet deep (13 m). The dives are often drifts with reasonable currents, and are suitable for experienced divers.

Amédée Island

Where it is: Accessible from Noumea

What makes it special: Amédée Island is a 45-minute boat ride across the lagoon, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and is home to the Amédée Diving Club. This center was the first to operate in New Caledonia. There are 10 dive sites to explore here, all within 20 minutes of the island. Some of the best include the Dieppoise and Toho 5 shipwrecks. A French warship sunk in 1988, the Dieppoise is home to barracudas, nudibranchs and jacks. The interior of the ship, with dining tables and chairs, is clearly visible and you can swim through the pilot house. The Toho 5, a Japanese longliner sunk in 2000, is already home to groupers and jacks.

Another nearby site, Boulari Pass outer reef, is famous for its manta rays and other large pelagic species. You may see humpback whales from July through September.

Details: The Dieppoise and Toho 5 are both at a depth of 85 feet (26 m). The Boulari Pass averages around 49 feet (15 m), with a maximum dive depth of 98 feet (30 m). Dives from Amédée Island are suitable for both novice and experienced divers.

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La Caledonie....c'est fini!

Et voilà ça y est c'est la fin de la caledonie, et finalement......(roulement de tambours!) nous n'y travaillerons pas! Après deux mois passés ici, on se rend compte de tout ce qui va nous manquer et on est pas vraiment pret pour ca... Une fin de séjour avec Lele et Antoine qu'on a d'abord laissé récupérer du décalage horaire sur les plages des îlots en face de nouméa. Puis on a attaqué des rando, parc de la rivière bleue où on a enfin vu le Cagou en liberté, marmites du diable (trou d'eau au milieu de gorges magnifiques), chutes de la madeleine. Nous sommes ensuite parti à Lifou, la plus grande des îles loyautés (aussi grande que la Martinique et seulement 20000 habitants), au programme plages désertes de sables blancs (encore... ça va devenir lassant ;)), vanille, eau turquoise, aquarium naturel avec multitude de coraux, poissons, tortues et même un petit requin :), ainsi qu'une petite ballade en brousse avec un guide local, Antoine, nous expliquant les plantes et leurs utilités traditionnelles dans la culture kanak, les techniques pour attraper les crabes de cocotier, et visite de petites grottes, où les filles ont laissé pour "l'éternité" leurs empreintes sur leur paroi (je vous laisserai leur poser la question de comment elles ont fait ;)) À notre retour passage par le phare Amédée, un îlot sur la barrière de corail à 30 min en bateau de noumea sur lequel est érigé un joli petit phare blanc construit en métropole et transféré ici. Adri en a profité pour faire son baptême de plongée où elle a eu la chance de croiser tortues, raies et requins. Pour nous, plongée sur une épave, c'était une première, et c'est une expérience inoubliable, surtout quand la masse sombre du navire apparaît devant vous et qu'ensuite telle Peter Pan vous voilà "volant" au dessus du pont (légèrement moins agile quand même)! Antoine nous a offert un remake de Titanic à la Proue du navire ;), puis entrée dans les cabines de ce navire fantôme peuplé de myriades de petits alvins réfugiés dans le bateau. Nous avons ensuite fait le tour du Nord de la grande terre, et surtout la côte est, côte sauvage, quasi inhabitée, où habitent principalement les tribus kanaks, forêts luxuriantes, plages désertes, falaise, chutes d'eau, montagne se jetant directement dans l'océan, et séjour en tribu perdu au beau milieu de la vallée de hienghen, montrant une facette très différente par rapport au sud de la grande terre. Détour par la pointe Nord offrant une ambiance de bout du monde, avant un retour à Nouméa. Notre expérience calédonienne n'aurait pas été complète sans finir par un p'tit cyclone, je dis petit car au final bien à l'abri chez Bruno et Pascale, des amis d'Antoine et Lele, nous avons passé la nuit dans une maison en dur, et non dans notre petit chalet en haut de la colline. On a même été un peu déçu ;). Au final un super séjour en caledonie, on en a pris plein les yeux! Maintenant, direction le Chili!!!!

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We're off to sea hey diddle-de-dee! After a quick stop over in Noumea we're making passage for *** *******! So excited to be able to share this amazing country with you! Have you figured it out yet? 🧙‍♂️🐑🌲⛵ . As for our passage. There has been a lot of pondering the weather routing on this one, as this stretch of the Pacific ocean has a reputation to be well wary of. If you're interested, I'm posting my usual daily 'Ponderings From The Sea' via our Yacht Tracker, which can be accessed via The Mutual Love Club on our Patreon Platform. They can get pretty funny! . Wishing you a fab couple of weeks wherever you are in this beautiful world ♡ https://www.instagram.com/p/B4v-onHAegi/?igshid=1hy6pkoujm9yf

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Cyclone à Nouméa : Aircalin reprogramme, Air Calédonie opère

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AirJournal/~3/xZe7VYX7FQQ/2017-04-12-cyclone-a-noumea-aircalin-reprogramme-air-caledonie-opere-5179936.html Le transport aérien retrouve un visage normal en Nouvelle Calédonie après le passage du cyclone Cook : Aircalin a pu reprogrammer plusieurs vols depuis mardi soir, et Air Calédonie annonce ce …

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McDazzle doing the housework under the fading sun on our passage to Noumea. How's that glow? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #sunsetsatsea #sunset #sailorman #ocean #sailinglife #boatlife #passagetonoumea #passagemaking #sailorsofinstagram #liveyourdaydream #instasailors #sailingsvsarean #sailingtheworld #sailboat #beautifulsunset #adventure https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1cLNAgKc2/?igshid=1n5glsr05gcy

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The strangest things can break on a crossing with the ocean generally tossing you around like a mouse with a toy - even on calm days! . This is one of 3 mainsail slugs that cracked on our passage to Noumea. Not a biggie, as we have many spares in the 'magic cupboard of useful things'. . Day 2. Little wind. Lots of rolling. A stunning sunrise blossoming ahead of us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #sailboat #sailing #passagemaking #crossingtonoumea #brokenboatbits #repairsatsea #sunrise #ocean #sailinglife #instasailors #sailorsofinstagram #sailingsvsarean #liveyourdaydream #sailingvloggers (at Coral Sea) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzSi7D3AwKN/?igshid=1mr8500epdrkl

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