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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . Ilot Signal became a special marine reserve in 1989. It protects the island, the plants, the birds, and the marine life within a 2.4 square kilometre area. Noumea residents can get there in about 20 minutes by power boat, and an hour by sail. On a sunny weekend the park is a very popular place for picnics, sun bathing and snorkelling. During the week the island...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . Green Island is a special nature reserve on the barrier reef of New Caledonia. It was created in 1993 and covers 28 square kilometres, including the island itself and all the surrounding reef flats. New Caledonia has 43 parks and reserves; 28 protecting 44,271ha of wilderness areas and 15 marine reserves protecting 40,000ha of lagoon islands and coral reefs. In...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Airmen aboard C-17s from Hickam AFB transported dolphins from the Navy Marine Mammals Program ito locate and dispose of more than 200 contact mines leftover from World War II.
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . Lifou is divided into three districts, Wetr, Gaica and Lossi. There is a grand chief for each district and they live in a compound called the Chefferie. Each compound includes a large European style home, several out buildings, and a grand "case" built in the traditional style. This sphere image shows the chefferie de LÖSSI in the village of Mou....
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . The Weekend Touristique Ahmelewedr is a commemoration of the 1841 arrival of Christianity in New Caledonia. A Tongan missionary from the London Missionary Society came ashore here and began the conversion of the people to the Protestant faith. The opening dance of the weekend of festivities was a re-enactment of the landing of the missionary performed by the Tribu...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . During the annual "Weekend Touristique Ahmelewedr" the villagers of Mou re-enact the day in 1841 when a Tongan from the London Missionary Society came ashore in a small canoe. Many of the people of Mou were Tongans themselves, descendents of survivors of a 1770 shipwreck in the Isle of Pines. When the missionary, named Fao, came ashore, warriors held him...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . Peng beach is almost always deserted - except on weekends. The ruins of a village are just behind the beach. The people all moved away from the area in 1928 when there was an outbreak of leprosy. Access is by a coral road and the last 100 metres need something larger than your economy rental car to get through. Tranquil, clear, turquoise water, white sand beaches...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . On the northwest corner of the island of Lifou, just past Xepenehe, "Notre Dame de Lourdes" stands on the roof of a chapel overlooking the South Pacific Ocean. She's cast out of iron and the chapel is thick walled cement. There is only a narrow flight of stairs and a coral path leading up to this chapel, which makes you admire the dedication of the people...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . Lifou Island in New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands has some spectacular white sand beaches. This sphere image was taken from Noel Pia's property on the north end of Luengoni Beach. The sand is powder soft and huge old beach trees overhang the beach to provide shade for those who wish to relax on the beach but out of the direct sunlight. Noel Pia has a trek from this...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . Welcome to the Best Western Premier Hotel la Promenade on Anse Vata Beach, Noumea, New Caledonia. The hotel's 160 large studio, one, two or three bedroom self-contained apartments combine all the comforts of a four star hotel with the convenience of long-term accommodation. The full size modern kitchens have the latest high quality equipment. Each apartment has...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . Oxalis, a Noumea health spa for women is located next to the swimming pool at the 4 star Best Western Premier Hotel La Promenade in Anse Vata. The gym has the very latest exercise equipment by TechnoGym. In addition to the Kinesis training room shown in this sphere image, Oxalis has a : Cardio exercise room filled with high tech exercise machines Classroom for Yoga,...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . The Navette Coral Palms makes the trip from Noumea Centre Ville to l'Escapade Island Resort on Ilot Maitre in about 25 minutes. The air conditioned vessel carries 54 passengers with comfortable seating inside or on the top-deck. There are normally up to 7 round-trips per day leaving from the commercial wharf at Port Moselle Marina. Passengers who dine at the Ouen...
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360 Cities (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Panoramic photo by Richard Chesher . On Saturday morning Freddy and I snorkelled to the coral reef at l'Escapade Island Resort. The water was cool and reasonably clear for the inner lagoon at Ilot Maitre. The enormous school of yellow grunts were there, as usual, and I wondered why it is that individual fish swimming apart from the school allowed me to come very close to photograph them but the school...
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Workers World news online (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Since the beginning of August, the struggle of oppressed workers and youth in New Caledonia has brought tensions to heights not seen since this South Pacific island had an armed rebellion against France in the late 1980s
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