New Caledonian parakeet (Cyanoramphus saissetti)

photo taken at the Noumea Zoo. I did get some photos of wild birds at Riviere Bleue but they are not fit for viewing.

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August 12th 2010
The day after getting back into Noumea I set off again on my next stop, Riviere Bleue national park (actually its called a regional park, what with New Caledonia really being in France and all). Although Riviere Bleue is closed on Mondays I took the Yate-bound bus on the Monday to the park. There's only one bus a day to Yate and it doesn't leave Noumea till 11.30am, so I figured it would make sens ... read more

Oceania » New Caledonia

Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s has di... ... read more

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