Here Fishy-Fishy!

After we've slowly made our way around the island, the captain stops at a differently shaped buoy and he takes some French bread out of a barrel in the bow and starts to feed the fish.

Noumea, New Caledonia

February 3rd 2010
New Caledonia was discovered by Captain James Cook in 1774, and though he dropped anchor and named the island after a part of Scotland, he never claimed it for his sovereign. Instead, it was left to the French who officially annexed New Caledonia in 1853, when a penal colony was set up here. Convict labor was instrumental in helping to erect many of the colonial-style buildings, and the convicts c ... read more

Oceania » New Caledonia » South Province » Noumea

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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