the Grand Kaori

a huge specimen of the endemic Agathis lanceolatus, until recently the largest known in New Caledonia. It is 40m high with a girth of 2.7m and an estimated 1000 years old. The crown is 35m across.

Riviere Bleue: kagu country

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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