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Hello all this will be the last of the cruise related posts, with me telling you a bit about Noumea which was our last port of call on the cruise, Noumea is part of New Caledonia it has a population of around 94,000 the locals speak French and Kanak dialects, the French overseas the territory and local government. The currency is French Pacific Franc but we found many places also accepted Australian money and some even accepted American money.
Even though New
Caledonia is French territory it was Captain James Cook who named the
place way back in 1774.
In the 1800's Noumea
had a strong frontier quality with adventurers, miners, traders,
seafarers, government officials and convicts all calling the place
home. Over time other ethnic groups added to the mix with Chinese,
Vietnamese and during world war two American servicemen calling the
place home, many went there to seek their fortunes in the nickel and
gold mines.
New Caledonia's Barrier
Reef is the worlds longest and second largest behind Australia's
Great Barrier Reef. The country also has the worlds largest lagoon
within which you will find the picture perfect islands of Amedee and
Canard also known as Duck island.
Is that monument a foot? What's up with that?
ReplyDeleteYes it is and no idea saw it thought it looked interesting so had a photo taken
DeleteLooks like you had a good time. Did you learn some French?
ReplyDeleteNo I suck at different languages but did have a good time
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