Julie I took a week off so that we can make a last tour of Great Earth before leaving for Perth Julien. Sunday, October 10, 2010
Koumac Departure Sunday with a quick stop at the ranch where Camille.
We planted our tent at a campsite a little expensive (2000Fr, 17 euros) but close to the marina where it is the diving club "blue dream" where we had an appointment the next morning.
Monday, October 11, 2010
We went snorkeling on the reef Koumac with David, the dive instructor of the club.
The first dive deep (38m), was held in the pass with the goal of seeing "the big" tuna, English mackerel, sharks, etc.. And we were not disappointed! We crossed Tuna "dog teeth", a manta ray and many sharks including a shark albimarginatus, a first for us. The shark is Ablimarginatus a white tip shark different from those usually encountered in the lagoon. Much more massive and bigger, it can easily reach 3m and has a very troubling behavior. Indeed, as we're used to seeing sharks flee or be indifferent to our approach, shark albimarginatus is much more curious and approached close enough (2 meters) before abruptly turning around. It's pretty impressive especially if one says that the specimen that we crossed was about 2.5 meters. The wind rose, and the second dive took place in a slightly more sheltered. We are also back in the rain and wind.
We then folded the tent and headed to Poingam in the extreme north of the mainland where the road gives way to dirt tracks. We arrived at the campsite Delightful "Poingam relay" in the late afternoon. The winds have stopped growing and it is with a strong wind that we got up the next day!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Julien: We took the morning to do a walk around the explanatory and marked "Relay Poingam" allowing us to learn more about the flora the region, to admire the landscape height and crossing some wild horses roam the hills nearby.
We then took the road towards the east or we agreed to relay "Ouane Batch", a lodging-camping very pretty. The force of wind but we discouraged our tent and we decided to sleep in their cabin.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The wind had calmed and the sun was a huge income. We spent the morning in the cascade of Colnett (we had never seen) and the cascade of Tao before stopping to eat at snack cascades (delicious). We then resumed the road to beautiful Hienghène, taking the tray of the Ouaïème and sublime road of the cornice.
After many photo stops and a short stop at Hienghène ("city" includes only main street), we decided to pitching our tent in the camping club Babou dive in the sea After a bit of relaxation and a walk on the beach, we met Nolwen (not Olwen, currently in New Zealand), a Breton who came to join her boyfriend in New Caledonia., and spent the evening with her around the fire!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
We had taken the day before an appointment with Hendrix, a resident of a neighboring tribe Warap for a ride on horseback an hour (a first for me) in the chain . Once there and the horses saddled, so we left we walk to three in the vicinity of the tribe. Hendrix took the opportunity to punctuate the trek by explanations of local flora and use that make Kanak.
Two and a half hours later (Hendrix is talkative and not stingy!), Back to the tribe, we took the road to the campsite to eat and take the tent. We then took the road towards Poindimié where we decided to live in an unpretentious small hotel but very clean "the hotel from the beach" in front of the club plunged "Tiete Diving" where we will dive the next day.
Friday October 15, 2010
The rendezvous diving club was held at 7:15! But the hotel is located at 200m, we are left only 5 minutes earlier. Our divemaster companion (we were only 3) was an Australian from Brisbane who had accompanied his wife on a mission to New Caledonia. We dived, as usual, at two different sites. Unlike Koumac, located on the east coast, east coast sites (Hienghène and Poindimié) is most famous for the architecture of the seabed (arches, faults, caves ...) and macroscopic fauna.
And it has not failed, the seabed is really beautiful: between falling arches and filled with gorgonians, nudibranchs and other marine worms, the dives were also punctuated by a shark or two.
nice point of this club plunged, the instructor who accompanied us (that either PMT during baptisms or exploration) is equipped with a camera. He then proposed purchase (1000Fr) photos taken during the dives of the day.
We then hit the road, without knowing if we were going to spend one last night Canala or down directly on Noumea. We therefore decided to continue our journey on the East Coast to canals with the road passing in the middle of the awesome wealth of Poro.
Once Canala, we preferred to return to Noumea to enjoy this last "real" weekend before my departure to the crates and prepare for the move.
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