At Anchor, Baie Du Carenage, Le Grand Terre
The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
Cate and Chris Galloway
Thu 13 Oct 2011 05:45
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Position at 1600 (-11) (AEST) 22.18.3294S
166.50.6468E
So,
We left Isle De Pins at 0530 this morning, motored
across to the first large reef pass, and then set sail across to Le Grand Terre,
the main Island of New Caledonia. The terrain here is quite different to that
which we have seen to date - the hills are covered in short scrub, and the
anchorage here is a cross between ittwater and Great Barried Island in NZ. The
holding seems to be very good in thick red mud, which we will be careful to
clean off the anchor chain before we bring it aboard. The hills here also bear
the evidence of the strip mining of nickel which has been going on here for over
a hundred years; the French have and continue to pillage the island for it,
apparently the world's second largest nickel deposit.
As we sailed today the girls continued on with
school and now we are settled in our anchorage looking forward to a quiet night
ad a sleep in tomorrow morning. Tomorrow we will do some exploring around here
before we make a move to another anchorage (to be decided) as we get closer to
Noumea on the weekend.
A major mission over the next couple of days is to
tie down a suitable venue to watch the Wallabies - New Zealand RWC semi
final.
The weather cntinues to be settled, although still
very cool at night - we are definitely back in doona territory.
Anyway, until tomorrow,
TTFN.
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