Current position is 21:27.995S 165:58.816E anchored at Port Mackau in the Baie de Canala which is on the east coast and pretty much where all the nickel mines are so not the prettiest place in the world.

 

After a wonderful week at Lifou with all the white sands and aqua water around us we are up anchor early on Monday morning to head back to the main island of New Caledonia.  We enjoyed a pleasant night aboard last evening with Francois and the crew on The Classic who we first met in Mooloolaba a couple of years ago – he mainly remembers us as we were the boat that had to replace their engine mounts!!!

 

It is pleasing to report that for a whole week Sally has been run on renewable energy – the solar panels and wind generator have being doing an awesome job and have kept up with our daily power usage.  We even decided to watch a couple of movies to use some of the excess power.  This also gave us the opportunity to work out how to use the terabyte of films that were supplied to us by the McWylies.

 

The plan is to head down the coast for the next few days and hopefully find something a bit more interesting than nickel mines before heading back in through the Havannah Passage later in the week.  Will report again soon