NOUMEA BEACHES
NOUMEA BEACHES - NEW CALEDONIA Last visited JAN 2019 This page is becoming a bit lengthy - people seeking stuff on a PARTICULAR BEACH will find: ANSE VATA BCH - 5% down page LEMON BAY - 20 DUCK ISLAND - 30 CHATEAU ROYAL BCH - 65 PLAGE DU MERIDIAN - 70 KUENDO BCH - 75 PLAGE DES NUDISTES - 80 CHS BCH - 85 AMADEE LIGHTOUSE - 90 NOUMEA is the capital of NEW CALEDONIA and paints itself among other things as a beach destination. But I'm not whelmed. What we have here, at least for the places I've seem, are way ordinary strips of sand. I'm thinking for NOUMEAN good beaches you need to head OFFSHORE. Although no doubt the rest of GRANDE TERRE, the big main island of NOUMEA, has some drop dead gorgeous beaches - but I haven't managed to get to them. The only land trip out of NOUMEA I've done is back in the 70's into the mountains, not the coast. I know the LOYALTY ISLANDS north of GRANDE TERRE and the ISLE OF PINES to the east-south-east, can do the job. Some of thei...