We always like to get out on the water at every location that we visit. Noumea is no exception so we booked a trip to Amedee Island for a full day of fun. There was the boat trip, 45 minutes each way through the tropical lagoon, a snorkeling, the 1800's lighthouse, the smallest post office in the world, lots of birds, a glass bottom boat with green turtle sightings, sea snake sightings, a traditional dance demonstration and relaxing waterfront time in the beach chairs. What a fun day!
A life vest demonstration and dance off
Putt-putting through the crowded marina
Making our way to open water
Hitting the gas
Looking back at our stay on the 13th floor
Save us all Mary D 7 lifesaver
The mountains of New Caledonia
A channel marker
Birds dive bombing for fish
A wedge tailed shearwater Lifebird #1
Approaching our destination
Passing the docked glass bottom boat
Here we go!
An iron lighthouse
Erected in 1862 under the reign of Napoleon III
That makes it over 160 years old!
Still standing tall
We explored all the trails on this tiny island
Our waterfront seating
A lighthouse picture frame to frame the lighthouse picture
A private boat bringing visitors
So many terns
A face in the palm
A thorny issue
the worlds smallest post office
Place mail in slot and move to the left
Sea snake trails in the sand
Fish on the rocks
And in between the rocks
A military aircraft
A rope fence in the water? Not sure why it is here
Lovely colors of the water
A very decent lunch
A tropical dance demonstration
It is group effort
https://youtube.com/shorts/4lKhlCzZeLE
One of the crew "volunteered"
He needs lots of practice...
Some yachts have joined us
Folks out on the glass bottom boat
On turn at the glass bottom boat
Our turtle spotter / English speaking guide
Where are the turtles?
Here is a big one!
A smaller one
One at the surface
Up and down quickly
Here is the whole turtle
We went out further than expected
Another turtle
Stopped for some fish feeding
Big fish
The gulls got more of the fish food than the fish did
A buff banded rail
A wandering tattler
A bridled tern Life Bird #2
Very handsome bird with forked tail
Dark Brown Honeyeater Lifebird #3
Lots of terns bunched up on the shore
A ruddy turnstone
Only six of the bridled compared to 100's of black napped terns
Everywhere on the island is a great view of the lighthouse
Common terns and Black napped terns
An Osprey
Sea Snake!
The tail is flat and wide to facilitate swimming through the water
Leaving a sinuous trail
Blending in with the snake sticks
Filled with deadly poison
Loving on Leslie
Ola Senior!
A shipwreck
Round metallic rusty items
Fancy stonework
Shells
A rug on a large circular stone artifact
The iconic sigh post
Military helicopter
A reboarding scerenade
A sand spit of an island
See you Amedee
Sailboats
Navy vessels
Back in the marina
So many masts
