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New Caledonia: Ile Casey & Ile des Pins
Out of the capital city of Noumea, motored in zero wind to Ile Casy, an uninhabited nature reserve, immediately greeted by bird song and the visually stunning mix of palm and tall pine trees. These endemic columnar pines stand like beacons, survivors of Triassic vegetation from some 230 million years ago, at the time when…