 NEW CALEDONIA: Four a.m. on the dockside in Noumea (mobile phone pic) |
 The public road ends here at the Pont de Perignon |
 Crossing the Pont de Perignon, Riviere Bleue |
 Lac de Yate, a large man-made reservoir |
 Forested hill country in the Park |
 Early morning on the Lac de Yate |
 Early morning on the Lac de Yate |
 Birdwatchers raring to go... (mobile phone pic) |
 Birdwatchers let loose in the forests (New Caledonia)... |
 Reflections in a forest stream |
 Reflections in a forest stream |
 Rainforest plants |
 Rainforest plants |
 Rainforest plants |
 Rainforest plants |
 Visitor information - in French, naturally |
 A boardwalk leads to the Grand Kaori, or Big Kauri Pine |
 The 40-metre tall Grand Kaori, Agathis lanceolata , believed more than a thousand years old |
 Learning about Le Cagou, the Kagu |
 A kagu makes an appearance |
 The kagu, Rhynochetos jubatus |
 Pioneer conservator Yves Letocart plays Kagu calls (2003) |
 Rainforest plants |
 Rainforest plants |
 Leaves pressed into the muddy puddles |
 Tiny red fungi |
 The New Caledonia parakeet |
 Montrouziera gabriellaei Endemic to nickel-rich soils of the maquis minier |
 Madeleine Falls, where a stand of very rare araucarian conifers survives |
 French scientist displays a speciment of garnierite, rich in nickel |