While in Noumea we shared a car rental with another couple on Delicado. We drove amost to the north end of the island exploring and then came down the beautiful NE coast and we also tryed a road that would save us some time that was a red line on map and suppose to be a good road. But this road slowly turned into a narrow dirt road with the odd mud hole but soon the mud holes got larger and then running full speed at one got stuck in the middle so everyone had to get out and push and the car would not budge. After a bit we decided to push it back and got it out and tryed again and got through the mud with just the driver in the car so giving the car more clearance. Soon there was a large creek that went right across road and it was too deep for the car so we had to turn back, so our short cut cost us 3 hours. We stayed in a small cabin in a campground for the night making it a two day trip around the island. The island is not particularily wonderfull, the islands are better except for theNE coast which is great.
We met another Canadian boat Toketie and they are BCA members like us had had a visit with them on there steel boat. After lots of exploring and buying more food in Noumea it was time to leave for the last big passage which is crossing to Australia. This can be a rough passage and is about 780 miles so will take about 7 days.
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