Why New Caledonia?

It's two and a half hours from Sydney. It's two hours from Adelaide to Sydney. It is totally tropical, totally French and totally amazing. Everything is French. It is a French society. Many French people work there and many French people didn't get back home! They fell in love with the place. Lots of Japanese and Chinese live there and there are groups of Indonesians. The tribal people are of Kanak and Melanesian origin and they all speak French and their tribal languages. It's a fantastic mix but their school system is French and they are French with or without tribal origins. The tribal connections are starting to break down as the place is being developed and "civilised" but it has a very strong culture. It is the one place off our coast where you can go and be soaked in French...and it is so beautiful. That's why. I need to soak my bones in the sunshine and the French from time to time.