The Lagoon Has a New Home!
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N°118 FREE 13 - 26 MAY 2011 BROTHERS IN ARMS THE LAGOON An exhibition of photographs will be on show HAS A NEW HOME! in New Caledonia until 19 May to celebrate 100 years of brotherhood of arms between Australia and France. The exhibition is entitled “Bleuets et Coquelicots” (Cornflowers and Poppies), the symbolic flowers of remembrance honouring Australian and French soldiers who gave their lives for their countries on wartime battlefields. The 44 little-known photographs included in the exhibition offer a unique insight into a century of military cooperation between two nations. All information boards and captions accompanying each photo are in both French and English. The three New Caledonian towns which hold an annual ANZAC Day remembrance ceremony will take turns to host the exhibition: Noumea, Bourail and Pouembout. Admission to the exhibition is free. Gally-Passebosc barracks, Noumea, 22 April to 19 May Le Colisée, Bourail, 24 May to 17 June Château Grimini, Pouembout, 23 June to 8 July. Tel 27 24 14 AWESOME! Tûranor PlanetSolar is a 31 m catamaran powered exclusively by solar energy. Built in Germany and sailing under the Swiss flag, she is designed to prove the reliability and efficiency of renewable energy New Caledonia is the encircles the chalet, making is there to help, advise and second-hand equipment technologies by completing the first round-the-world proud possessor of it unmissable. put you in touch with local (kitesurfing gear, etc.) and voyage by a solar-powered vessel. the world’s largest Whether you’re interested professionals. Most lagoon much more! Tûranor and her crew are currently visiting Noumea. At enclosed lagoon. in renting a boat (yacht/ trips and activities leave from each of the boat’s ports-of-call, a mini village is set up And local marine motorboat), chartering a Noumea but a number of offering visitors a variety of attractions and a program of transport, water sports catamaran complete with service providers have set up conferences, exhibitions and film screenings. and leisure activities crew, booking a day or bases in Mont-Dore, Bourail May 17th, Tûranor and her crew will set off for Australia, professionals are half day trip (to the coral and Voh (fishing, taxi-boats the next stop on her round-the-world itinerary. inaugurating Lagoon reefs, the islets...), taking and excursions). House to help us all a kitesurf lesson, going on As from July this year, for make the most of a fishing trip, a snorkelling the very first time, you’ll our aquatic treasure. trail or zooming off on a be able to book ahead for Welcome! jet ski, hiring water sports whale-watching trips in the equipment or trying your southern lagoon. Catamaran Maison du Lagon, hand at scuba diving... from trips leaving from Prony (in Quai Riquet Goiran, Following the inclusion of now on the Maison du Lagon the Deep South of the Main Port Moselle, Noumea part of New Caledonia’s is your one-stop shop for Island) and from Noumea Tel 27 29 29 lagoon in the UNESCO World info and bookings. will also be on offer from [email protected] Heritage List, Noumea can mid-July to mid-September. CONTENTS finally boast its own Lagoon Fun activities for all The website, www.maison This week House (Maison du Lagon), dulagon.nc, will be online Clubbing Move It Denise Perrier… p. 2 Up and Running! p. 4 a new chalet at Port Moselle There are dozens of water any day now and will just a stone’s throw from sports and leisure activities feature a range of great last Shopping The Nature Spot Le Bout du Monde restaurant on offer, so whether you’re minute deals: still-vacant Happy Mother’s Day! p. 2 Quite simply idyllic p. 4 and near the market. into high energy or zero places available on cabin Pacifi c Jewel - Pacifi c Dawn - Dawn Art & Culture NC Pacifi c Games A sweeping frieze of energy, you’re in for a treat! cruises, special bargains Princess - Pacifi c Sun Museums for free p. 4 Welcome to the 14th… p. 6 eye-catching photos The team at Lagoon House on boat rentals, sales of HOT PICKS 13 - 26 MAY 2011 - PAGE 2 ALL-ROUND Wining & Dining EXCELLENCE! Where to Stay “Le Lagon”, ideally located on Anse Vata Bay in Noumea, is an attractive, modern and friendly hotel, offering top quality accommodation and excellent service. The hotel was fully renovated in 2009 and now boasts a heated swimming pool, a BREAKFAST AT 360° spa pool, a luxurious beauty care centre (the Start your day on cheeses, gherkins and shell massage is to top of the world with condiments is also available. die for!) and, new this a delicious buffet The hot buffet selection year, regular aquagym breakfast in the unique includes a choice of lessons in the hotel a top rating on the Trip platter of fresh fruit and Mother’s Day on 29 May. revolving panoramic pancakes with golden syrup, swimming pool. Advisor website (a a box of chocolates... So check out Le Lagon... restaurant ‘360’ located rice and sautéed potatoes, worldwide reference for Irresistible! you won’t regret it! in the hotel Ramada sausages, chicken or Le Lagon offers a wide traveller reviews). The hotel Le Lagon also holds a Plaza Noumea on Anse bacon, as well as scrambled choice of rooms and regularly offers new all-in buffet brunch from 7 a.m. Vata. eggs. The bread and cake suites, with top-of- promotional deals and to midday every weekend stand is a delight with a the-range 3 star hotel the latest is the tempting (pastries, hot beverages, The 360 restaurant is tempting range of crepes, facilities and services. “Romance” package: jams, fresh fruit salad and Hôtel Le Lagon, situated on the 19th floor cakes, muffins, pastries, Le Lagon’s well-earned overnight stay including chef’s specials...). 149 route de l’Anse Vata of the hotel and offers an a selection of breads and reputation for excellence breakfast for two, an Don’t miss the special Tel 26 12 55 unforgettable view over toast and a variety of jams has earned the hotel hour-long massage, a brunch to celebrate [email protected] the lagoon and the city of and spreads. Coffee or a Noumea. The restaurant is choice of teas completes open for breakfast every this gourmet experience. DENISE PERRIER: morning from 6.30 a.m. The Ramada Plaza breakfast THE VOICE OF JAZZ Begin your morning with experience is orchestrated a choice of tropical juices, by executive chef, Pascal Internationally career, she was scouted by followed by a selection of Bionaz. acclaimed American legendary jazz trumpeter cereals, yoghurts and fresh jazz singer Denise Louis Armstrong: her group, fruit. An assortment of Advance booking required. Perrier will making “The Intervals,” was included cold meats, tuna sashimi, Tel 23 90 00 or 23 90 90 her first visit to New in Armstrong’s entourage Caledonia for a series and taken to Las Vegas. of concerts from And now New Caledonia is 13 to 28 May. honoured to welcome this Shopping great lady of jazz for a series Clubbing Denise Perrier has spent of unmissable concerts! most of her thirty-year career Her New Caledonian tour performing in San Francisco starts on 13 & 14 May at the Koné and on 27 at the Tiéti and French drummers and and touring in Europe, Asia Mont-Dore Cultural Centre Tera Hotel in Poindimié… guitarists joining her for and Australia, delighting and continues with concerts She will be accompanied some gigs. audiences with her sultry on 19 & 20 at the Noumea throughout by New Catch her while she’s here! contralto voice and ability to Méridien Hotel, on 21 at the Caledonia’s premier jazz sing ballads and blues with Isle of Pines Méridien Hotel, musician Michel Bénébig, www.deniseperrier.com equal artistry. Early in her on 26 at La Néa Hotel in with New Zealand, Australian Tel 76 69 34 or 41 73 99 HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! Focus On Come on ladies... 1930s, in the aftermath of it’s our special the Great War. Mothers day so let’s make were feted in the hope of the most of it! Our boosting the birth rate in husbands and kids a country which had lost are duty-bound to so many of its young men. spoil us and there’s a Finally, in the 1950s, the huge choice of gifts official “Day” became a out there. nationwide festival written into the calendar and Traditional Mother’s celebrated on the last Day offerings in New Sunday in May or the 1st Caledonia include flowers, Sunday in June. To mark LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE! jewellery and perfume but Mother’s Day, most shops there are also plenty of and stores offer a wealth The Noumea Port Vila to learn about the people, place on 24 May at Port scheduled for Friday more unusual gift ideas of special gift ideas Regatta, organised scenery and cultural Vila and the round Vanuatu 3 May, arriving the guaranteed to give Mum a at prices to suit every every two years by heritage of Vanuatu. The rally via the Erromango, following day at the thrill: a scuba dive outing, pocket. the Cercle Nautique regatta will depart from Tanna and Anatom islands CNC. a horseback trail over the Calédonien, is due to Noumea on 21 May to starts the following day. And on Thursday mountains, a sky dive... Our hot tips in Noumea: hit the high seas in a reach the finishing line at Breathtaking visions of 16 June, the Centre Jewellery: La Maison few days time.