Impulsive Air New Zealand grab-a-seat flights to Nouvelle Calédonie led to a quick holiday that turned out to be very different from what we had been planning and expecting.
The first surprise was a pleasant one. I had never realised that such a tasty slice of France existed only 2 and a half hours from my [...]

The flight to Noumea out of Auckland is only 2hrs and 40mins. It’s shorter than a flight to Sydney. Most road-trips anywhere in the world take longer than that. It feels like the equivalent to a short walk to the shops in air travel time, but it’s all for the better as [...]