Two events punctuate daily life on the island of Lord Howe: in the morning, at 9:25 a.m., the landing of the DHC-8 from the Qantas company, then, in the afternoon, at 2:35 p.m., its takeoff.
For the few islanders who then find themselves in front of the wooden shack painted white serving as an airport, it is an opportunity to meet again.
We greet each other, we share the latest gossip before welcoming tourists or family members back home.
For the other people present on the island, the purring of the two turboprops signaling the arrival and departure of the small plane provides proof, reassuring or frightening, it depends, that beyond the horizon surrounding the island like a big blue wall, the world still exists.
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Lord Howe is located approximately 600 kilometers from Port Macquarie, the nearest town on the Australian coast of New South Wales and at 31° south latitude, making it the island with the southernmost coral reef in the world. world and...
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