North Island

North Island lies just north of Silhouette and was used as the location for the filming of the movie The Thunderbirds. The beautiful beaches are separated by dramatic rock formations on each end and a five star resort has recently been opened there.

The island was first farmed in 1826 by a woman named Marie Josephine Celerine Beaufond, a descendant of French settlers from Reunion. The island remained in her family for the next 150 years and was used as a plantation for growing fruit and spices, as well as producing guano, fish oil and copra (coconut oil).

The farm was sold in the seventies and fell into disuse, being taken over by coconuts and alien weeds, but the new resort has already started to return the island to its former pristine state of beauty.

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