Clyde grew up around the former settlement of The dunstan during the Central Otago goldrush of the 1860s. More recently the town has become associated with the giant hydroelectricdam at the north end of the town, behind which lies Lake Dunstan.
Despite the hydroelectric project, he town remains a sleepy idyllic holiday spot. It lies at the eastern end of the Otago Central Rail Trail.
Australia's neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east, and NewZealand to the south-east.
New Caledonia is made up of a main island, the Grande Terre, and several smaller islands, the Belep archipelago to the north of the Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands The Loyalty Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific.
New Caledonia lies astride the Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth.