Coconut

A chance to stretch our tropical skills presented itself at Mission Beach south of Cairns. All along the beach lie palm trees dropping dozens of coconuts onto the sand. 

Nay collected one and in true castaway fashion I tried throwing it at trees and smashing it with rocks but soon realised a much more tactful approach was required…

Using a sharp stone I began to slice into the thick skin.

Then once I could grab some of the furry stuff inside I could pull of strips of the husk until we were left with the nut.

Jamming a knife into the three little holes at the top of the coconut got us access to the sweet stuff.

 

A pretty surreal experience…and a ginger hairy hire car at the end of it all.