Monuriki, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji: Australia's closest food paradise

By Catherine Marshall
Updated July 30 2016 - 2:28am, first published 12:15am
Likuliku Island Resort: Strives to cater for every kind of dietary requirement.
 Photo: Supplied
Likuliku Island Resort: Strives to cater for every kind of dietary requirement. Photo: Supplied

It's not so bad, being marooned on a desert island. Here on Monuriki, there are so many coconut trees – and, beyond them, waters so alive with fish – that I could keep myself nourished forever. Like Tom Hanks' character in the movie Cast Away, which was filmed on this outcrop in Fiji's Mamanuca Islands, I could set up camp beneath those trees over there, dislodge some coconuts from a towering palm tree, and throw them against a rock until they've shattered into a thousand tasty pieces.

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