Friday Island

It is in the southernmost group of the Torres Strait islands,


... this group is also called the inner islands,


... and it is an island with a working pearl farm.



They usually come and welcome you at the jetty,



... which is where the boats get parked,



... and in the other end of the jetty,



... is a beautiful entrance to the farm and the island,



... with buoys,



... a whale skeleton,



... and a decorated sign.



Once upstairs,



... there is the pearl shop,



... and the walk to the presentation hut.



The farm is called Kazu Pearls, after the Japanese owner Kazuyoshi Takami,



... and it is him who does the presentation,



... with the information about the pearl shell,



... demonstration about how to extract pearls,



... and information about the seeding, cultivation and harvesting,



... which happens right down on the beach.



There is the shop where you can buy the local pearls, and they are not all expensive.



Back down towards the jetty, there is the restaurant,



... and the best thing on this island,



... is the amazing lunch.



It comes in many different servings one after another.



When we had the lunch, the first one was Namasu - marinated fish and vegetable.



Then there was the sushi plate with a vegetable sushi roll, egg sushi, tuna mayo roll, gari (slices of ginger pickled in special vinegar), and shiso (used as a herb in Japanese cooking).



Then there was the reef fish with celery and carrot.



Then there was the vegetable tempura with sweet potato, carrot, capsicum and onion.



Then there was the fish tempura with lemon,



... and the dessert was Sago and custard pudding.



It was all extremely tasty and very filling, and definitely recommended.



Full detail about this island and all others is in the Destination Guide.

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