$1.2 billion Hamilton Island deal sets precedent for Australian island resorts

Hamilton Island, in the heart of Queensland's Whitsunday Islands, is being sold to US investors for an estimated $1.2 billion ...

Blackstone Buys Island Resort in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Blackstone Inc has agreed to buy Hamilton Island, a major resort hub in the heart of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef.
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The Vacation-Ready Charm Of South Carolina's Largest Island May Be Hiding In Plain Sight

California may have the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park, but Johns Island has the Angel Oak, a Lowcountry gem that’s known for being the largest Southern Live Oak tree east of the ...

An uninhabited Scottish isle is home to the golden granite used in Olympic curling stones

Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make ...

The uninhabited Scottish isle where the sport of curling sources its most important resource

For all intents and purposes, Ailsa Craig looks like it has nothing to offer the human experience. But on its desolate shores ...

Victor Harbor’s horse-drawn tram saved by $282,800 council bailout as concerns grow over burden to ratepayers

Victor Harbor’s famous horse-drawn tram will receive almost $650,000 from the local council this year after it was granted a ...

I was among the first to walk Australia's newest Great Walk—here's what it's like

A new hiking route on Kangaroo Island takes walkers on a journey through Flinders Chase National Park via platypus-filled ...