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Reef View Hotel Reef Lounge Pool Terrace
4 star accommodation with views stretching across the Whitsundays. Find out more... 
The ideal venue for pre-dinner drinks or a nightcap after dinner. Find out more...
Kids eat free at the Pool Terrace restaurant overlooking the pool at the Reef View Hotel. Find out more...
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Beach Club
Beach Club Hamilton Island is a boutique retreat exclusively for adults. Aboslute beach front accommodation. Find out more...
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Great Barrier Reef Airport Scenic flights Go-karts Scuba Diving Target Gallery
Hamilton Island Airport has direct flights from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Cairns. Find out more... 
Explore the Great Barrier Reef and Whitsunday Island from the air with a scenic flight from Hamilton Island. Find out more...
Take to the go-kart track for some hi-speed holiday fun. Find out more...
Explore the Great Barrier Reef with a scuba diving tour from Hamilton Island Marina. Find out more...
Take aim and test your focus with a round of target practice. Fire different calibre rifles and pistols. Find out more...
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Palm Bungalows Breakfast With the Koalas
Freestanding bungalows surrounded by lush gardens. A charming and affordable holiday experience. Find out more...
Enjoy a sumptuous buffet breakfast with the Koalas. A must do family holiday activity. Find out more...
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qualia
Private, relaxing and absolutely luxurious. In Australia luxury accommodation is synonymous with qualia. Find out more...
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Hamilton Island Golf Club Play Golf
Enjoy a relaxing ale while taking in the stunning views across the Whitsundays. Find out more...
Play 18 holes on Australia's only championship golf course on its own island. Find out more...
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Hamilton Island Yacht Club Bommie Hamilton Island Yacht Club Villas
Hamilton Island Yacht Club is a modern sailing icon in the Whitsundays. Find out more...
The home of fine dining on Hamilton Island with amazing views accross Dent Passage. Find out more...
Luxury self contained villas on Hamilton Island. Find out more...
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Resort Centre Sails Spa wumurdaylin Tour Desk
Enjoy a light meal at sails restaurant or a cocktail at the swim up bar.
Enjoy a casual meal overlooking the idealic Catseye Beach. Find out more...
Relax and unwind at Spa wumurdaylin. Hamilton Island's luxurious day spa and relaxation centre. Find out more...
Visit the tour desk to book your activities or organised tours on Hamilton Island. Find out more...
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Resort Lookout Bushwalking Quad Bike Tours
Expansive views across Catseye Beach and the surrounding Whitsunday Island. Find out more...
More than 20 kilometres of bushwalking trails zigzag their way across Hamilton Island. Find out more...
Combine off-road excitement and island history on a quad bike tour. Find out more...
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One Tree Hill Sunset cocktails
Capture some great views across the Whitsundays from One Tree Hill.
Watch the sun set over the magnificant Whitsunday Islands while you enjoy a sumptuous cocktail. Find out more...
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Hamilton Island Marina Marina Tavern
Hamilton Island marina is the perfect base for a Whitsunday Island boating holiday. Find out more...
Enjoy a casual pub style meal and an ale whilst overlooking the Hamilton Island Marina. Find out more...
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Romanos Mariners Steakhouse Manta Ray Cafe
Fresh seafood prepared with Italian flair. The perfect location for a romantic dinner. Find out more...
Taste the famous Whitsunday's seafood overlooking the marina on the deck at Mariners restaurant. Find out more...
Fine premium-quality Australian meat. Select a steak to suit your hunger and have it cooke to your liking. Find out more...
Casual dining by the Hamilton Island Marina. Gourmet pizzas and Mediterranean cuisine. Find out more... 
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Hamilton Island Holiday Homes
Self contained holiday rentals on Hamilton Island. 1,2,3 & 4 bedroom holiday rentals. Find out more...
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Driving Range
Practice your swing before hitting one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world. Find out more...
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Catseye Beach Snorkelling Beach Sports
Take part in beach sports, relax under a beach umbrella or take a leisurely dip in the Coral Sea. Find out more...
Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef or the fringing reefs surrounding Hamilton Island. Find out more...
Snorkel, hire a catamaran, paddle board or kayak around Hamilton Island. Find out more...
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Jet Ski tours Charter Fishing Sailing Sea Kayaking
Explore Hamilton Island on the water with Hamilton Island Jet Ski Tours. Find out more...
Enjoy a spot of fishing, Whitsundays style. Find out more...
Charter a yacht and explore the magnificant Whitsunday islands at your own pace. Find out more...
Explore Hamilton Island at a leisurely pace in a twin or single sea kayak. Tours are also available. Find out more...
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Explore the Great Barrier Reef with organised tours departing the Hamilton Island Marina daily. Find out more...
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Travel to Hamilton Island in Style with New Business Class Flights

01 Feb 2012

For the first time in eight years, travellers to Hamilton Island (www.hamiltonisland.com.au) can enjoy the perks and upgrades of business class with the launch of Virgin Australia’s new service which is now available on most domestic routes across Australia.The new service will enhance Hamilton Island’s world-class offering as a regular host to high-profile... Read More

Pas de Deux in Paradise at qualia on Hamilton Island

Twelve Reasons to Visit Hamilton Island in 2012

30 Jan 2012

From prestigious events to world-class cultural encounters and fabulous natural attractions, below are 12 defining reasons for travellers to visit Hamilton Island (www.hamiltonisland.com.au), the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, in 2012:• JANUARY – Learn a new skill, with over 60 activities to choose• FEBRUARY – Fall in love with some romance on the... Read More

Reef View Hotel balcony, Hamilton Island

Sophie Baker Heads up Hamilton Island Communications Team

09 Jan 2012

Hamilton Island, announced today that Sophie Baker has joined the company as Senior Communications Manager, a newly created role. Sophie will be responsible for managing all public, corporate and media relations, as well as internal communications for Hamilton Island, qualia and the company’s other related entities. Sophie is also tasked with upholding... Read More

Catseye Beach on Hamilton Island

Hamilton Island rated #1 ‘Most popular travel destination’ on Google Australia

09 Dec 2011

Hamilton Island has rated number one as the 'Most popular travel destination' in Google Australia’s newly published annual 2011 Zeitgeist list. This category also included international destinations making ‘Hamilton Island’ the top international travel destination search term used by Australians. Hamilton Island’s online marketing manager, Bernie O’Keefe... Read More

Santa in a golf buggy ready to play at Hamilton Island Golf Club

Santa Gets a Ho-Ho-Hole in One on Hamilton Island

21 Nov 2011

Santa was spotted taking a break on Hamilton Island in Australia prior to his busiest time of year, swapping his sleigh for a golf buggy.Santa chose to spend the break practising his swing on the Hamilton Island Golf Course, Australia’s only 18-hole championship golf course situated on its own island. But as Santa will tell you, golf isn’t the only... Read More

Ky Hurst and Susie O'Neill at the 2011 Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim. Pic. Andrea Fancolini

Olympic Swimmers Shine at Whitehaven Beach

21 Nov 2011

Ideal racing conditions greeted more than 300 swimmers at yesterday’s Fujifilm Whitehaven Beach Swim on Whitsunday Island yesterday.The ocean swim, organised by Hamilton Island, is the only sporting event permitted to be held on the iconic Whitehaven Beach.Champion Ironman and Olympian Ky Hurst dominated the men’s division of the race and finished the... Read More

Triathlon 2011 bike riders Pic. Andrea Francolini

Athletes Tri It on Hamilton Island in Perfect Racing Conditions

19 Nov 2011

Around 300 athletes took to the waters, roads and airport runway of Hamilton Island today for the annual Fujifilm Hamilton Island Triathlon.The event was held in perfect conditions with a 750 metre swim in Catseye Bay followed by a 20km cycle around the southern part of Hamilton Island including the airport runway and a 5km run around the marina with... Read More

Dan Hunter in the kitchen at Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld, Victoria

Chef of the Year, Dan Hunter, takes centre stage at Great Barrier Feast

31 Oct 2011

Named ‘Chef of the Year’ at The Age Good Food Guide Awards 2012, Dan Hunter of the Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld, Victoria, will swap rural life for island cuisine when he is guest chef at Hamilton Island’s Great Barrier Feast food and wine series on Friday 2 – Sunday 4 December. www.hamiltonisland.com.au/feastHeld at the luxury resort qualia, gourmet... Read More

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Vale Keith Williams

19 Oct 2011

The Hamilton Island team was deeply saddened to learn of Keith Williams’ death last night. “Our thoughts go out to Keith’s family,” Hamilton Island owner, Bob Oatley said today.  “We are just thankful that Keith and his wife Thea were able to visit us recently and spend some final days on the Island he loved.  It was the first time in more than a decade... Read More

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Top Athletes Tri it in Paradise

05 Oct 2011

World champion and Olympic athletes will line up for a jam-packed weekend of multi-sport challenges at the annual Fujifilm Hamilton Island Triathlon and the Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim on 19 and 20 November. Acclaimed athletes such as Susie O’Neill and Ky Hurst will race alongside competitors of all ages and abilities over the endurance sport weekend... Read More

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Stars cruise into Audi Hamilton Island Race Week

19 Aug 2011

18 August 2011: Superyachts, fashion designers, super models, celebrity chefs and the sailing fraternity will descend on Hamilton Island for Australia’s largest offshore yachting regatta, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week from Friday 19 – Saturday 27 August 2011. Model, actress and TV personality, Megan Gale, will make her first visit to the annual regatta... Read More

The America’s Cup returns to Australia for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week

The America’s Cup returns to Australia for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week

12 Aug 2011

The oldest trophy in the history of international sport, the America’s Cup, will be the spectacular centrepiece at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week this month, and while there it will celebrate a remarkable milestone: the 160th anniversary of when it was first contested in 1851.Sporting history reveals that the contest for this remarkable trophy began... Read More

Racing during Hamilton Island Cup 2011

Extreme racing at Hamilton Island

19 Jun 2011

More than 400 paddlers from all over the world took to the water today at the annual Schweppes Hamilton Island Cup. The gruelling 42km marathon was conducted under sunny skies however wind gusts of up to 27 knots whipped up the ocean into a washing machine for the paddlers.The marathon started in front of the award winning luxurious qualia resort and... Read More

Hamilton Island Yacht Club Villas

Hamilton Island expands its collection of luxury holiday Villas

14 Jun 2011

14 June 2011: Hamilton Island has increased the number of privately owned Yacht Club Villas available as luxury holiday properties. The new Villas have been beautifully decorated by internationally recognised Australian stylist Claire Delmar. “The Yacht Club Villas have continued to receive strong demand from the luxury holiday market and will now be... Read More

Opening of the new recycling plant on Hamilton Island

Hamilton Island showcases its new waste management and recycling facility

03 Jun 2011

Hamilton Island today celebrated its new waste management and recycling facility which includes a glass crushing plant to process the waste glass containers consumed by the thousands of visitors to the island’s resort each year. All in time for World Environment Day on Sunday, June 5.The glass crushing plant is a partnership between Hamilton Island... Read More

Endeavour sailing past the Hamilton Island Yacht Club

Historic journey marks Captain Cook’s discovery of the Whitsundays

03 Jun 2011

3 June 2011: To celebrate the 241st anniversary of Captain Cook’s historic voyage into the Whitsundays and naming the Whitsunday Passage, today the stunning HMB Endeavour replica sailed into the region to the delight of holiday makers and golfers taking in the views from the new Hamilton Island Yacht Club and Golf Club (photo 1). Also, qualia’s guests... Read More

Fernando Alonso enjoys driving a different course, this time at Hamilton Island Golf Club

Formula 1 Grand Prix champion Fernando Alonso pit stops in Queensland paradise

04 Apr 2011

Just days after competing in the recent Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, two-time world champion, Fernando Alonso enjoyed driving a different course, this time at Hamilton Island Golf Club.Alonso took a well deserved break at the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island, (www.hamiltonisland.com.au) staying at luxurious resort... Read More

Kegal Bowling on hamilton Island

Hamilton Island bowls over guests with new activity

23 Mar 2011

Hamilton Island is introducing a new all-weather activity for guests – with the opening of its nine-pin Kegel bowling centre this week. Nine-pin Kegel bowling is a family friendly version of ten-pin bowling – with much smaller and lighter balls that weigh just 2.8kg. The balls also only have two holes for the fingers to hold, so they fit everyone.One... Read More

Dan Hunter

Celebrity chefs line-up for Hamilton Island’s Great Barrier Feast series 2011

01 Feb 2011

February 2011: Following last year’s highly successful Great Barrier Feast series featuring Tetsuya Wakuda, Justin North and Ben Shewry; Hamilton Island is pleased to announce its 2011 celebrity chef line-up for its three haute cuisine weekends. The highly acclaimed Peter Gilmore, Frank Camorra and Dan Hunter will host the three separate culinary weekends.... Read More

Hamilton Island launches new Trade Website

Hamilton Island unveils new travel trade website

30 Jan 2011

In anticipation of increased interest from the recent Oprah visit, Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef has announced a new website for trade - www.hamiltonisland.com.au/trade - to underscore its ongoing support of partners and travel agents. This new reference tool - a dedicated trade website – is specifically designed to help better educate the... Read More

Oprah Winfrey cuddles koala, Elvis, at Hamilton Island Wildlife Park. Oprah touched down on Hamilton Island this afternoon (Wed 8 Dec) for the first stop on “Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure”.

Hamilton Island Welcomes Oprah Winfrey

30 Jan 2011

Caption and image copyright 2010 Harpo Productions:Oprah Winfrey cuddles koala, Elvis, at Hamilton Island Wildlife Park. Oprah touched down on Hamilton Island this afternoon (Wed 8 Dec) for the first stop on “Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure”. Hamilton Island’s chairman, Sandy Oatley comments:“I am thrilled to welcome Ms. Winfrey, her team and... Read More

Hamilton Island Yacht Club

Hamilton Island Yacht Club opens its doors to the public

01 Dec 2009

9 December 2009: Hamilton Island Yacht Club has opened its doors to visitors and members. Designed by renowned Australian architect, Walter Barda, alongside famed yachtsman, Iain Murray, it is already being dubbed the ‘Opera House of Queensland’. Its iconic architectural design is a result of Bob Oatley’s vision to create a building of world-class significance... Read More

Hamilton Island Golf Club

Hamilton Island’s World-Class Golf Club Officially Opens

01 Sep 2009

4 September 2009: Hamilton Island Golf Club has officially opened as the only 18 hole championship golf course on its own island in Australia. The event was marked by an official handover between designer and champion golfer, Peter Thomson AO CBE and Hamilton Island owner, Bob Oatley, on Sunday 30th August 2009. The opening was especially timely for... Read More

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Head office:
Sophie Baker
Senior Communications Manager
m: +61 (0)427 109 503
sbaker@hamiltonisland.com.au

Jo Wilkinson
Communications Manager
m: +61 (0)416 036 713
jwilkinson@hamiltonisland.com.au

US PR agency:
Kylie Robertson
Robertson Solutions
Cell: 917-213-1773
kylie@robertsonsolutions.com

UK PR agency:
Jovanka Ristich
Independent Public Relations
Tel: +44 (0)1628 623003
jovanka@independentpr.co.uk

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