21 Nov 2011Ideal 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
19 Nov 2011Around 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
31 Oct 2011Named ‘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
19 Oct 2011The 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
05 Oct 2011World 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
19 Aug 201118 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
12 Aug 2011The 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
19 Jun 2011More 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
14 Jun 201114 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
03 Jun 2011Hamilton 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