The Beach Club Resort, Hamilton Island. Photo / Tourism and Events Queensland The crown jewel of Queensland’s Whitsunday Islands may go up for sale for a reported A$1 billion, after current owners said they were reviewing the future of the treasured resort island. This price tag is five times what current owners the Oatley family...
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/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/YRP4UMTC4FBDJAE2RJBG7BBZOU.jpg "Whitsundays Hamilton Island up for sale with $1bn price tag – NZ Herald")
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Four Australian crew missing after Australian Army chopper crashes off northern Queensland coast amid joint military exercise with US
Four crew members of an Australian Army helicopter are missing after the chopper crashed into the ocean off the coast of Queensland, near Hamilton Island, late last night. Defence Minister Richard Marles said the MRH90 helicopter, known as a Taipan, was engaging in a two-helicopter training mission and had four crew aboard when it crashed at about...
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Boaties treated to spectacular waterspout off Airlie Beach
Boaties in the Whitsundays have captured spectacular images of two waterspouts forming off Airlie Beach around dawn yesterday morning. The spouts formed off the coast, on the eastern side of Hook Island, about 6am. Meteorologist Steve Hadley said it was a weather event few people experienced. “It’s rare to see one, rarer still to see two but...