Blackstone Inc has agreed to buy Hamilton Island, a major resort hub in the heart of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef.

Hamilton Island, the iconic Great Barrier Reef resort long owned by Australia’s Oatley family, is being sold to US ...

Hamilton Island, one of Australia’s most recognisable tropical holiday destinations, has been sold in a major tourism deal. The island, located in Queensland’s Whitsundays near the Great Barrier Reef, ...

The Aotea Company's Bayard Sinnema inside a condensation tent on Great Barrier Island where sea salt is being extracted for a new artisan product range. Photo / Phil Taylor One of the Hauraki Gulf’s ...

In order to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef, you only have to step off the sandy, coral beach. Arrival is only by helicopter or private yacht. And once there, you’re the only residents on this 988 acre ...

An idyllic private island off the coast of Australia has sold at auction for A$2.51 million (US$1.5 million) after a lengthy bidding war among parties eager to bag the rarely offered property. Set in ...

It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was preceded by a rise in summer temperature from ~26° to ~28°C at around 700 thousand years ago (marine isotope stage 17). This ...

A private island in the heart of Australia’s picturesque Great Barrier Reef could sell for less than an average Sydney home at auction next month. Victor Island, which is one of 74 in the Whitsundays ...

Is she back on the bongos again tonight?” Grinning, the guy nods towards a woman ordering olives and an empanada from the ...