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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Travel
Katie Strick

Pickleball in the Whitsundays? How Australia’s Hamilton Island is shaking off its fly-and-flop reputation

Golf buggies are the main mode of transport when you touch down on Hamilton Island, the car-free paradise in the Whitsundays off Australia’s Queensland coast.

You may find yourself questioning whether it’s really worth it when you’re queuing at the island’s buggy rental hub, glancing at the kayaks bobbing about in the ocean and the snorkellers off to explore the reef a few hundred metres away — but you’ll quickly discover why.

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