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Hamilton Island is a beautiful island within the Whitsunday Islands chain, located just off the shore of Queensland near the Great Barrier Reef.
The car-free island is a popular year-round tourist destination, best known as the home of the annual Hamilton Island Race Week yachting festival, which attracts more than 250 yachters each year for a week of high-profile races. In 2015, the island received Australian Traveller's "Most Desirable Island Escape" Award. Several excursion companies offer excursions to nearby Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and chances to see migrating humpback whales along the island's shores each summer. The island is a popular destination location for weddings, hosting the second-most weddings of any site within the country each year. Map
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