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Kangaroo Island, SA - Kangaroo Island has an abundance of wildlife including sea lions, koalas, and rare birds. It is Australia's third largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island.

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Groote Eylandt, NT - This island is renowned for its amazing Aboriginal rock art sites, arts and crafts, and outstanding sport-fishing including sailfish, marlin, tuna, Spanish mackerel, giant trevally, queenfish, and coral trout.

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Bathurst Island, NT - Baz Luhrmann filmed part of 'Australia' on Bathurst Island.

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Fraser Island, QLD - This is the largest sand island in the world. Fraser Island also is the only place in the world to still have purebred dingoes.

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Flinders Island, TAS - Flinders Island is known for being wild and rugged. It is the perfect place to get away from the stresses of the modern world.

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King Island, TAS - King Island is a golfer's paradise. Both Ocean Dunes and Cape Wickham golf courses are ranked in the top 5 for Australia.

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Mornington Island, QLD - Mornington Island is located in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It has a unique natural environment and the Lardil people have lived here for thousands of years.

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Rottnest Island - Rottnest is famous for its friendly quokka marsupials! These cute animals always attract attention with their friendly and inquisitive ways.

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Rottnest Island - This island has an abundance of white-sand beaches and secluded coves.

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Magnetic Island, QLD - Known affectionately by locals as Maggie Island, this is a rocky coastal island just off-shore of Townsville. It is a beautiful place to explore.

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Fitzroy Island, QLD - Fitzroy Island is one of the most pristine islands on the Great Barrier Reef, the majority of the island is National Island Park.

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Phillip Island, VIC - Home of the little penguins! At Summerland Beach, spectators regularly gather at sunset to watch them come ashore in groups.

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Lord Howe Island, NSW - The tiny island in the Tasman Sea is characterised by sandy beaches, subtropical forests, and clear waters. It is ideal for scuba diving.

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Cockatoo Island, NSW - Not quite as tropical, but culturally just as important. This island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site steeped in rich history.

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Great Keppel Island, QLD - Great Keppel Island is a sanctuary full of beauty. There are 17 white sandy beaches with some of the highest cover of hard coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Lady Musgrave Island, QLD - Lady Musgrave Island offers walking trails, white sandy beaches, fantastic snorkeling, and glass-bottom boat tours.

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Moreton Island, QLD - Moreton Island is just south of Fraser Island and is a great place to spot dolphins and explore submerged shipwrecks.

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Green Island, QLD - Green Island is a fancy hideaway for people who like the luxurious side of life. It is a tropical paradise tucked away in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef.

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Bruny Island, TAS - Bruny Island is a haven for many rare and endangered plants and animals, including 12 species of birds that occur nowhere else in the world.

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Hamilton Island, QLD - Hamilton is one of the most popular islands in the Whitsundays. It is car free, covered in bush, and surrounded with coral reefs.

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Orpheus Island, QLD - Orpheus is a hidden gem of a tropical paradise. It boasts 30 beaches and 1400 hectares of bush to explore.

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Satellite Island, TAS - Privately owned Satellite Island features an exclusive boat shack where you can revel in the solitude of this sea-fringed wilderness.

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Norfolk Island, NSW - Only 1357 residents live here and you must give way to cows. There are 40 unique plant species and 20 species of bird on the island.

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Abrolhos Islands, WA - Surrounded by coral reefs, the ocean in the  Abrolhos teems with life, from playful sea lions and huge Samson fish to migrating humpback whales.

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Christmas Island - Christmas Island is famous for its annual spring/summer red crab migration. Over 50 million crabs pour out of the rainforest and spawn in the sea.

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Heron Island, QLD - Home to the famous Heron Bommie, named by Jacques Cousteau as one of his top 10 dive sites in the world.

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Maria Island, TAS - Secluded bays, stunning cliffs, and abundant rainforests are among the many attractions on this pristine Tasmanian island.

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Bigge Island, WA - Aboriginal rock art occurs in many sites on the island with significant galleries of both Gwion Gwion (“Bradshaw art”) and Wandjina art in the coastal caves.

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Tasmania - The biggest island of them all. Home to  515,000 people, ancient rainforests, Hobart, and Cradle Mountain.

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Melville Island, NT - Melville Island, known in the Tiwi language as Yermalner, is an island in the eastern Timor Sea. Melville and Bathurst Islands are known as the Tiwi Islands.

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