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Lord Howe Island is a tiny Australian island in the Tasman Sea with sandy beaches, subtropical forests and clear waters.

Lord, Howe this island has taken a very different path to Rottnest

WA’s premier island getaway could take a leaf out of Lord Howe’s book whose commitment to maintaining a pristine, world heritage listed paradise includes limiting the number of visitors to 400 at any one time.

  • Sarah Brookes

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A tsunami warning has been issed for Lord Howe Island.

Pacific earthquake triggers tsunami warning for Lord Howe Island

The magnitude 7.7 quake hit at a depth of 37 kilometres in New Caledonia, triggering a tsunami warning.

Lord Howe Island closed due to fungal threat to ecosystem.

Most of Lord Howe closed after fungal outbreak

The fungus has the potential to change the way the island’s mountains and forests look, threatening its world-heritage values.

  • Olivia Ireland
The wildlife on Lord Howe island is booming after feral animals were removed.

How Australia rescued an island plagued by more than 200,000 rats

Animals pushed to the brink of extinction by rats have been brought back to life on Lord Howe Island, with some bird populations doubling in number within 12 months.

  • Laura Chung
Lord Howe is a 14.55-square-kilometre crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea.

Pinetrees Lodge at Lord Howe: More than 130 years on, Australian island hotel still shines

The Pinetrees story begins with Margaret Curry, an Irish-born housemaid, and Thomas Andrews, a fetching seaman she met on her passage to Australia in 1832.

  • Elspeth Callender
Lord Howe Island naturally attracts outdoor types.

Lord Howe Island travel guide and things to do: Nine highlights

Stunning Lord Howe Island is home to the world's most southerly coral reef.

  • Elspeth Callender
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More than a thousand disposable face masks wash up on Lord Howe Island

The masks are believed to be from containers that fell off a ship in high seas 73 kilometres off the coast of Sydney.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The endangered Lord Howe Woodhen.

Endangered animals bounce back on rat-free Lord Howe Island

A controversial program to eradicate rats on Lord Howe Island has seen a blossoming of the World Heritage site’s endangered species.

  • Nick O'Malley
Cape Tribulation; Cottesloe Beach; Franklin River; Lord Howe Island.

Good Weekend's Australian idylls: our special summer destinations

With international travel off the books for now, Good Weekend writers reflect on their favourite holidays of yesteryear.

  • Amanda Hooton, Melissa Fyfe, Tim Elliott, Jane Cadzow, Amelia Lester and Konrad Marshall
"All I could think of when we landed was Tahiti, or an imagined vision of it – the prototypical Pacific island, with a peak at one end just undulating enough to entertain the eye."

'Her eyes sparkled when she talked about it': the magic of Lord Howe Island blessed me, too

An island of preposterous beauty casts its incredible spell as two friends walk and talk upon it, discovering along the way the perfect place to reconnect.

  • Amelia Lester

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