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North House lounge and deck… the house is a showcase for artworks.

A five-star home away from home on Australia’s most exclusive island

This private Lord Howe Island getaway is like having your own private luxury getaway – with all the best bits that a hotel can provide.

  • Jane Richards

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Ancient stunner...Lord Howe Island.

How Aussie island’s ’70s-style apartments became a luxe ‘house hotel’

Begun in 2016 and delayed by COVID, this project created a retreat that’s difficult to leave, despite Lord Howe’s abundant outdoor attractions.

  • Jane Richards
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
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
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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

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