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Owen Island

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A person snorkels over pale sand near a cushion sea star, with a low palm-fringed beach on the horizon

Find your inner pirate at this tiny deserted island that’s a quarter-mile offshore from the Southern Cross Club. The beach here is unspoiled and the vegetation thick and unexplored. Get here by kayak or paddleboard, which you can rent from the club.

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