Lord Howe Island

Few Australians are aware thatNew Caledonia, a fully-fledged French overseas territory, is closer toSydneythanAucklandinNew Zealand. Just as intriguingly, about half as close again – 741km fromBrisbaneor 779km from Sydney – the isolated volcanic outcrop ofLord Howe Islandis a part of Australia that many Aussies have never heard of, let alone visited. In the middle of nowhere, rising like aKing Kongmovie set above the rippling South Pacific, Lord Howe is a quirky and environmentally unique outlier of the land Down Under.