Four-star One MICHELIN Key Palm Terrace, Hamilton Island
The Sundays
Fifty-nine rooms at the northern end of Catseye Beach, each with a balcony or a terrace, and a pool club run by Josh and Julie Niland of Saint Peter in Sydney.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, 2026
- Rooms
- 59, each with a balcony or terrace
- Opened
- April 2025
- From the airport
- A few minutes by free island transfer
The hotel
An old lodge, made over.
The Sundays stands where Allamanda Lodge and the Outrigger restaurant used to be, one of the original hotels on Hamilton Island. The owners spent about thirty-five million Australian dollars turning it into a hotel of fifty-nine rooms, and it opened in April 2025, the first new hotel on the island since qualia in 2007. The island's owners built it as a small hotel for families, with its own pool and a private stretch of beach.
The Whitsunday designer Carrie Williams kept the bones of the old building and dressed it in soft pastels, sandy tones and carved stone. Artworks by Tiarna Herczeg, of First Nations and Hungarian descent, take their colours from the islands around it. Every room looks out over the gardens or the Coral Sea, and a boardwalk leads down to the beach.
- Catseye Pool Club Josh and Julie Niland's restaurant and bar by the pool, with seafood from Bowen and cocktails by Sam Cocks. Lunch and dinner are open to everyone.
- Catseye Beach Kayaks, paddleboards and small sailing boats on the beach in front, included for guests.
- For families Trundle beds, kitchenettes and blackout blinds in the rooms, films under the stars, and a free ice cream every afternoon for children.
Rooms & suites
A balcony or a lawn.
All fifty-nine rooms face the gardens or the Coral Sea, most of them with the bed turned towards the view.
- Upstairs Sundays Balcony Room A balcony over the gardens or the Coral Sea, the bed turned to face it.
- Ground floor Sundays Terrace Room A terrace that steps onto a lawn, which suits small children.
- For families Family Connect Rooms Larger rooms that interconnect, for families who need more space.
Dining
One restaurant, by the pool.
Restaurant as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.
- Catseye Pool Club Seasonal seafood, dishes to share Josh and Julie Niland of Saint Peter, Sydney
Recognition
Listings.
- One MICHELIN Key Australia, 2026
Good to know
Before you go.
- Minimum stay Two nights.
- Children Welcome, with interconnecting family rooms, trundle beds and a lawn outside the ground-floor rooms.
- Payment Hamilton Island is cashless. Bring a card.
Getting there
Flying to Hamilton Island.
Hamilton Island has its own airport, with direct flights from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Cairns, and the transfer to the hotel is free. Private jets use the same runway, planned within the terminal's hours of 8 am to 4 pm. The drive across the island takes a few minutes, by our estimate.
- Brisbane 1 h 30
- Sydney 2 h 20
- Melbourne 2 h 55
- Auckland 4 h 25
- Singapore 7 h 30 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Does The Sundays have a MICHELIN Key?
- Yes, one, in the 2026 Australian selection.
- Is The Sundays good for children?
- It was designed with families in mind: interconnecting rooms, trundle beds, kitchenettes and a free ice cream for children every afternoon at the pool club.
- Can non-residents eat at Catseye Pool Club?
- Yes, for lunch and dinner. Breakfast is for hotel guests only.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Hamilton Island?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Hamilton Island, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
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Staying at The Sundays?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Hamilton Island, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.