On the 30-minute helicopter commute from the northern Australian city of Townsville to Pelorus Private Island, sharp-eyed pilot Will Owens points to sharks and turtles in the coral-mottled seas below.

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Australia does beach houses like nowhere else, and this summer, the prestige market is serving up some jaw-dropping coastal ...