[3] In 2012 it was listed in Australian media as the world's sixth most expensive private island available to hire.

The others are Eden, Yeppoon; Sandcastles, Zilzie; and Elysian Retreat on Long Island.

[9][1] Before 1961, the island was an oyster farm owned by Snigger Findlay who lost it in a poker game to Roger Mason.

Sojourn Properties purchased the island in 2003 when it was a "low-key private resort" defined by the Rumbles as more of a "fisherman’s hideaway".

In addition to renovations and new buildings, they added a helicopter pad, two registered moorings and a 36-passenger boat for ferrying clients.