There are no islands, per se, but there are events in the game.
mainly the arceus, pichu, and celebi events. there's also a jirachi event to unlock another pokewalker course.
http://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/events.shtml
No, but just hit mystery gift to check for events anytime if you cant ask someone
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