Village Family Motor Inn
14 September 2026
Five acres of garden over the Tamar Valley — indoor pool, sauna, games room, and self-contained apartments inhabited by people who came for a night and stayed three.
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Motel Strahan
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Thirteen rooms on the World Heritage west coast. Each individually decorated, all with balconies and a rainforest view that does not quit.
Bicheno By The Bay
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Beachfront bungalows on Waubs Bay. Penguin tours leave from the front lawn at dusk, and you'll want a window seat and a glass of something white.
The Henry Jones
14 September 2026
A 1825 jam-factory remade as Australia's first art hotel — fifty-six rooms hung with Tasmanian contemporary work, on the IXL warehouse waterfront.
MACq 01
14 September 2026
Hobart's storytelling hotel — 114 rooms, each named for a Tasmanian cultural figure, on Macquarie Wharf with the Mona ferry parking out front.
Brassey Hotel
14 September 2026
A 1927 heritage hotel on two-and-a-half acres of garden. Twenties wallpaper, jacarandas in November, and the shortest commute to Parliament in the country.
Albury Manor House
14 September 2026
A Tudor-fronted family hotel with forty-two rooms, an indoor pool, hot tub and sauna. Walking distance to the rail station, the river, and three good galleries.
Australian Hotel Yass
14 September 2026
A heritage hotel with shared-bath upstairs rooms and freshly refit motel suites out the back. Country food, country wine, and a pub fire that matters.
Pacific Hotel Yamba
14 September 2026
An Art Deco icon perched on the headland since 1934. Pacific views from every signature room, a bistro, and live music four nights a week.
The Oriana
14 September 2026
A 1960s motel reborn in 2022 as a Palm-Springs-by-Orange — pool, martini bar, gardens, and rooms with a colour palette curated by someone who knows.