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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.

Standpipe Golf Motor Inn

14 September 2026

An 1880s outback watering hole reborn as a golf-course motor inn at the Eyre/Stuart Highway crossroads. Eighty-six rooms, a tandoori restaurant — yes, really.

Parklane Motel

14 September 2026

Twenty-three motel rooms and eighteen self-catering apartments, all five minutes from the city centre. The kind of place travel agents quietly recommend.

Barrier Reef Motel

14 September 2026

Forty-one air-con units on the Cassowary Coast. Salt-water pool, licensed restaurant, and a cane-cutter clientele the company prefers.

Pavilion Hotel Wagga

14 September 2026

A 1960s hotel under the largest fabric roof in the southern hemisphere. Mid-century drama, modern comfort, and a fine-dining room that takes itself just seriously enough.

Kurrimine Beach Motel

14 September 2026

A tropical hideaway on the Cane-cutter Way — twenty-eight beachfront units, a licensed bar, spa suites, and the kind of frangipani that drops on every breakfast plate.

Sandridge Motel

14 September 2026

Oceanfront on the Lorne shopping promenade. Standard, executive and deluxe — all with balconies, sea views, free movies and the kind of free parking the rest of the world forgot.

Atherton Hinterland Motel

14 September 2026

Owner-operated on the Atherton Tablelands. Pool in the middle, palms around it, and a host who actually knows where the platypus pool is.

Kookaburra Motor Lodge

14 September 2026

A central Halls Gap original — twenty-eight rooms within walking distance of every cafe, the trailheads, and a kookaburra that has memorised the breakfast routine.