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CBD Motor Inn

14 September 2026

A 1960s pylon-sign survivor in the heart of Coffs, refit '18 with garden bar, pool and twenty rooms in colours your nan would have approved of.

Drift House

14 September 2026

A bluestone riverside manor reworked into six luxury suites by Multiplicity. Not a motel by birth, but it has the parking and the privacy and the soul of one.

The Anchorage Hotel

14 September 2026

A waterfront sprawl on Salamander Bay — two pools, a marina, and the only hotel on the coast where the breakfast room looks at moored yachts.

Royal Mail Hotel

14 September 2026

A Grampians original from 1855 with motel rooms out back overlooking Mount Sturgeon, a kitchen garden you could lose a friend in, and the most-awarded wine list in regional Australia.

Bayview Motel

14 September 2026

Thirty-seven rooms, a turquoise pool the same colour as Esperance's water, and the kind of BBQ terrace that has hosted the same five families every January since 1974.

Hahndorf Motor Lodge

14 September 2026

A hill-station motor lodge a block back from the country's oldest German town. Pool, spa, Bavarian flag, and a courtyard that smells like jacaranda for two weeks a year.

Sundowner Motel

14 September 2026

A Lincoln Highway four-pointer with pool, cabin park and the Sunset Restaurant — a salmon-and-prawn-cocktail kind of place, the sort of menu that doesn't apologise for itself.

Imperial Hotel

14 September 2026

Not a motel by birth, but a 1911 pub remade in 2025 with pressed-metal ceilings, antique mirrors and old-Hollywood lighting. Closer to a movie set than a country hotel.

HotelMOTEL

14 September 2026

A back-to-the-shell rebirth of a 1950s South Terrace classic — slate blues, native palette, and the only city-centre motel in the country where you can still park outside your door.

Casita

14 September 2026

A revived 1980s apartment block reborn as romantic retro suites with moody European charm, terracotta tile and a south coast edge that takes itself just seriously enough.