Lake House
8 November 2026
A hotel, restaurant and spa on an unfenced lake in Daylesford, set among about six acres of country gardens. Lake House has been running since 1984 and pairs a Two…
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8 November 2026
A hotel, restaurant and spa on an unfenced lake in Daylesford, set among about six acres of country gardens. Lake House has been running since 1984 and pairs a Two…
8 November 2026
A refurbished 1970s motel in Blackheath, rebuilt as a boutique hotel with classic road-trip nostalgia. It has forty-six suites across three wings named for the Three Sisters, on two acres…
8 November 2026
A riverside motel and villa property about ten minutes north of Hobart, offering motel rooms, self-contained villas and houses on a large site with water views. There is a restaurant,…
8 November 2026
An 1860s heritage home near James Street, converted into five apartments by mother-and-daughter architects Lisa and Izzie White. Original plaster ceilings, Petrie brickwork and mismatched floorboards are kept, and there…
8 November 2026
A family-friendly motor inn in Golden Point, about a kilometre from central Ballarat and Sovereign Hill. Rooms run from corporate singles to three-bedroom self-contained houses, and the facilities take in…
8 November 2026
A 1980s roadside motel on the Great Ocean Road in Anglesea, redesigned in a Palm Springs mid-century style with a white and forest-green exterior. It has sixteen rooms, an outdoor…
8 November 2026
A fairy-floss pink former motel on Griffith Street in Coolangatta, restored and reopened as a rock-and-roll-themed hotel. Every room is decorated differently, with pink neon, record players and mid-century touches,…
8 November 2026
A long-running community pub on Victoria Road in Taperoo, with a newer accommodation wing of king-bed suites. It has mid-century decor, a relaxed and quirky feel and a family-friendly dining…
8 November 2026
A 1970s Gold Coast landmark motel on the Gold Coast Highway, about two hundred metres from Miami Beach. It reopened in 2025 after roughly eighteen months of work, with a…
8 November 2026
A country-style resort on about nine acres of riverfront land among pines on Jamberoo Mountain Road. It is roughly ten minutes from Kiama's beaches, with an outdoor pool, tennis court,…