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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…

The Kyah

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…

Riverfront Motel & Villas

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,…

Miss Midgley’s

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…

Sovereign Park Motor Inn

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…

The Monty

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…

The Pink Hotel

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,…

Peninsula Hotel Motel

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…

The Shores

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…

The Lodge Jamberoo

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,…