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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.

Hara House

14 September 2026

An 80s motor inn reborn as alpine mid-century with patterned tiles, wood veneers and a rectangular pool that catches an afternoon shadow worth waiting for.

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.

Ettalong Beach Resort

14 September 2026

A Mediterranean-inspired motel village from the late 70s with a lap pool, a spa, and the kind of garden courtyards built for a school-holiday week of doing nothing in particular.

Wrest Point

14 September 2026

Australia's first casino — a 64-metre dodecagonal tower on the Derwent that has been quietly aging into beauty since the year of the oil crisis. Ask for a room with…

Cooinda Lodge

14 September 2026

The gateway to Kakadu — refurbished lodge rooms, a billabong out the front, and the iconic Yellow Water cruises that leave at first light, every day, no exceptions.