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Wagon Wheel Motel

14 September 2026

An honest-to-god outback original on the Newell, set in native bushland with a pool the colour of the sky and a sign you can see from the highway after dark.

Sorrento Beach Motel

14 September 2026

The only motel on the Mornington Peninsula. Nineteen deluxe units, sea views, ground-floor parking, and a refit that kept the bones honest.

Hibiscus Motel

14 September 2026

A laid-back beachside escape 200m from Main Beach. Californian breezeblock, hibiscus-pink doors, and a refit that treats every room like its own little postcard.

Mantra Lorne

14 September 2026

Victoria's oldest guesthouse — Erskine House on twelve acres of garden between the highway and the surf. Heritage bones, resort comforts, croquet on the lawn.

Tessa’s on the Beach

14 September 2026

A whimsical 1960s Palm Springs-by-Bilinga homage with quirky named rooms, a magnesium pool and the kind of nostalgic styling that has wedding photographers on retainer.

Country Plaza Halls Gap

14 September 2026

An alpine fifty-one-roomer at the foot of the Grampians — pool, restaurant, playground, and a wallaby population that audits the lawn at dusk.

Halse Lodge

14 September 2026

A heritage Noosa guesthouse reopened in 2024 with vinyl nights, yoga decks, beach-club soul and the only verandah in QLD with a working bell that summons cocktails.

Bright Motor Inn

14 September 2026

A High Country hideaway under hundred-year-old trees — pool, river views, parkside, and a price-point that has remained gloriously of the seventies.

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.