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The Bicheno Motor Inn

14 September 2026

A 1950s breezy seaside motel in Bicheno, Tasmania, brought back by a returning local family who kept the bones, the sign and the kidney pool and let the rest breathe.

The Strahan Lodge

14 September 2026

A 1960s breezy seaside motel in Strahan, Tasmania, brought back by a photographer and a builder who kept the bones, the sign and the kidney pool and let the rest…

The St Motor Lodge

14 September 2026

A 1960s breezy seaside motel in St Helens, Tasmania, brought back by a pair of hospitality refugees who kept the bones, the sign and the kidney pool and let the…

Village Family Motor Inn

14 September 2026

Five acres of garden over the Tamar Valley — indoor pool, sauna, games room, and self-contained apartments inhabited by people who came for a night and stayed three.

Motel Strahan

14 September 2026

Thirteen rooms on the World Heritage west coast. Each individually decorated, all with balconies and a rainforest view that does not quit.

Bicheno By The Bay

14 September 2026

Beachfront bungalows on Waubs Bay. Penguin tours leave from the front lawn at dusk, and you'll want a window seat and a glass of something white.

The Henry Jones

14 September 2026

A 1825 jam-factory remade as Australia's first art hotel — fifty-six rooms hung with Tasmanian contemporary work, on the IXL warehouse waterfront.

MACq 01

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.

Parklane Motel

14 September 2026

Twenty-three motel rooms and eighteen self-catering apartments, all five minutes from the city centre. The kind of place travel agents quietly recommend.

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…