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Kookaburra Motor Lodge

14 September 2026

A central Halls Gap original — twenty-eight rooms within walking distance of every cafe, the trailheads, and a kookaburra that has memorised the breakfast routine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kyneton Springs

14 September 2026

A pink-neon Palm Springs homage on the Calder Freeway — kidney pool, a roomful of vintage thrift, and accent rooms painted in colours your nan would have called "racy".

River Drive Motel

14 September 2026

Five rooms on the Tarwin River mouth. Eucalyptus tones, cork ceilings, 1970s op-shop dignity, and a host who'll lend you a tinnie if she likes the look of you.