Albury Manor House
14 September 2026
A Tudor-fronted family hotel with forty-two rooms, an indoor pool, hot tub and sauna. Walking distance to the rail station, the river, and three good galleries.
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14 September 2026
A Tudor-fronted family hotel with forty-two rooms, an indoor pool, hot tub and sauna. Walking distance to the rail station, the river, and three good galleries.
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.
14 September 2026
A MacDonnell Ranges foothill lodge with proper outback bones — wallabies on the lawn at dusk, a pool that's a relief in October, and a road train passing through every…
14 September 2026
Lakeside originals on the mid-coast — 28 rooms, a kidney pool, kitchenettes, and a five-minute walk to Wallis Lake and a perfectly fine fish-and-chip shop.
14 September 2026
A riverside hideaway on the Myall Coast — twenty rooms, a pool the colour of the river, and a manager who'll tell you exactly which beach to try first.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.