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The Port Motor Inn

14 September 2026

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

Pacific Hotel Yamba

14 September 2026

An Art Deco icon perched on the headland since 1934. Pacific views from every signature room, a bistro, and live music four nights a week.

Kurrimine Beach Motel

14 September 2026

A tropical hideaway on the Cane-cutter Way — twenty-eight beachfront units, a licensed bar, spa suites, and the kind of frangipani that drops on every breakfast plate.

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.

Sandridge Motel

14 September 2026

Oceanfront on the Lorne shopping promenade. Standard, executive and deluxe — all with balconies, sea views, free movies and the kind of free parking the rest of the world forgot.

Pacific Bay Resort

14 September 2026

A sprawling 80s resort over forty hectares of Banksia-bush, with a salt-water lagoon, three pools and a pool bar that has not closed since the bicentenary.

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.

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.

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.

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.