Best 50
8 November 2026
An 1860s heritage home near James Street, converted into five apartments by mother-and-daughter architects Lisa and Izzie White. Original plaster ceilings, Petrie brickwork and mismatched floorboards are kept, and there…
8 November 2026
A boutique countryside retreat on three hundred acres of bushland and pasture, a short drive from the coast near Mossy Point. It has renovated rooms, a nine-hole golf course and…
8 November 2026
A five-star hotel on Marvell Street in Byron Bay, with a rooftop bar and pool looking out over the town and a restaurant built on local ingredients. It is a…
8 November 2026
A 25-room boutique hotel in Crescent Head with a retro, surf-inspired look and artisan-made interiors. It has garden-terrace rooms, a pool, a private sauna and ice bath, and the Sea…
8 November 2026
A seven-room Palm Beach motel on the Gold Coast Highway, restored from the old Palm Trees Motel by owners Eliza and Jason Raine. It has breeze blocks, neon lights, banana-shaped…
8 November 2026
A retro-styled boutique hotel on the Great Ocean Road at Aireys Inlet, reworked from the former Lightkeepers Inn Motel. It has twenty rooms, an outdoor magnesium pool with a pool…
8 November 2026
A revamped motel in the Barossa Valley with Palm Springs-inspired styling, a mineral pool, daybed cabanas and a massage room. Mornings can start with yoga alongside the resident goats.
8 November 2026
A converted roadside motel above Wagonga Inlet in Narooma, reworked by Merivale into an 18-room boutique hotel. The original structure is kept, along with a retro pool and a forty-year-old…
8 November 2026
A reimagined former beach motel in central Byron Bay, the Swell is an adults-only hotel of 16 rooms with a 1970s-inspired palette and tropical gardens. A mineral pool, infrared sauna,…
8 November 2026
A design-led micro resort on 55 acres of regenerated farmland in the Byron hinterland, with a 70s-inspired, Californian ranch feel. Stay in off-grid barns, pool suites or a private suite,…