The Bright Lodge
14 September 2026
A 1960s timber-and-stone alpine motel in Bright, Victoria, brought back by a pair of hospitality refugees who kept the bones, the sign and the fireplaces and let the rest breathe.
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An 1880s outback watering hole reborn as a golf-course motor inn at the Eyre/Stuart Highway crossroads. Eighty-six rooms, a tandoori restaurant — yes, really.
Margaret River Motel
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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.
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.
Halse Lodge
14 September 2026
A heritage Noosa guesthouse reopened in 2024 with vinyl nights, yoga decks, beach-club soul and the only verandah in QLD with a working bell that summons cocktails.