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The Alice Courts

14 September 2026

A 1970s red-dirt outback motel in Alice Springs, NT, brought back by a third-generation owner who kept the bones, the sign and the kidney pool and let the rest breathe.

The Broken Motel

14 September 2026

A 1970s red-dirt outback motel in Broken Hill, NSW, brought back by a third-generation owner who kept the bones, the sign and the kidney pool and let the rest breathe.

Wrest Point

14 September 2026

Australia's first casino — a 64-metre dodecagonal tower on the Derwent that has been quietly aging into beauty since the year of the oil crisis. Ask for a room with…

The Pink Hotel

14 September 2026

A Barbie-pink '60s motel resurrected on the Gold Coast beachfront with hand-painted neon, Scandinavian interiors and a Santeria-flavoured rooftop bar that goes very late, very pink.

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".