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The Halls Motor Lodge

14 September 2026

A 1970s roadside heritage motel in Halls Gap, Victoria, brought back by a third-generation owner who kept the bones, the sign and the kidney pool and let the rest breathe.

The Stanthorpe Motel

14 September 2026

A 1960s roadside heritage motel in Stanthorpe, Queensland, brought back by a photographer and a builder who kept the bones, the sign and the kidney pool and let the rest…

Brassey Hotel

14 September 2026

A 1927 heritage hotel on two-and-a-half acres of garden. Twenties wallpaper, jacarandas in November, and the shortest commute to Parliament in the country.

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.

Australian Hotel Yass

14 September 2026

A heritage hotel with shared-bath upstairs rooms and freshly refit motel suites out the back. Country food, country wine, and a pub fire that matters.

Parklane Motel

14 September 2026

Twenty-three motel rooms and eighteen self-catering apartments, all five minutes from the city centre. The kind of place travel agents quietly recommend.

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.

Kookaburra Motor Lodge

14 September 2026

A central Halls Gap original — twenty-eight rooms within walking distance of every cafe, the trailheads, and a kookaburra that has memorised the breakfast routine.

Standpipe Golf Motor Inn

14 September 2026

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.

Barrier Reef Motel

14 September 2026

Forty-one air-con units on the Cassowary Coast. Salt-water pool, licensed restaurant, and a cane-cutter clientele the company prefers.