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.
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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.
Bright Motor Inn
14 September 2026
A High Country hideaway under hundred-year-old trees — pool, river views, parkside, and a price-point that has remained gloriously of the seventies.
Wagon Wheel Motel
14 September 2026
An honest-to-god outback original on the Newell, set in native bushland with a pool the colour of the sky and a sign you can see from the highway after dark.
Royal Mail Hotel
14 September 2026
A Grampians original from 1855 with motel rooms out back overlooking Mount Sturgeon, a kitchen garden you could lose a friend in, and the most-awarded wine list in regional Australia.
Ettalong Beach Resort
14 September 2026
A Mediterranean-inspired motel village from the late 70s with a lap pool, a spa, and the kind of garden courtyards built for a school-holiday week of doing nothing in particular.