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Sails in the Desert

14 September 2026

White-sailed pavilions that look more like a Sydney yacht-club wet-dream than a desert resort. Aboriginal art everywhere, retro desert glamour, and a sunset bar that knows it.

Heavitree Gap

14 September 2026

A MacDonnell Ranges foothill lodge with proper outback bones — wallabies on the lawn at dusk, a pool that's a relief in October, and a road train passing through every…

Hotel Kurrajong

14 September 2026

A 1920s Art Deco gem near Parliament House. Carved fireplaces, decorative cornicing, the room where Ben Chifley died — and a back garden where the lobby goes out to read…

Forster Motor Inn

14 September 2026

Lakeside originals on the mid-coast — 28 rooms, a kidney pool, kitchenettes, and a five-minute walk to Wallis Lake and a perfectly fine fish-and-chip shop.

Hawks Nest Motel

14 September 2026

A riverside hideaway on the Myall Coast — twenty rooms, a pool the colour of the river, and a manager who'll tell you exactly which beach to try first.

Country Plaza Halls Gap

14 September 2026

An alpine fifty-one-roomer at the foot of the Grampians — pool, restaurant, playground, and a wallaby population that audits the lawn at dusk.

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.

River Drive Motel

14 September 2026

Five rooms on the Tarwin River mouth. Eucalyptus tones, cork ceilings, 1970s op-shop dignity, and a host who'll lend you a tinnie if she likes the look of you.

Bayview Motel

14 September 2026

Thirty-seven rooms, a turquoise pool the same colour as Esperance's water, and the kind of BBQ terrace that has hosted the same five families every January since 1974.