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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.

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.

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.

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.

Cooinda Lodge

14 September 2026

The gateway to Kakadu — refurbished lodge rooms, a billabong out the front, and the iconic Yellow Water cruises that leave at first light, every day, no exceptions.

Desert Gardens

14 September 2026

The only rooms with Uluru views, set in a native garden of desert oaks and ghost gums. The walk to the rock at dawn takes nine minutes if you don't…

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…

Sundowner Motel

14 September 2026

A Lincoln Highway four-pointer with pool, cabin park and the Sunset Restaurant — a salmon-and-prawn-cocktail kind of place, the sort of menu that doesn't apologise for itself.