The Broome Lodge
14 September 2026
A 1950s palm-fringed tropical motel in Broome, WA, brought back by a young design couple who kept the bones, the sign and the kidney pool and let the rest breathe.
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The Port Motel
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The Airlie Motor Lodge
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The Oriana
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A 1960s motel reborn in 2022 as a Palm-Springs-by-Orange — pool, martini bar, gardens, and rooms with a colour palette curated by someone who knows.
Pacific Bay Resort
14 September 2026
A sprawling 80s resort over forty hectares of Banksia-bush, with a salt-water lagoon, three pools and a pool bar that has not closed since the bicentenary.
Mantra Lorne
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Victoria's oldest guesthouse — Erskine House on twelve acres of garden between the highway and the surf. Heritage bones, resort comforts, croquet on the lawn.
The Berry View
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A 1950s drive-up breeze-block motel transformed into Palm Springs-by-Berry, with original pylon sign, monstera-everywhere and an espresso machine that runs from 6.30 sharp.
The Mysa Motel
14 September 2026
A salmon-pink '60s sanctuary with a kidney pool, fibreglass loungers and original breeze-block. Owners Eliza and Jason rebuilt it room-by-room and run the whole thing on solar.
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".