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The Pink Hotel

8 November 2026

A fairy-floss pink former motel on Griffith Street in Coolangatta, restored and reopened as a rock-and-roll-themed hotel. Every room is decorated differently, with pink neon, record players and mid-century touches,…

The Shores

8 November 2026

A 1970s Gold Coast landmark motel on the Gold Coast Highway, about two hundred metres from Miami Beach. It reopened in 2025 after roughly eighteen months of work, with a…

Surf Hotel

8 November 2026

The former Surf City Motel on The Esplanade in Torquay, a 1980s building refurbished in 2026 with its original brickwork kept. It has sixteen rooms and suites, skylit bathtubs and…

The Sunseeker

8 November 2026

A roadside motel given a bold retro makeover, about five minutes from Byron Bay township on Bangalow Road. The red-brick facade has been kept, and the grounds hold a lagoon-style…

The Cheshire Cat

8 November 2026

A late-1960s Palm Beach motel refreshed with a burnt-orange, cream and eucalyptus-green palette that mixes nostalgic Australian holiday style with Palm Springs glamour. The pool deck, Le Plunge, has cacti…

The Timothee Resort

8 November 2026

A renovated 1980s motel on two and a half acres beside the Vasse River, about a kilometre from the Busselton town centre. It keeps original breakfast hatches and adds retro-inspired…

The Oaks Ranch

8 November 2026

A boutique countryside retreat on three hundred acres of bushland and pasture, a short drive from the coast near Mossy Point. It has renovated rooms, a nine-hole golf course and…

The Mysa Motel

8 November 2026

A seven-room Palm Beach motel on the Gold Coast Highway, restored from the old Palm Trees Motel by owners Eliza and Jason Raine. It has breeze blocks, neon lights, banana-shaped…

The Lyndoch Motel

8 November 2026

A Barossa Valley Way motel in Lyndoch where the rooms have had a recent sixties-themed refresh. Each has an ensuite and kitchenette, and twenty-five have a private balcony over the…

Sunnymead Hotel

8 November 2026

A retro-styled boutique hotel on the Great Ocean Road at Aireys Inlet, reworked from the former Lightkeepers Inn Motel. It has twenty rooms, an outdoor magnesium pool with a pool…