Must-see hotels in Australia

  • Fitzroy Island Camping Ground

    Cairns

    These idyllic island bush-camp sites have showers, toilets and barbecues and can accommodate up to four people. Advance bookings through Fitzroy Island…

  • Grantham House Bed & Breakfast Canowindra

    New South Wales

    The beautiful Grantham House is managed by a charismatic hostess named Suzie, who ensures guests are comfortable and happy and cooks a mean gourmet…

  • YHA Eco Beach

    Great Ocean Road

    This architect-designed hostel is an outstanding place to stay, with eco credentials, great lounge areas, kitchens, a boules pit and rooftop terraces…

  • Granite Gorge Caravan Park

    Cairns & Far North Queensland

    At Granite Gorge Nature Park, this is a fabulous, family-friendly park with riverside camping, powered sites, cabins and safari tents, all with easy…

  • Broome Town B&B

    Broome

    This delightful, boutique-style B&B epitomises Broome-style architecture, with high-pitched roofs, wooden louvres, jarrah floors, tasteful rooms, an open…

  • Oaks Elan Darwin

    Darwin

    Views here are stunning and the facilities first-rate; you can even check in online, and unlock your room door via your mobile phone. It's also central…

  • Kiama Harbour Cabins

    South Coast NSW

    Overlooking the beach and the nearby ocean pool, these one- to three-bedroom cabins are decorated in pleasing earth tones, with airy lounge rooms and…

  • More Than a Room

    Darwin

    Track down the best Darwin deals through this professionally run booking service – it can hook you up with apartments, hotel rooms, villas and holiday…

  • Glenelg Beach Hostel

    Glenelg Beach Hostel

    Adelaide

    A couple of streets back from the beach, this beaut old terrace (1878) is Adelaide's budget golden child. Fan-cooled rooms maintain period details and are…

  • Watson

    Watson

    Adelaide

    The Watson (named after indigenous artist Tommy Watson, whose works dazzle here) is a sassy, multilevel 115-unit complex 4km north of the CBD in…

  • Levi Park Caravan Park

    Levi Park Caravan Park

    Adelaide

    This leafy, grassy Torrens-side park is about 4km northeast of town and loaded with facilities, including tennis courts and a palm-fringed cricket oval…

  • Adelaide Luxury Beach House

    Adelaide Luxury Beach House

    Adelaide

    Do you like to be beside the seaside? Adelaide's beaches face west, so there are brilliant sunsets. Sit on the terrace at this mod beach house with a…

  • Stamford Grand Hotel

    Stamford Grand Hotel

    Adelaide

    The first Glenelg edifice to scrape the sky with any real authority, this plush, pink-hued hotel overlooks sparkling Gulf St Vincent. Dinner, bed and…

  • Seawall Apartments

    Seawall Apartments

    Adelaide

    This renovated row of old houses is a five-minute wander along the sea wall from Moseley Sq in Glenelg. They really didn't need a gimmick − the location…

  • Oaks Plaza Pier

    Oaks Plaza Pier

    Adelaide

    The pick of the multilevel apartment buildings along the Glenelg foreshore, the eight-storey Oaks Plaza Pier offers flashy corporate-style rooms and large…

  • Daydream Island Resort & Spa

    The Whitsundays

    The only lodgings on Daydream Island are white and airy, with a vertical garden in the striking main atrium and facilities galore. The Daydream team know…

  • Savoy Hotel on Little Collins

    Melbourne

    With 11 floors, the Savoy was a modest family hotel when it opened in 1866. It's since undergone a number of major renovations, the most recent in 2018…

  • Stradbroke 4WD Tours & Camping Holidays

    Brisbane & Around

    This outfit will set you up at your chosen camp site. Trailers include queen-size mattress and two single foam mattresses (and/or camp cots), while tents…

  • Peppers Kings Square Hotel

    Perth

    Australia’s tallest modular hotel has perforated metal sunshades and sabres of blue neon dancing on its 17-storey facade by night, though the rooms are…

  • Lincoln Downs

    South Coast NSW

    Across the bridge from the centre, this resort-like complex offers largish motel-style rooms, many overlooking a private lake that flutters with birds…

  • Forest Walks Lodge

    Tasmania

    Set on the southern side of Quamby Bluff, this rural retreat offers an abundance of tranquillity and easy access to the attractions of the Great Western…

  • Cypress Ridge Cottages

    Brisbane & Around

    Just east of Ballandean, family-run Cypress Ridge offers five rustic, self-contained cottages on 85 acres, 50 acres of which are bush. While Cypress…

  • Cooinda Lodge & Campground

    Kakadu National Park

    This sprawling place has a good variety of accommodation options and is Kakadu's most popular resort – even with 380 campsites, facilities can get very…

  • Scully Mill Studios

    Great Ocean Road

    A smidge outside Wye River is this tranquil beach-and-bush retreat run by husband-and-wife owners Peter and Bronwen Jacobs, both established artists…

  • Curtin Springs Wayside Inn

    Northern Territory

    They pride themselves on friendliness here. Pitch a tent for free or bed down in a well-maintained cabin. There’s (expensive) fuel, a shop with limited…

  • Freycinet Lodge

    The East Coast

    Pioneering Freycinet Lodge is in an amazing location, completely surrounded by the national park at the end of Richardsons Beach. (We doubt the planners…

  • Cullen

    Melbourne

    Late grunge painter Adam Cullen's vibrant and often graphic art provides such visions as Ned Kelly shooting you from the opaque bedroom-bathroom dividers…

  • Jemby-Rinjah Eco Lodge

    Blue Mountains

    Near Evans Lookout, these attractive, rustic eco-cabins are lodged so deeply in the gums and bottlebrush that it feels as though you're in very remote…

  • Giants’ Table & Cottages

    Cradle Country & The West

    Named for the giant trees in the Styx, these were once simple workers’ cottages. Now restored, they’re clean, comfortable and warm self-catering choices…

  • The Basin Campground

    Sydney

    With its sparkling waterfront, grassy sites and fab amenities, the Basin is a very popular national park campsite. Drinking water, flush toilets,…

  • Gunbarrel Laager Travellers' Rest

    Western Australia

    Friendly Darren and Ronnie run the only place to stay for miles around – a place to pitch your tent, park your caravan or chill out in the snug air…

  • Tin Dragon Trail Cottages

    The East Coast

    These five neat, sustainably built cottages sit near the Ringarooma River on a property that has an interesting story to tell from the Chinese mining past…

  • Karoonda Park

    Victoria

    Just south of Gelantipy, 40km north of Buchan on the road to Snowy River National Park, is this 1800-acre cattle-and-sheep property with comfortable…

  • Glenferrie Lodge

    Sydney

    Set in a grand 19th-century house in a peaceful Kirribilli location very close to the ferry (or a pleasant stroll to the city across the bridge), this…

  • Cradle Mountain Hotel

    Cradle Country & The West

    Operated by the Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania, this sleek hotel offers 60 spacious, well-presented and comfortable rooms. All have tea- and coffee…

  • Darlington Camp Site

    The East Coast

    Grassy unpowered sites behind the dunes of Darlington beach. The camp shelter has gas barbecues and a fireplace, and there are toilets and showers ($1)…

  • Acacia B&B

    Tasmania

    Ann and Nigel Beeke are justifiably proud of their quiet and meticulously maintained B&B, with four rooms on offer. Three have en-suite bathrooms, while…

  • Tarra-Bulga Guest House

    Victoria

    Conveniently located a short walk from the Tarra-Bulga National Park Visitor Centre, this atmospheric guesthouse (built 1934) is run by a friendly Danish…

  • Melbourne Central YHA

    Melbourne

    Expect a friendly reception, clean rooms and kitchens, and common areas on each level. Entertainment’s high on the agenda and there’s a cafe-bar on the…

  • Coolangatta Estate

    South Coast NSW

    Staying on this venerable wine-producing estate can be a treat if you choose wisely. Spread across different buildings, the rooms vary widely, from a cute…

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