West Coast Australia
Want to watch that crimson Indian Ocean sunset from between 500-threadcount sheets? Pass the chablis! For those who want their camp without the cramp,…
Must-see hotels in Australia
Rockhampton
Dating from 1889, with one of the finest facades on historic Quay St, the Criterion is Rockhampton’s grandest old pub. Replacing an earlier pub built in…
Canberra
Handily just off Northbourne Ave, this four-star hotel is in a reconditioned 1970s building, though the luxurious refit makes this heritage unrecognisable…
West Coast Australia
The white colonnades of the noble New Norcia Hotel hark back to a more genteel time (1927, actually), with sweeping staircases, high ceilings, simple…
Port Douglas
Midway between Palm Cove and Port Douglas, Turtle Cove is one of the few LGBTIQ+ resorts in Far North Queensland. Refurbished rooms all have sea views,…
New South Wales
Built in 1911 as the summer home of local nabobs the Dangars, Petersons remains one of the finest houses in the district. Set amid rolling lawns and…
Victoria
The best option for budget travellers is Lake Tyers' scenic pub, 9km from Lakes Entrance. As well as basic dorms they offer grassy camp and caravan sites …
Great Ocean Road
A good option for backpackers with tents or a van, this free campground is 15km north of Lorne, along the road to Birregurra. You'll need to chance your…
Melbourne
At the marina end of the shopping strip, this charming two-storey wooden house has six guest rooms with period features like moulded ceilings and stained…
Melbourne
This sleek place walks the line between hostel and budget hotel. Private rooms have iPod docks and flat-screen TVs, while dorms have touches like large…
Victoria
One of Bendigo’s historic icons, the Shamrock is a stunning Victorian building with stained glass, original paintings, fancy columns and a Gone with the…
Gold Coast
This resort on the isle's northwestern side has waterside rooms on stilts, eco-cabins set in bushland, a private marina and a lap pool. There are plenty…
Cradle Country & The West
Everything is rustic-alpine in these 16 immaculately kept timber cottages sleeping between two and seven people. All have wood or gas fires, electric…
Ramada Vetroblu Scarborough Beach
Perth
A couple of blocks back behind the monolithic Rendezvous Grand, the eight-tier Ramada does things with a little more subtlety. Some of the apartments in…
South Coast NSW
Keiraleagh is one of the picks of the South Coast backpacker scene. This historic mansion just a short walk from the city centre and the beach has a huge…
Sunshine Coast
Located 8km south of Double Island Point along Teewah Beach, this popular campground in Great Sandy National Park offers formalised camping with defined…
Victoria
You can stay right by the caves at this relaxed Parks Victoria campground edged by state forest. Though its campsites are exorbitantly priced, there are a…
Victoria
One of the few true backpackers in Gippsland, this relaxed 'workers'' hostel attracts primarily international travellers who are here to fruit pick and…
Newtown & the Inner West
A couple of minutes' walk from Newtown station and surrounded by great bars and eats, this casual hotel in a former RSL Club offers edgy industrial-styled…
West Coast Australia
Are you 'to the manor born'? Indulge your reality/fantasy in this grand stone manion (1840), just north of the town centre. The rooms in the main house…
Sunshine Coast
Flanked by the warm, shallow waters of Lake Cootharaba, this spacious camping ground includes powered and unpowered sites, plus roomy, basic tents that…
Northern Territory
At the western edge of the West MacDonnell Ranges National Park is the popular Glen Helen Resort, which has an idyllic back verandah slammed up against…
Melbourne
Crown's flashest digs, this oversized hotel shrugs off the gaudy glitziness of its reception by the time you reach the quietly elegant rooms, many of…
Noosa
Your buck goes a long way at this orderly complex of spick, span and spacious units. While individual apartment styles vary, all are clean and include…
Sydney
Smartly appointed and just a barefoot dash to the surf, this is a fine Bondi base on a street packed with restaurants. The apartments all have balconies…
The Southeast
At the junction of the Huon and Mountain Rivers is this lush, grassy patch on a working farm. There are no cabins, but there's a fabulous camp kitchen…
Melbourne
Located within a castle-like former Salvation Army building with grand double staircases, this two-storey, 86-bed hostel has genuine character. A recent…
Melbourne
Short for 'South Yarra', SoYa was refurbished in 2018. Staff are friendly and the king 1960s apartments are spotless and tastefully decorated, some with…
Brisbane & Around
This commanding timber lodge isn't as old as it appears at first glance. But faux-heritage veneer aside, it's a wonderfully homely, family-friendly B&B,…
South Coast NSW
Crisp, well-equipped modern apartments occupy Nowra's branch of the businessy Quest accommodation chain. Service is upbeat and each studio apartment is…
South Coast NSW
This campground in Murramarang National Park has 23 gravelly, unpowered sites, plus flush toilets, cold showers and barbecue facilities. It's close to a…
Tasmania
Sometimes enthusiastic management can make all the difference. This large hotel and reception centre opposite historic Entally Estate won't win any design…
Tasmania
Corinna's tranquil wilderness village offers accommodation in one- and two-bedroom timber cottages scattered through the attractive rainforest above the…
Newtown & the Inner West
Get your Harry Potter on at Sydney University's first college (dating from 1857), featuring gracious sandstone buildings and well-tended gardens. Single…
South Coast NSW
A good choice for wildlife watchers, Idlewilde is a few steps from wetland reserve Panboola, and in winter kangaroos bound right into the yard. Sixteen…
Cairns
This branch of the popular Mad Monkey chain has prime position on the Esplanade, with bars, restaurants and the lagoon a mere stagger away. That's…
Cape Conran Coastal Park Cabins
Victoria
These self-contained cabins, which can sleep up to eight, are surrounded by bush and just 200m from the beach. Unfortunately they were badly damaged by…
The East Coast
This remote and characterful 1876 pub – it basically is the township of Weldborough – has basic rooms, but its true treats are the park-like camping area …
Brisbane
This four-star, 30-level hotel has smallish, minimalist, cookie-cutter rooms in modern shades of grey and white, with pops of orange. All include iPod…
Melbourne
Guest rooms at the Sofitel start on the 36th floor, so you’re guaranteed views that will make you giddy. The property is of a high international style but…
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