Noosa
This park is especially appealing for its location on the banks of the Noosa River, right between Noosa Heads and Noosaville. The latter's cafes and bars…
Must-see hotels in Australia
Melbourne
Environmentally minded (and awarded) Alto has water-saving showers, energy-efficient lights and double-glazed windows. Rooms have good light and neutral…
Victoria
A 10-minute drive from Maffra, in Tinamba, Happy Days is set on a 2-hectare property. It's popular with those here for the Tinamba Hotel or as a stop on…
Cradle Country & The West
There's a wide range of comfortable accommodation at this former hydro-workers' lodge, from budget rooms to spa suites. If you've come this far from…
Great Ocean Road
Offering a good budget alternative to staying in Port Campbell is this family-run backpackers located in the small township of Princetown, 6.5km from the…
Melbourne
Formerly a billiards hall named for the legendary billiards-and-snooker-playing family that included the unbeatable Walter Lindrum, this hotel is…
Great Ocean Road
A Lorne landmark harking back to 1875, the Grand Pacific has been restored and now boasts sleek modern decor that retains some classic period features…
Noosa
Uninspiring from the outside, but what lies within is most unexpected: clean, spacious, smart apartments with kitchenettes, contemporary bathrooms and…
South Coast NSW
Ninety-eight self-contained one- and two-bedroom apartments are stacked around this smart holiday complex, all in fetching monochrome with capacious…
Newtown & the Inner West
A grungy pub and band venue back in the 1990s, the Vulcan is now a likeable boutique hotel smartly kitted out in olive drab. The pleasant contemporary…
Brisbane & Around
Although this trim-and-tidy hillside park is a 2.5km hike south of the centre, it has a bus stop out front and a major supermarket within easy walking…
Victoria
The two suites out the back at Fig Cafe are popular with those seeking rustic-style comfort in the middle of town. The self-contained accommodation…
Victoria
As far as regular Aussie country motels go, this one is not much different, although the rooms are clean, many are spacious and there are a couple of…
West Coast Australia
Ten kilometres north of the blowholes is Quobba Station, a huge, ocean-front pastoral property with plenty of rustic self-catering accommodation,…
Canberra
This slick addition to the city's hotels boasts 191 rooms within walking distance of the airport. At the top end there are apartments with two bedrooms…
South Coast NSW
This agent offers a range of accommodation at pretty Hyams Beach, including fishing cabins that have been converted into cosy cottages. There are options…
South Coast NSW
Targeted at couples, these quaint, pastel-coloured cottages sit directly across the road from a long section of beautiful beaches. Each cottage, though…
South Coast NSW
Genially run Glenmark Park has well-spaced campsites amid tall gum trees, close to Kangaroo Valley's small town centre. There's plenty of shade and a…
Hobart
Adjoining a historic hotel, this simple but clean YHA offers bright, secure accommodation right in the middle of town. Spread over three maze-like levels…
Coledale Beach Camping Reserve
South Coast NSW
About 20 minutes north of Wollongong, wake up to great surf and the occasional company of dolphins and whales at this campground practically on the sand…
Northern Territory
With a private billabong, bush camp sites, a wandering menagerie and friendly owners, this place seems a world away from the highway only 2km down the…
Victoria
The rebuilt Star offers stylish boutique accommodation with king-size beds and simple but sophisticated designer decor, making good use of local materials…
Sunshine Coast
A popular campground in Great Sandy National Park, Harry's is set among fringes of open forest and woodland on the upper Noosa River. The site is about 11…
South Coast NSW
All the basics are done well at Wandarrah Lodge: clean, if institutional dorm and private rooms, a lounge and TV room, and backpacker must-haves like…
Tasmania
Polished wooden floors, wrought-iron furnishings, luxury linens, espresso machines, goose-down duvets…the five individually styled rooms here take the…
Perth
A glam glass tower, straight outta downtown Houston, this slick internationalist could easily have defaulted to carbon-copy global style. But with the…
Perth
Beyond a high wooden fence and sociable front porch, this international backpackers (no Aussie fly-in/fly-out workers) extends a long way back from the…
Darwin
Consistently receiving the thumbs up from travellers, this centrally located resort is fringed by palm-filled gardens. If you covet a microwave and have…
Hobart
It's less of a nook and more of a reconfigured old pub, but the Nook is doing things right. Fourteen tidy rooms extend above a sociable, sun-lit living…
Victoria
The reliable Big 4 chain offers spacious powered sites for vans, and a range of multibedroom cabins and glamping tents catering to families and groups…
Noosa
Right by Noosa National Park and set in aptly bushy gardens, the Chez is fantastic value for money. The revamped, self-contained units (for two) are…
Perth
It's hard to avoid words like 'delightful' when describing this white-painted Federation house, set on a peaceful Mount Lawley street behind a brick-paved…
Brisbane & Around
Top of the motel tree in Toowoomba is this impeccable, two-tier corporate operation. In hues of charcoal, grey and red, rooms are sharp and contemporary,…
Cairns
This resort's tropi-cool accommodation ranges from sleek studios, suites and beachfront cabins through to luxurious apartments; the apartments and suites…
Victoria
Dating from 1871, the legendary Hotel Sorrento has well-equipped rooms in the main historical limestone building and ‘On the Hill’ double and family…
Brisbane & Around
Corporate, high-rise Central Plaza offers apartment-style hotel rooms in hues of white and grey, with kitchenettes, comfortable beds (with wonderfully…
Melbourne
Plenty grand enough to warrant the name, this Collins St five-star has more than 500 rooms with marble bathrooms, designated workspaces and floor-to…
Cradle Country & The West
Close to Strahan’s West Beach, this sprawling village within a village – caravan park, cafe, bottle shop, tour desk and ATM – offers tent and caravan…
Brisbane & Around
Much of the accommodation around Redcliffe is a little 'daggy', to use an Australianism. The multistorey Mon Komo remedies this with stylish, contemporary…
Brisbane
The understorey of this fuchsia-coloured house at the quiet end of Paddo’s main drag has been converted into a very comfortable self-contained unit. It's…
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