Northern Territory
This roadhouse, formerly known as Jim's Place, is a simple place to break up the journey along the Stuart Hwy. Cabins are excellent and the camp sites are…
Must-see hotels in Australia
New South Wales
A slice of Australian hotel culture from yesteryear and the social focus of pocket-sized Nundle, the Peel Inn was built in the gold-rush days of 1860, and…
Cradle Country & The West
The rooms in a breeze-block-style structure at the rear of this pub are spartan and have little natural light, but they are clean, centrally located and…
Manly
Right on Manly’s ocean beachfront, this midrise has a dated corporate vibe but one of Sydney's best locations, a million miles from the city’s business…
Launceston
The old Commodore Regent looks a bit weather-beaten externally, but fear not – the rooms are (largely) new-century and the location is primo, across the…
BIG4 Hobart Airport Tourist Park
Hobart
Plane-spot from your cabin or caravan at this big, clean and grassy caravan park beside Hobart Airport. Space at each campsite is generous and there are…
Darwin
If you stay here take note: 24-hour check-in and it's plonked right in the action on Mitchell St. So, sleeping…maybe not. Partying? Oh yes! The highlight…
Adelaide
The 1883 Metropolitan pub has 26 rooms upstairs, with stripy linen, high ceilings, little TVs and various bedding configurations. 'It used to be quite an…
Tasmania
Nestled behind a stand of Norfolk Pines on Mersey Bluff, this basic, pleasantly green park is just steps from Bluff Beach and is immaculately presented…
West Coast Australia
A former nunnery and girls' school, Dongara's oldest hotel is an 1881 colonial building with a large verandah and occasional wi-fi on the patio. Rooms …
Sydney
Perfectly placed Ravesi's is right across from the beach. It's a great spot to fulfil that living-at-Bondi dream. There are just a dozen rooms; the four…
Brisbane
A neatly maintained, three-tier complex of units with easy CBD access. While the decor brings back the '90s, this place delivers clean, comfortable…
Perth
Nooked into a residential 'hood east of the CBD, arty, independent Wickham Retreat has a quieter vibe than many Perth hostels. Most guests are…
Hobart
A severe 1960s glitch in Battery Point’s urban planning, the POW is nonetheless exquisitely located. It offers basic pub-style rooms and a couple of…
Brisbane & Around
There's a string of passable motels along Wallangarra Rd on the southern side of Stanthorpe, but this one is a bit closer to the town centre. It's a two…
The East Coast
Cove Beach Apartments is actually two separate, two-bedroom apartments – one upstairs, one downstairs – in a big timber beach house decked out in better…
Hobart
In a prime hillside position overlooking North Hobart Oval (any football this weekend?), great-value Rydges comprises 64 hotel rooms centred on a former…
Adelaide
One of the better motels around town (there are surprisingly few that pass muster), with immaculate bathrooms, leather lounges and winsome French prints…
West Coast Australia
Accommodation at Western Flora, 60km north of Leeman just off the main highway, includes campsites, a couple of on-site vans, basic rooms with shared…
Surfers Paradise YHA at Main Beach
Gold Coast
Despite being called Surfers Paradise YHA, this is actually a great 1st-floor spot overlooking the Mariner's Cove marina in Main Beach, with sky-blue…
BIG4 Iluka on Freycinet Holiday Park
The East Coast
Iluka is a big, rambling park that’s been here forever and is an unfaltering favourite with local holidaymakers – book well ahead. The backpackers section…
Cradle Country & The West
The Crays has six simple studios and cottages with basic kitchenette and bathroom on the Esplanade, opposite Risby Cove, as well as two self-contained…
Perth
Centrally located and near a slew of cheap Asian food joints, Kangaroo Inn occupies an unappealing-looking former YMCA. Private rooms and dorms are basic…
Darwin
This is one place where it's worth paying extra for an upper-floor, sea- and sunset-facing room. The rooms are modern, if starting to show their age a…
Kangaroo Valley Golf & Country Resort
South Coast NSW
A golf course may not sound like an ideal place to stay for nongolfing folk, but this welcoming, gorgeous country property, about a five-minute drive out…
Brisbane & Around
Straddie’s only pub has modern rooms with shell-coloured tiles, blonde timbers and balconies. Rooms are not always as clean as they should be and some are…
The East Coast
Kitted-out well for visiting mountain bikers, this modest two-bedroom weatherboard cottage sits behind a big camellia bush at the northern end of town and…
The East Coast
This roomy self-contained, white weatherboard cottage is on the main street, about 1km from the pulsating commercial heart of Scottsdale. There are two…
Victoria
While it's no a longer a hostel (which it was purpose built for), the self-catering Miranda Street property managed by this company offers relatively…
Brisbane
A hyperactive, low-frills party palace with basic four- to 16-bed dorms, as well as private rooms, some with bathrooms. Female-only dorms are available…
Sebel & Grand Mercure Melbourne Docklands
Melbourne
These two Accor offshoots share reception but offer slightly different propositions. The Sebel operates as a hotel, although all the suites are apartment…
The East Coast
This noble house on the hill above Swansea has been a B&B for 100 years – plenty of time to perfect the formula! Book a room inside the 1853 house (open…
Sunshine Coast
Although recent upgrades include new mattresses, this hostel is a mixed bag. Positives include friendly staff, a pool, numerous freebies (surfboards, SUPs…
Sydney
A reasonable 64-room hotel with simple but comfortable rooms with small bathrooms. It's in a handy location on the Paddington-Darlinghurst border. There's…
Hobart
Built in 1917 for the Palfreymans, a haughty Hobart merchant family, this self-assured, National Trust–listed mansion features beautiful gardens (perfect…
Brisbane
Visiting Brisbane for business or pleasure? There's an even split in guest motives here, but either way, they're comfortably accommodated in this…
Hobart
Hobart's oldest motel (read into that what you will), the 37-room Argyle is close to a lot of things – the North Hobart strip, the State Cinema, Australia…
Hobart
Right in the middle of the city, in one of Hobart's original hotels (1870), this maze-like hostel has loads of communal space, an upgraded kitchen, high…
Gold Coast
This tall tower (the first in Kirra) opposite beautiful Kirra Beach has airy self-contained apartments with large north-facing, sea-fronting balconies…
Melbourne
This is the ultimate in like-a-local living. The Majorca, a single apartment in one of the city’s loveliest art-deco buildings, watches over a bustling…
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