Kangaroo Island
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Must-see hotels in South Australia
Adelaide
Surprise! In the snoozy beach 'burb of Largs Bay, 5km north of Port Adelaide, is this gorgeous, 130-year-old, three-storey wedding-cake hotel with sky…
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Adelaide
The gargoyles on Adelaide's 1934 Colonial Mutual Life insurance building guarded a whole lot of empty rooms for decades (has the money gone out of…
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Adelaide
Attempting to conjure up the vibe of London’s Soho district, these plush suites in Adelaide's East End (some with spas, most with balconies) are…
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Kangaroo Island
Oh look, a lunar landing pod has touched down in the Vivonne Bay dunes… This angular architectural spacecraft is future-fantastic, responding to the…
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Adelaide
The mural-clad Minima offers compact but stylish rooms, each decorated by a different SA artist, in a prize-winning Melbourne St location (wake up and…
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Antechamber Bay South Campground
Kangaroo Island
Within Lashmar Conservation Park where the Chapman River runs into Antechamber Bay, these dozen marvellously low-key campsites are right on the riverbank,…
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Kangaroo Island
These three three-bedroom limestone cottages near the Cape du Couedic lighthouse each sleep seven. Inside they're decked out in simple, rather masculine…
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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Adelaide
Got an early flight? Atura is a sleek, seven-level airport hotel – a bit 'Eastern Bloc' externally, but a designer's delight on the inside. Splashed with…
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Kangaroo Island
Pricey but worth every penny, these four gorgeous self-contained stone-and-timber houses dot the hillsides above beautiful Snelling Beach (actually, they…
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Kangaroo Island
This beautiful three-bedroom timber lodge near Cape Willoughby is a high-end paradise, with polished timber floors, lofty ceilings, a mod kitchen and a…
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Kangaroo Island
Lost in the parched dune county south of Cygnet River, difficult-to-pronounce Stranraer is a plush, four-suite B&B in a meticulously restored 1920 stone…
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Kangaroo Island
On a hillside above Smith Bay on the North Coast Rd, an easy 22km west of Kingscote, terracotta-tiled, white-stuccoed Molly's Run looks like it could have…
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Adelaide
Adelaide's stylish, reliable, high-rise Ibis does compact corporate twins and doubles in an unbeatable downtown locale (well, unbeatable if you're in ADL…
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Kangaroo Island
Looking something akin to a marooned gypsy caravan, Serenity Cottage is a compact, grey-and-red weatherboard shack in the dunes behind Vivonne Bay, with…
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Adelaide
The YHA isn’t known for its gregariousness – you’ll get plenty of sleep in the spacious and comfortable rooms here. This is a seriously schmick hostel…
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Adelaide
It doesn’t look flash externally, but this converted pub (the old Orient Hotel) strikes the right balance between party and placid. There are spacious…
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Discovery Lagoon Caravan & Camping Grounds
Kangaroo Island
Not far along the road into Emu Bay after you turn off the North Coast Rd (all up, about 12km from Kingscote), this simple lakeside campground has lots of…
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Adelaide
It's absurdly difficult to find a decent motel in Adelaide (most are mired in the 2000s), but this one makes a reasonable fist of the new century, helped…
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Adelaide
This opulent hotel in a grand 1920s building in the middle of Rundle Mall has mod-minimalist rooms with king-sized beds, marble bathrooms, and American…
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Adelaide
This excellent, stone-clad boutique hotel – built in 1894 in high Venetian Gothic style – has at various times been an Aboriginal education facility, a…
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Adelaide
These 1938 apartments ain’t flash, but if you have a pathological hatred of slick, 21st-century open-plan ‘lifestyles’, then Greenways is for you! And…
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Kangaroo Island
Down a steep casuarina-lined driveway just east of downtown Penneshaw (follow the shoreline road around), Ashendens is a contemporary Aussie beach house…
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Adelaide
This unusual pub (something akin to a grey concrete spaceship) is really hitting the mark with its compact, stylish pub rooms – great value for a really…
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Kangaroo Island Bayview Villas
Kangaroo Island
Great value for families or wandering bands of buddies, this row of four tidy three-bedroom villas sits on the hillside above town. Great views of the bay…
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Adelaide
In a grand 1913 house overlooking the parklands, this cheery, eclectic lodge has high ceilings, new TVs and a certain faded grandeur. Close to the chichi…
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Kangaroo Island
Just a couple of blocks from Kingscote's main strip, this small, bright-yellow guesthouse is clean and affordable, and has a cosy lounge, lush lawns, and…
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Adelaide
A small, well-managed hostel in a quiet corner of town, with a couple of little balconies over the street and a cosy kitchen/communal area. It's clean and…
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Kangaroo Island
Opposite the foreshore with killer views, the 100-year-old Ozone has quality pub rooms upstairs, motel rooms, and stylish deluxe apartments in a new wing…
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Kangaroo Island
This phalanx of trim, tidy cottages marches down a grassy hillside above Stokes Bay (love the tunnel and the rock pool!). There are one- and three-bedroom…
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Kangaroo Island
A few minutes' drive east of Flinders Chase National Park, this friendly park has shady gums, resident roos and koalas, a kids' playground and a jumbo…
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Adelaide
Adelaide's slick Pullman Hotel spreads itself through two 14-storey towers just back from Rundle St, with little balconies overlooking the neat lawn…
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Adelaide
Towering Peppers Waymouth is all business, and if that's why you're in Adelaide, make it your business to stay here – an ace location in the middle of the…
