Clare Valley
This sprawling, efficiently run park 4km south of Clare towards Auburn has secluded sites, en-suite cabins of all sizes, giant gum trees and a chuckling…
Must-see hotels in South Australia
Yorke Peninsula
The old Sonbern – a 103-year-old grand temperance hotel – is looking a bit weather-beaten these days, but it remains an old-fashioned charmer, right down…
Limestone Coast
There's something almost literary about old motels – the confluence of the open road and the idea of siting in one and writing a book, perhaps. Here in…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
The dozen en-suite rooms upstairs at the old art-deco Pier are bright and clean with polished floorboards and TVs. The bistro downstairs (mains $20 to $35…
Fleurieu Peninsula
It's doubtful that Prince Chuck has ever stayed here, but if he did he'd find decent pub rooms with clean shared bathrooms, a TV lounge and a balcony over…
Flinders Ranges
No sign of any roses in the garden of this restored 1870s whitewashed pug-and-pine miner's cottage on Blinman's main street – it's far too hot and dry…
Kangaroo Island
An almost ludicrously unattractive brown-brick, boomerang-shaped, two-storey motel, topped by a huge TV antenna and beset by a chunky timber balcony, his…
Murray River
In an unlikely locale down a dead-end street in Loxton's industrial back streets, lulled by whispering pines, Mill Cottage is a dignified, genteel 1920 B…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
It's all a bit kitsch, brown-brick, lace-curtained and faux-colonial here at Elliston Apartments, but you'll be right in the middle of town and this is…
RNR Serviced Apartments Adelaide
Adelaide
Almost a mini-suburb within the CBD, this tight enclave of two-storey, multicoloured apartments wins points for location (utterly central), security and…
Barossa Valley
A grandiose 1915 Federation-style villa on the (reasonably steep!) hill behind the town, built from local pink and white granite. Accommodation is in two…
Kangaroo Island
Usually full of backpackers from Kangaroo Island Adventure Tours who utilise the dorms, Vivonne Bay Lodge can also accommodate independent travellers in…
Clare Valley Heritage Retreat – Roscrow
Clare Valley
This heritage stone B&B was once the Clare Wesleyan Chapel, then it became a Sunday School, and now it's a charming B&B, complete with rusty bell still…
Flinders Ranges
This tidy congregation of cabins rests in quiet contemplation 14km south of Quorn, off the road to Port Augusta. Pitch a tent, park your van, or check…
Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat
Kangaroo Island
A low-key, log cabin–style resort on the Flinders Chase doorstep, with resident grazing wallabies. Accommodation ranges from basic motel-style rooms to…
Limestone Coast
If you're agoraphobic, Sarah's, surrounded by wide open parkland, might seem like a safe haven. Hurry inside and you'll be fine. It's a compact, white…
Clare Valley
The aesthetic here is rather 'outback', with ochre-coloured walls, long verandahs and corrugated iron roofing. The best rooms open out to views of Burra…
Flinders Ranges
Port Pirie has a bunch of cookie-cutter motels on the road into town, but the Ellen is a much sassier prospect, decked out in black-and-white like some…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Clad in aquamarine tiles, the 54-room Foreshore is the most luxurious option in town, with water views and a bistro focused on west-coast seafood (mains …
Limestone Coast
A conveniently located cheapie whose managers are Mount Gambier born and bred, and can point you in the right direction on the town map. Rooms are nothing…
Limestone Coast
With a subtly future/sci-fi aesthetic – all curvy fascias and floor-to-ceiling panes of glass – the Commodore, on the Penola side of town, is a good bet…
Yorke Peninsula
A lovingly restored stone cottage (1876) along the road between Moonta and Moonta Bay, Amelia's is an exercise in historical reenactment. Well, as far as…
Murray River
No prizes for guessing the year in which this lovely old stone house was built. These days it's a 'self-hosted B&B' (a rental house, essentially), with…
Clare Valley
Good bang for your buck, amiable Amy's offers four B&B cottages in the quiet Auburn backstreets, with one-, two- and three-bedroom configurations to suit…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Built in 1876 for the local school headmaster, this magnificent stone house on the main street is set back from the road behind perfect lawns, a babbling…
Clare Valley
Fly like an eagle to Neagles Retreat, around 5km south of Clare on a broad, sloping hillside. With jaunty architectural lines, these four slick, two…
Flinders Ranges
Alongside an improbably photogenic old mill building at the southern end of Quorn's main street (fronting onto a not-so-photogenic gravel car park), these…
Eyre Peninsula & the West Coast
Right on Doctors Beach just west of town, this sandy park is overrun with cavorting families in summer and caravanning grey nomads in winter. Plenty of…
Kangaroo Island
Like a caravan park but not a caravan park, this cluster of 10 simple one- and two-bedroom self-contained cabins is a decent budget option. Set back from…
Kangaroo Island
Poised on the hillside above Frenchman's Rock, Miramar is an unpretentious four-bedroom holiday house, not exuding much architectural appeal but with…
Limestone Coast
Backing onto the impressive Naracoorte Swimming Lake, the town's BIG4 caravan park scores points with the kids – its kid-friendly status further bolstered…
Fleurieu Peninsula
Run by the folks who operate Wine Diva Tours, this whitewashed 1850s stone cottage is one of surprisingly few heritage B&Bs around McLaren Vale. Close…
Kangaroo Island
On the hill behind Kingscote, Admirals Inn is a contemporary holiday house, with two bedrooms, a 'sleepout', mod open-plan kitchen/dining/living area and…
Limestone Coast
Just ignore the big tin shed out the front – tucked in behind it is this charming stone cottage sleeping up to eight in three bedrooms, skirted by rampant…
Murray River
A collation of self-contained, three-bedroom cottages, spaced around a meadow full of glorious African daisy blooms. It's not really close to anything,…
Kangaroo Island
Things can seem a bit bleak on the optimistically subdivided hillsides behind Penneshaw, but this modern self-contained house – all taupe and gunmetal…
Barossa Valley
There are at least six different kinds of cabin at this shady park lined with pine trees, next to the Nuriootpa football oval (go Tigers!). All cabins…
Flinders Ranges
If you're rolling north from Adelaide or south from the Flinders and the sun is sinking, about 10km north of Laura you'll find tiny Stone Hut (population…
Riesling Trail & Clare Valley Cottages
Clare Valley
A well-managed outfit offering seven contemporary cottages, encircled by country gardens and right on the Riesling Trail (bike hire is right across the…
Limestone Coast
These little ol' motel rooms ain't big and they ain't flash, but they're right in the middle of town and you won't find any other motel beds around here…
