Midlands & Central Highlands
Truly in the wilderness, this wooden, barn-like lodge was once a training facility for Antarctic expeditions. The nine rooms are simple, but the fire…
Must-see hotels in Midlands & Central Highlands
Midlands & Central Highlands
The rambling old homestead at Ratho Farm golf course has been transformed into fabulous boutique accommodation. The same family has owned this place for…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Top of the accommodation tree in Tarraleah are the B&B rooms in the plush art-deco Tarraleah Lodge. The lodge is regularly booked out in entirety for…
Midlands & Central Highlands
You feel a long way from anywhere here, but that’s the appeal. About 3km west of Hamilton, nine different, secluded accommodation options are dotted…
Midlands & Central Highlands
An appealing patch of green near Ross Bridge on the banks of the fish-filled Macquarie River. Utilitarian, sandstone, barracks-style cabins sleep two to…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Fancy wetting a line in some highland lakes? The trout are biting at 28 Gates, a luxury fishing lodge (formerly shearers' quarters) near Gretna, with…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Wake up to the smell of baking bread when you stay in this three-bed attic space, above (and managed by) the Ross Village Bakery. There's a guest lounge…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Rooms here are a solid midrange option: split-level affairs inside the old Tarraleah schoolhouse, with a communal kitchen if you feel like cooking (the…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Choose from two en-suite rooms in a one-time blacksmith’s home at the very heart of town, or a two-bedroom garden retreat in a separate wing. This outfit…
Midlands & Central Highlands
One of the town’s best options for families is indeed made of stone (amazingly detailed!), with a truckload of kids’ toys and DVDs, and a patch of lush…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Currawong Lakes is a private trout fishery about 14km south of the Lake Leake turn-off. The property offers trout-filled lakes, a handful of good-quality…
Midlands & Central Highlands
In a self-contained garden studio, Blossoms is bright and cheerful, with a cast-iron bed, blackwood floors, lead-light windows, a small kitchen and a…
Midlands & Central Highlands
From Miena, take the turn-off to Bronte Park and you’ll soon come across this small-town pub, offering accommodation ranging from basic anglers’ cabins …
Midlands & Central Highlands
There are three self-contained arrangements at this backstreet B&B (with kitchen and bathroom), the biggest of which sleeps six; there's also a smaller…
Midlands & Central Highlands
The independently owned Ross Motel offers spick-and-span Georgian-style cottage units (reasonably inoffensive reproductions – albeit with a retirement…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Plastic flowers aside, Jenny Wren is a supercute, supertidy 1830s stone cottage on the main street, with a 1940s extension out the back. Sleeps four in…
Midlands & Central Highlands
On the southern outskirts of Miena, this jaunty, rough-sawn timber lodge offers clean, comfortable cabins.
Midlands & Central Highlands
The shingle-covered Lake Leake Hotel offers decent (albeit basic) pub accommodation with shared bathrooms, and hefty post-fishing bar meals (mains $16 to …
Midlands & Central Highlands
This gracious 1835 hotel is a fascinating old building: a tunnel (now blocked) runs beneath the street to the old jail; it was purportedly used to…
Midlands & Central Highlands
These two cottages are self-contained and fully equipped. The old dame, Amelia Cottage (104 High St), sleeps 10 people in quirky attic bedrooms. The newer…
Midlands & Central Highlands
The 1835 Cherry Villa offers three attractive heritage rooms amid buzzy-bee rose gardens. Straight out of an architectural textbook, it’s a classically…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Tarraleah offers a range of self-contained one- to three-bedroom cottages, lavishly restored with a nod to their art-deco origins. They're a good choice…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Warm and welcoming in two-storey, hen-pecked sandstone splendour, Oatlands Lodge (1838) is an upmarket B&B option, dressed in heritage floral and…
Midlands & Central Highlands
The best (only) budget-accommodation option in this neck of the woods. Sites are plentiful, the more formal powered sites separated by nifty little timber…
Midlands & Central Highlands
No-frills camping on a grassy river flat near Hamilton's old pub, with a barbecue hut, toilets, showers, and a laundry across the street. Muddy if the…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Basic camp site off Interlaken Rd on the shores of Lake Sorell. The easiest way to get here is to take Interlaken Rd off the Midland Hwy at Oatlands, then…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Campground on Arthurs Lake with hot showers. To get here, take the Poatina Rd turn-off to Arthurs Lake about 13km south of Miena.
Midlands & Central Highlands
Bothwell Camping Ground is a scant patch of gravel behind the visitor centre without a whole lotta charm – but the price is right if you just need an…
Midlands & Central Highlands
Basic camping off Lake Rd at Lake Leake. No bookings – just turn up. BYO drinking water and firewood.
