Torquay Foreshore Caravan Park
Great Ocean Road
Just behind the back beach is the largest campground on the Surf Coast. It has good facilities and premium-priced cabins with sea views. Wi-fi is limited.
Must-see hotels in Victoria
Victorian High Country
Classic family ski-club lodge with 30 beds, cooking facilities and good views. Non-members of the club are welcome to stay during the winter season.
Victoria
The five rooms and suites in this beautifully restored two-storey 1878 home are fittingly old fashioned (and ghost free). No children under 12.
Victoria
A free camp site with picnic tables and flushing toilets. From High St, head west along Franklin St and follow the signs to Mt Tarrengower.
Victoria
Enjoy views of the bucolic countryside from your balcony at this comfortable hilltop lodge. Its modern rooms feature boutique touches.
Victorian High Country
Mt Buller Alpine Reservations books chalets, hotels, lodges and apartments. There’s generally a two-night minimum stay on weekends.
Victorian High Country
Beside pretty Yackandandah Creek, but close to town, this well-equipped park is a little oasis of greenery and autumn colours.
Victoria
Choose from a fleet of around 15 houseboats sleeping two to 12 people. Gourmet and golf packages also offered.
Great Ocean Road
Convenient for the pub and shops, this inn has clean motel rooms with extra-thick walls for peace and quiet.
Victoria
Attractive wood-and-brick rooms are on offer in a Federation-era cottage; there's a minimum two-night stay.
Victoria
Has five houseboats, ranging from four to 12 berths, with everything supplied, except food and drink.
Melbourne
A grand retreat within the grounds of Werribee Park, with indoor pool, gym and day spa.
Bellarine Peninsula
Much better than your average pub rooms are these well-presented, good-value doubles.
Victoria
Six houseboats in the fleet, including the stunning four-bedroom Indulgence.
Victoria
While the pub itself is nothing flash, its upstairs rooms are pretty good value.
Sorrento Foreshore Camping Ground
Victoria
Hilly, bush-clad sites between the bay beach and the main road into Sorrento.
Victoria
Offers a good range of house rentals for Paynesville and Raymond Island.
Victoria
Camping and cabins right in the town centre. Gets crowded at peak times.
Dinner Plain Central Reservations
Victorian High Country
Accommodation booking service for Dinner Plain.
Phillip Island
In the shadow of the San Remo bridge, this pub offers six no-frills rooms that are an only-just-acceptable option for those on a budget. Equipped with bed…
Melbourne
The Royce occupies a Moorish-inspired building from the late 1920s. Originally a Rolls-Royce showroom, it now has 100 rooms with a mix of period and…
Victoria
Staying in the old port area is a great way to experience Echuca. This 19th-century National Trust–classified B&B offers genteel rooms with all the…
Victoria
An accessible camping option with 60 unpowered sites. You need to bring drinking water and wood for the fireplaces, but there are non-flush toilets and…
Victoria
New linen has enlivened the standard rooms at the Grand, and staying at this landmark hotel – a historic Mildura location – gives you the feeling of being…
Melbourne
With refreshing honesty, the endearing Best Western names some room categories 'matchbox’ and 'shoebox' – but what you don’t get in size is made up for in…
Victoria
Crafted from locally grown or recycled wood, these self-contained cabins a few kilometres from the park are works of art. The timbers are all labelled…
Yarra Valley
Once catering to Melbourne honeymooners, this sprawling 1930s faux-Tudor guesthouse has swapped grandeur for dowdiness, but remains popular due to its…
Melbourne Region
The name promises a lot, but the reality here isn't quite as exciting. A motel-style complex offering 35 rooms, two suites and an on-site spa (treatments …
Melbourne
This grand Italianate building housed the Victorian Railways administration back in the days when rail ruled the world. The apartments here were…
Warrnambool
Superb value, the self-contained apartments at this retreat have cooking facilities and are romantically appointed with spa baths.
Victorian High Country
Built in 1896 for Francis Highett, who sang with Dame Nellie Melba, this stately two-storey manor has plenty of period style. There are functional rooms…
Phillip Island
There are two sections here: this 32-apartment complex and the 20-apartment Phillip Island Towers building across the road. Both have one-, two- and three…
Melbourne
Just 20 steps from the cool end of Chapel St, Back of Chapel offers budget-conscious slumber in a 150-year old Victorian terrace. A laid-back spot with…
Melbourne
While not quite avoiding the serviced-apartment furnishing cliches, these loft spaces are set in a former warehouse and have original details, which…
