Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park
Broome & The Kimberley
Popular with fishers, this shady, laid-back park 250km from Port Hedland backs onto a beautiful white-sand beach. Turtles nest from November to March.
Must-see hotels in Western Australia
West Coast Australia
In a quiet location a short walk from the beach, the Nest has a selection of neat motel-style rooms, plus apartments with kitchenette or full kitchen.
Broome & The Kimberley
Community-run refurbished campground with shady sites and modern facilities, 500m west of the community store.
West Coast Australia
The Mantra has sculpted a set of modern studios and apartments around four grain silos by the estuary. Deluxe rooms have spa baths and full kitchens.
West Coast Australia
Noble Grape is more like an upmarket motel than a traditional B&B. Rooms offer a sense of privacy and each has a verdant little garden courtyard.
West Coast Australia
Centrally located, this motel is good value with dorm beds as well as motel rooms. A good option if you want to dine, drink or just mooch in town.
Broome & The Kimberley
This small, low-key community on a pristine sound near Middle Lagoon offers a limited number of secluded camp sites and is popular with fishers.
Broome & The Kimberley
Comfortable rooms are complemented by a lovely pool, shady terrace bar and a kitchen open most of the day (mains $18 to $38, pizzas $20 to $25).
Albany
Attractive, self-contained apartments in a quiet residential area two blocks from Middleton Beach, ranging from studios to 3-bedrooms.
Broome & The Kimberley
Bush campsites (no facilities) along the side of the creek. Maximum three-night stay. It's 15km from the Cape Leveque Rd junction.
Western Australia
Adrian and Sandy offer a warm welcome, fuel, cosy motel-style rooms (some en suite), and standard meals (burgers, fish and chips).
Kimberley Entrance Caravan Park
Broome & The Kimberley
Not all sites are shaded, though there's always room. Amenities are basic but clean. Expect insects this close to the mudflats.
Broome
A quieter alternative to the often noisy Cable Beach caravan parks, Tarangau has pleasant, grassy sites 1km from the beach.
Broome & The Kimberley
Simple bush camps (three-night maximum stay) on the point at the edge of a nature reserve. It's 45km from Cape Leveque Rd.
West Coast Australia
Beautifully appointed self-contained chalets (various sizes), clustered around a pool, just a short walk from the beach.
Broome & The Kimberley
At this camping ground on the southern shore of Lake Yunpu, the sunrises, swimming and birdlife are all spectacular.
West Coast Australia
You'll fall asleep to the sound of the surf here, with the beach just across the road. Prices vary with the seasons.
West Coast Australia
It may be a Welsh name, but the style is French provincial in the four upmarket yet homey guest rooms.
Western Australia
This pet-friendly motel has fuel, a decent licensed restaurant and a snack bar.
Broome & The Kimberley
Fresh water, toilets and some generator-free areas in the southern park.
Broome & The Kimberley
About 20km from Derby, 2000-hectare Birdwood Downs offers rustic savannah huts, butterflies and basic camping. WWOOFers are welcome and it's also the home…
West Coast Australia
Overlooking the weir, this red-brick 1898 pub oozes ramshackle character. Motel-style rooms are simple but tidy, each with an open fire (firewood $25)…
Fremantle
There's entertainment aplenty in this converted fire station with limited air-flow and murals aplenty: free internet, ping-pong, outdoor movies, parking…
Broome & The Kimberley
Faraway by name and location, all meals (except booze) and activities (including a cruise to the nearby spectacular W-shaped King George Falls) are…
Perth
Built to house athletes competing at the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games – swimming events happened at Beatty Park Leisure Centre across the street – Beatty…
West Coast Australia
The abbey offers lodging in the Monastery Guesthouse, within the walls of the southern cloister. Guests can join in prayers with the monks (and men can…
Perth
Capping off the quiet lower end of Perth's CBD, towering Fraser Suites offers modern corporate apartments with plenty of room for families or long-stay…
Perth
This suburban three-room B&B offers three attractive, comfortable queen bedrooms in a modern house a short drive from unheralded Trigg Beach. Each has…
West Coast Australia
This chunky, institutional-looking complex of motel rooms and one- and two-bedroom apartments could have used a more subtle architectural eye at the…
Perth
There's something deeply reassuring about stepping out of a hot city afternoon and into a hushed, cool, moodily lit lobby like the one at Perth's Novotel,…
West Coast Australia
Within the national park, bizarre tudor-style Yanchep Inn was built as a honeymoon hotspot in the 1930s. Basic hotel rooms upstairs have shared facilities…
Broome & The Kimberley
Situated just 1km from the highway, outside Purnululu National Park, so don't expect much privacy. Tents are jammed between helicopters and ridiculously…
Perth
Behind an austere stone 1896 facade (twinkling fairy lights fail to elevate the mood), the Old Swan Barracks are repackaged army accommodation, with long…
Perth
Standing in bleak isolation, the charcoal-coloured Murray is an older hotel with a 21st-century makeover. Decor is sharp and modern, and although the…
Perth
You can't miss the Rendezvous – an absurdly colossal, gregarious, Vegas-style hotel on the Scarborough waterfront (with pyramid!) built by disgraced (now…
West Coast Australia
Attached to the town tavern, the bricky, 60-room Wave Rock Motel has well-equipped rooms with vamped-up bathrooms and mildly ski-lodge vibes, an oddly…
Broome & The Kimberley
In Bardi Jawi Country, and overlooking incredible Cygnet Bay, this historic pastoral lease and pearl farm offers a range of accommodation from camping and…
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 …
Rottnest Island
This rather austere backpackers occupies a 1937 art deco army barracks that still has an institutional vibe and limited good-time opportunities. The…
