Murray River
Much of this huge pub burnt down in 2012, two days shy of its 100th birthday. The 19 rebuilt en suite pub rooms upstairs are awesome: fancy linen, glowing…
Must-see hotels in Murray River
Murray River
Some 27km east of Waikerie and a couple of kilometres off the Sturt Hwy, Wigley Retreat is a simple but stylish stone cottage right on the riverbank. It's…
Murray River
If your ship has just come in, these three luxury clifftop villas are seriously stylish – architectural pods congregating on the precipice, with brilliant…
BIG4 Renmark Riverfront Holiday Park
Murray River
Highlights of this spiffy riverfront park, 1km east of town, include a camp kitchen, canoe and paddleboat hire, splashy water park for kids and absolute…
Murray River
Encircled by lovingly tended gardens around 1.5km west of town, this self-contained, open-plan cottage is built from recycled stone and timber. It's a…
Murray River
After a wholesale makeover, Waikerie's riverside caravan park is open again (its temporary location across the road has become a retirement village). It's…
Murray River
With six different rooms (five doubles, one 10-bed villa), decked-out in concrete, corrugated iron and rustic timbers, Pike River looks more like a…
Murray River
A National Trust–listed former police stables, Riverfront Cottage is now a two-storey, three-bedroom holiday house (sleeps eight) with a full kitchen, a…
Murray River
The sexy art-deco curves of Renmark's humongous pub are looking good. Choose from older-style hotel rooms and upmarket motel rooms. On a sultry evening it…
Murray River
This 1974 paddle boat is done with chugging up and down the river and housing sweaty backpackers: these days it's a quirky floating hotel on the Renmark…
Murray River
Dot used to live in this 100-year-old stone house on the hill above the town – it's one of the oldest houses in Berri. There are two bedrooms, a full…
Murray River
Putting a rootsy, arty, off-beat spin on the mainstream houseboat theme, the Cube is a two-person timber cabin afloat on the river, moored in a quiet spot…
Murray River
Right across the road from the visitor centre, Loxton's old courthouse (built 1963) has been rebooted, creating four slick apartments with nifty lighting,…
Murray River
This eclectic hostel is destination numero uno for work-seeking travellers, who chill out in quirky new-age surrounds after a hard day's manual toil…
Murray River
Not a rancid laundry, dank bathroom or crummy kitchen in sight, Paringa's sparkling highway-side 'resort' is actually a snazzy backpackers, with tidy…
Murray River
With all profits siphoned back into the Loxton community, this large complex offers immaculate rooms with tasty weekend packages. The original pub dates…
Murray River
Offers a raft of riverside properties (doubles from $120) to rent from Murray Bridge, Mannum and further upstream, sleeping two to 20 bods. Most of them…
Discovery Holiday Parks Lake Bonney
Murray River
This keenly managed, facility-rich lakeside park has small beaches (safe swimming), electric barbecues, a camp kitchen, a laundry and plenty of room for…
Murray River
A clean-cut caravan park right on the river next to the Mannum ferry crossing. Ducks and water hens patrol the lawns (from which you can wade into the…
Murray River
This super-tidy (nay, immaculate) 1920s brick gem sleeps five in three bedrooms, with a full kitchen and a BBQ on the back porch. A short walk to the…
Murray River
Upstairs in this reimagined 1918 corner building are 10 surprisingly mod motel-style rooms connected by maze-like corridors. Very central, and with a long…
Murray River
The Houseboat Hirers Association is a reputable booking service, with boats available in most Murray River towns.
Murray River
This face-lifted charcoal-and-grey monolith near the river has older-style hotel rooms above the main pub and a wing of spacious en-suite motel rooms. The…
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…
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…
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,…
BIG4 Loxton Riverfront Caravan Park
Murray River
On the gum-studded Habels Bend, 2km from town, this affable riverside park bills itself as 'The Quiet One'. You can hire a canoe and fishing rod and go…
Murray River
Were the 1960s and '70s the glory days of Australian motels? One of several motels on the road in from the Murray Bridge–Adelaide freeway, this funky old…
Murray River
This unobtrusive brown-brick '80s number squats on a rise above the ferry crossing at Mannum. Some of the larger units have kitchenettes if you don't…
Murray River
A compact, two-tier row of slick taupe-and-timber apartments, right across the road from the Renmark Club (which is where you check in). No river views,…
Murray River
If we were feeling cynical, we might swap 'Lake' for 'Last' here… But actually, the motel rooms are tidy, good-value and many have sweeping lake views…
