Must see hotels in The East Coast

Rolled across a green hillside 1.5km south of town, this park has plenty of family-centric amenities (games room with cinema, jumping pillow, playground)…

Down a hawthorn-hedged driveway, 4km south of Swansea, these 21 stylish stone cabins fan out from an old farmhouse close to the sea and beside a lagoon…

This brick-and-sandstone 1844 mansion was built by convicts, and was the centre of 'Great Swanport' before the action shifted a little further north…

Tasmanian travel glamour lives here. This architectural, gastronomic and wallet-slimming marvel has 20 luxe suites, with the curvaceous main building…

Painted cream and navy, this mid-century beach shack has been reborn as a contemporary holiday house, with three bedrooms, an open fire and a little deck…

What a beauty! Like something out of a James Bond movie – all glass and steel and endless ocean views – this is possibly the most luxurious beach house in…

Excellent free camping at the southern end of Wineglass Bay (keep it hush-hush, or everyone will be here). It's a long trudge along the beach sand,…

About 15km south of Swansea, this architect-designed hideaway overlooking Oyster Bay bills itself as having mastered the 'gentle art of light'. It’s 2km…

Not gregarious, not making a statement, not flashy or pretentious – just the perfect little beach house in a primo location, right in the sandy heart of…

Pioneering Freycinet Lodge is in an amazing location, completely surrounded by the national park at the end of Richardsons Beach. (We doubt the planners…

These five neat, sustainably built cottages sit near the Ringarooma River on a property that has an interesting story to tell from the Chinese mining past…

Grassy unpowered sites behind the dunes of Darlington beach. The camp shelter has gas barbecues and a fireplace, and there are toilets and showers ($1)…

This remote and characterful 1876 pub – it basically is the township of Weldborough – has basic rooms, but its true treats are the park-like camping area …

This former Japanese restaurant complex has been reborn as tasteful clifftop cabin accommodation, with black-painted floorboards, top-of-the-line beds and…

This hip backpackers was the first in Tasmania to introduce capsules (rather than bunk beds) to its dorm. It has smart, spacious public areas, and the…

Beat a retreat up Mt Paul, north of Coles Bay, where two carefully crafted ecolodges offer super peninsula vistas, and resident wildlife are your only…

For total seclusion, marvellous Aurora Beach Cottage is a great option. It's a timber-and-stone house 18km north of Bicheno at Seymour, set in the dunes…

Architect-designed to have a minimal environmental footprint, this fabulous, roll-roofed holiday house en route to Mt Tanner has a very Australian vibe:…

On the outskirts of town, near the turn-off to the Gardens, this rustic, hippy-goes-boutique bush-camping retreat involves interesting 'bell tents' with…

A colonial B&B in Orford’s oldest house, a photogenic 1840s stone cottage (actually, some sections date back to 1825!) surrounded by lovingly tended…