http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T21:36:52Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Australian%20Outback%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/10/22630/5446 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.jaunted.com/files/admin/waverock03.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>In the Western Australian outback, one of the most famous tourist sights is <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2007/4/8/93054/01521/travel/Hit+the+Surf+in+the+Desert">Wave Rock</a>, an amazing rock formation just a couple of miles east of the small town of Hyden. In the 1960s, the town of Hyden got its first pub (and attached accommodation) because</p><blockquote><p>Farmers in the area decided they would like a hotel in preference to drinking in the street, as Hyden was known as the town with streets paved with bottletops.</blockquote></p><p>A later development of this hotel is still a convenient spot to overnight near the rock, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Wave+Rock+Motel/local/468"><b>Wave Rock Motel</b></a>. It calls itself a three-star motel and has 55 rooms plus three executive units with "luxury furniture". As far as motels go, it's amandak 2007-04-11T09:37:51-05:00 -32.447960 118.866400 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/10/5327/23150 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/Castle_Hotel_York.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Most trips to Australia concentrate on the bits around the edges, with good reason--nearly all Aussies live there, and that's where the beaches are. But head inland and it's not far until you hit the Outback, that mythical land where all is red and everything is strange.</p><p>Just on the edge of the Outback, if you head in from Perth, is the hip lil' town of York. Rapidly becoming a major tourist stopping point, especially in wildflower season, York's also home to a historic hotel: the oldest existing inland hotel in Western Australia.</p><p>If that title doesn't win you over, then here's a bit more about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Castle+Hotel+York/local/460"><b>Castle Hotel York</b></a>. It's in the main street of town (you can't amandak 2007-04-10T09:51:54-05:00 -31.889646 116.768409 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/