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Luxury Abounds Down Under At These Four Resorts Near Perth

Where: Cape Clairault Road, Injidup, Western Australia, Australia, 6284

Perth, Australia is the most isolated city on earth--seriously, we checked it and it’s 1,700 miles from the nearest large city, Adelaide--but on a recent trip, we were surprised to find that there's plenty of luxury hotel options for you to try out.

Our brother site, Jaunted, gave us Five Reasons to Visit Perth earlier this year and we finally made it out there earlier this month, courtesy of Tourism Western Australia.

About three hours southwest of the city (by car) lies an up-and-coming wine region and surfer paradise, the Margaret River. That’s where you’ll find these four luxury properties that, though about as far from the rest of the world as you can possibly get, still provide all the modern conveniences while making your troubles melt away.

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The Richardson Hotel’s Nespresso Machine Helps The Down Under Jet Lag

Where: 32 Richardson St., West Perth, WA, Australia

Before heading to Western Australia last week, we heard that Aussies take their coffee very seriously. There’s a "cappuccino strip" (or several) of cafes in every major city, and each one of my hotel rooms would have a decent coffeemaker in it. One of them even had a deluxe espresso machine that would make a Starbucks barrista drool. Guess that's why Australians always seem so chipper.

However, the coffeemaker during a recent stay that really won out on the quality-of-coffee versus ease-of-use nexus was the one at The Richardson Hotel and Spa in Perth.

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Perth To Get A New, Old Six-Star Hotel

The Western Australian capital of Perth has its share of high-end hotels, but nothing that's claimed to be six-star luxury--until now. Well, until soon, because it's just been announced that Aman Resorts and friends are in talks to redevelop a key city site into a luxury hotel.

The Old Treasury Buildings are an historic part of downtown Perth and they've been empty for more than ten years now while everyone agreed on what should be done--being a heritage-listed site always makes it tricky. Now it looks like a slim tower will be added on to the back of the building and that will become the six-star hotel with up to 90 rooms.

The older part of the building will include shops, restaurants and apartments, and the most historic parts will be open to the public. No date set yet for when we'll be able to get a six-star night in Perth; in any case, we're six-star skeptics so we'll believe the luxury when we see it.

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Checking Out Like a Rock Star at the Sheraton Perth

Where: 207 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Australia, WA 6000

This isn't quite an Adventure in Overservice, but more of an Adventure in Awesome Service.

Our expectations were set particularly high when we recently found ourselves staying in a newly revamped executive suite at the Sheraton Perth in Western Australia.

After all, a AUD $20 million renovation shouldn't just be a step up; it should pay for the whole flight up.

In this case, it got us our own elevator banks to the executive level floors -- always a nice touch -- as well as a brand-spankin' new, oversized room with a comfy bed (the kind that invites you to climb in for an illicit mid-day tryst or solo, with a hangover) and spa-style bathroom with separate shower and deep soaking tubs. But for anyone who travels regularly, especially for business, those features are the new norm. What really tickled us pink was the free WiFi that we all-too-easily connected to...for a day.

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Out of the Way Outram Hotel is Perth's Second Best Hotel

Where: 32 Outram Street, Perth, Australia, 6005

Sometimes it's a mystery about which hotels become most popular in the TripAdvisor rankings, and that's definitely the case when we read that The Outram is the #2 hotel in Perth, the capital of Western Australia.

We're not saying the Outram's a bad hotel. But it's kind of out of the way - probably a half-hour walk from downtown Perth, and although it's a short stroll from the lovely Kings Park, it's still the kind of place you'd only stay if you had access to a car--you almost might as well be in suburbia.

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