Riley Wilson

Desk editor

Riley Wilson is a desk editor at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, and the creator of the Greater Good newsletter.Connect via email.

Across Australia and the world, hostels are becoming more like hybrid hotels with private rooms, exciting design and quality bedding.

Let Airlie Beach be the launchpad for your affordable island-hopping escape. Here’s where to eat, stay and play without spending a fortune.

From reinvigorated motels to bush cabins laced with luxury, here are some of our favourite nostalgia-inducing spots across the state.

From country pubs to retro motels and campsites by the sea, these excellent summer stays will make you feel like you’ve turned back the clock.

This Spanish Mission-style boutique hotel on NSW’s South Coast has undergone a renovation while respecting its 1970s roots.

There’s something in the water down here in Tasmania, hidden in plain sight.

From beating the carry-on luggage limit to the perfect travelator dismount, if travel was an Olympic sport, these would be the events.

Little National’s third Australian hotel shows the brand has fine-tuned making the most of a compact space.

A new hotel puts us in good stead to achieve the goals of Byron’s famous sign, “Cheer up, slow down, chill out”.

Cosy rituals abound on a solo stay at Tasmania’s remote Kittawa Lodge. It immediately feels like home.