The Best Hotels Near Silky Oaks Lodge, by the Record
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Coconut palms lean in at improbable angles over the beachfront at this apartment-style resort halfway up the Queensland coast from Cairns. Suites run one to three bedrooms, all with full kitchens and dedicated dining areas, so it reads more like borrowing a well-designed flat than checking into a hotel. Three pools, a spa, and a restaurant from MasterChef alum Nick Holloway fill the hours when the beach itself isn't enough.
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A working cattle station the size of a small country sits behind this remote all-inclusive lodge, about 100 miles northwest of Cairns. Accommodation runs from safari tents to two-bedroom pavilions, and the property is small enough that it never feels like a resort. Helicopter tours, river fishing, and sunset cocktails fill the days, and the night sky out here is the kind that makes you feel the universe has been withholding information.