Dive Hotel

A small hotel on Coogee Beach — right across the road, not around the corner, not a ten-minute walk. Polished floors, blue mosaic bathrooms, kitchenettes, and oceanview rooms with the kind of floor-to-ceiling glass that makes the beach feel like it's in the room. Communal kitchen and sundecks for when you want company. Condé Nast Traveler, the NY Times, and the London Guardian have all written about it, which tells you everything about the punch-above-your-weight factor. The Coogee to Bondi walk starts outside. Wylie's Baths is around the cliff. The owners live here, and you can tell.