The Entrance Reef Resort, The Entrance

The Entrance Reef Resort sits on a street at The Entrance on the Central Coast, the property carrying the "Resort" branding common to upgraded postwar motels along the coastal strip. The building is two-storey, brick, with the room doors opening onto continuous balcony walkways at each floor. The brick is pale, the trim a coastal teal along the fascia and the balustrade. A pole sign at the kerb carries the property name in a serif face with a small wave graphic beside the lettering. The carpark is empty in the small hours. A row of decorative palms at the office end carries the standard postwar tropical landscaping. The road in front of the property is dark.

The Entrance Reef Resort was photographed at 01:37 on 5 April 2018, on the north run of Hotel Motel 101. The project covered 101 traditional Australian motor inns across three sweeps out of Sydney in late March and early April 2018: south on the Hume, north on the Pacific to the Central Coast, west on the Great Western. Drive-thru reception, parking in front of the rooms, low rise. The "Resort" rebrand was common to Central Coast motor inns from the 1990s onward, with the suffix reaching for a more aspirational pitch than the older "motel" or "motor inn".