Guest User
August 24, 2024
I liked the fact the room had the air conditioning on when we arrived and was pleasantly cool. It was a good split system and there was also an overhead fan running. The room was nicely presented with a natural colour scheme, natural woods such as wooden exposed beam ceilings, tiled floors and an interesting use of corrugated iron on the wall behind the bed. The bed had pretty decorated pillows with a blanket and two pillows. There were two bedside tables, one bedside lamp and a double power point for charging on one side of bed. It had good luggage storage, a full length mirror but no hanging space. There was a table with two chairs, another small round table, a smallish TV with some sort of set top box ( I didn’t bother to work that out). The shower had a wrap around shower curtain and a good size sink. Towels and toiletries (2 x conditioning shampoo, 2 x soaps) supplied. There was coffee / tea making facilities - kettle, biscuits, coffee, sugar, tea bags, small milk, two cold glasses in the mini-fridge and two cups. In addition there were two plates, cutlery, tea towel, dishwashing sachets and scourer for use in the outdoor camp kitchen which had a microwave. There was also a communal laundry with pay machines. You could sit outside your room at a small table and two chairs but we enjoyed the outdoor seating near the bar and restaurant. The grounds were spacious and there was a pool. The food at the bar and restaurant was excellent! We had a coffee and spring rolls as a snack - very nice - and it was very pleasant to sit at the outside tables in the afternoon. Unfortunately we missed the music that runs Wed-Sun, especially as fellow travellers gave good reports. The motel is off the main Stuart Highway so there is no road noise and is just a short drive to Bitter Springs and into Mataranka township which doesn’t have much except some small supermarkets. All rooms are ground level with the car parked immediately out front. No wifi and the poor reception for Optus was made worse when we were there by a complete outage in Mataranka. I liked the NT life booklet in the room and there were NT maps available in the office. The office has limited hours and doesn’t offer early checkins.