HOTEL REVIEW - Miner's Lodge Motor Inn - Mackay

Needing a cheap family room fairly quickly due to a medical appointment we decided to stay at the Miner's Lodge Motor Inn on Nebo Road in Mackay as I have stayed there before a couple of times both for work and for sporting commitments and found the place to be quite nice.

This was the first time staying in a family room out the back of the property and like a lot of the other rooms at the Motor Inn, they are quite old. The linen looks quite old. The room is fairly tired, but it’s still a half decent place to stay.

This family room has two big rooms and an ensuite attached to one of the rooms. The ensuite has a very low roof and is quite cramped and the décor in the ensuite is somewhat worse off than the rest of the room.

The beds were comfortable. The facilities were pretty good - although we didn’t test the fairly basic kitchenette that is in the second room.

Car parking can be tricky, particularly with a bigger car and limited parking in some sections of the Motor Inn.

Overall, the Miner's Lodge Motor Inn did the job for our one night stay. I wouldn’t recommend staying longer-term due to the tiredness of the rooms and some facilities, and I would recommend that the people that run the Motor Inn that it’s time to invest in a little bit of an update to some of the rooms.

It’s also definitely worth mentioning that as a plane spotter The Miners Lodge Motor Inn is a great place to stay with the airplanes on finals to Mackay Airport passing low over the place.

HOTEL REVIEW - Miners Lodge Motor Inn Mackay

I have stayed at this motel previously and was quite impressed with the appearance of the place and its facilities, but I was especially impressed with the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff.


The Miners Lodge is an independently run motel located towards the Northern end of Nebo Road - the main location for Mackay’s motels. This motel is located on the corner of Lloyd Street and offers two drive way entrances from this street and Nebo Road. The Miners Lodge Motel is situated in close proximity to the Mackay city heart, Canelands Shopping Centre, Mackay Airport, and industrial hubs.

In fact, the motel is located right underneath the Mackay Airport flightpath, and aircraft on late finals on Runway 14 pass over the motel at low altitude making it a great motel for an aircraft enthusiast. Obviously, aircraft noise can be an issue, although most jet traffic at the airport is usually over by 9pm. The Motel also features an attractive pool area and barbeque facilities.


During my previous stay I shared with a colleague in a two bedroom suite. The suite was quite large and featured two rooms with a queen-sized bed in each, as well as a television. The televisions have the full range of commercial channels as well as a selection of free cable television channels. This room also featured a large bathroom and a kitchenette in the room that I slept in. There was also a connecting door to the next room, allowing these two rooms to be used by a family.

During my recent stay I was in a single bedroom suite towards the front of the motel that had one queen-sized bed. Again, the room was well appointed with television (again with free cable TV channels), air conditioning, table and chairs, fridge, and tea and coffee making facilities. The Motel also has free WI-FI throughout the complex, as well as full undercover parking spaces.




The room had the bathroom basin on the outside of the bathroom tucked in the back of the main room. The bathroom was small and was basically a toilet and shower.


The bathroom gave away signs of the motel’s age. While the sleeping area looked reasonably nice and modern, the bathroom featured tired looking decor.

There is a nice restaurant on site – Ripples Bistro and Bar – and during both stays, the quality of the food and of the service was outstanding.


Moreover, the friendliness and helpfulness of all of the staff at The Miners Lodge Motel have made it a place that I can highly recommend to stay whenever you are in Mackay.