Moura Motel

The location is convenient, with easy access to shops. Guests praised the comfortable, cozy beds. The accommodation is consistently clean and the staff provide excellent, friendly service.

This large 39-room Motel caters mainly to miners working at the nearby Dawson Mine but they were so quiet, even in their early-morning (i.e. 0500) departures, that you hardly noticed them. We had a "deluxe twin" room ($161.00), painted in a soft pastel yellow, with a large-ish (1.5 metre high) refrigerator but, paradoxically, quite small hanging space in the wardrobe and an inadequate space for toiletries in the bathroom. A microwave, toaster, jug and the requisite china and cutlery were supplies, a nice surprise. The wifi is free but the dining room seemed to have been reserved for the exclusive use of the long-term miners, which is fair enough given their continuity and difficult hours. Room service was available but the new, and quite outstanding, Moura Tavern was a couple of streets away (closer to Emerald) was a great alternative. The "twin" beds comprised a queen and a single. There was also a trundle bed which could have been wheeled into the annex 2.5 X 2.5 metres adjoining the bathroom. The iron board was half-sized. We felt utterly at home and enjoyed two restful and relaxing nights there en route to Karumba.