Reviews of Original North Australian 2.5 stars
55 Herbert Street, 4805 Bowen, Australia

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Reviewed: 3 September 2025 · Stayed in September 2025
Verified reviewGreat location
The twin room is very small and not easy to move around, and there is no door to the bathroom for privacy. My brother had to stay outside when I showered.
Reviewed: 2 September 2025 · Stayed in September 2025
Verified reviewStaff were great. Food at the pub was very good. Its location is in town and makes things easy to get to. As the town has 5 pubs there is plenty of choice for food.
bathroom wash basin cracked. Walls are paper thin and noise travels easily. So when neighbours had a party at 2am it was hard to sleep. Not entirely the fault of the motel owner. Internet speed for 5g is very slow 5.2 is very slow and one of the slowest I have had on the trip.
Reviewed: 1 September 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewPosition great food not bad barra amount could have been thicker
Parking challenging but managed
Reviewed: 31 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewBeautiful and clean, had dinner at the bar and it was very quick and delicious. Great value
The bathroom had no door, only a shower curtain and nowhere to dress, made staying with teenage boys very difficult and uncomfortable.
Reviewed: 29 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
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Verified reviewWe liked the staff, the location & the meals were great
The neighbors were noisy right outside our door & didn't stop until after 11pm
Reviewed: 25 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewCentral location and price
Room was overly cramped, hot water kept cutting out
Reviewed: 25 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 20 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewStaff were friendly and tried to be as accommodation as they could with limited options available when I had an issue with parking allocations not enough for each room! Food from adjoined hotel was great and staff brought it quickly to teh room!
The carpark was very tight and as their were not enough carparks for all the rooms or allocations it was difficult to get a park outside the room as requested in my booking which was frustrating as I indicated I had back surgery and needed a room with a carpark at front! Teh rooms did not have a toaster or microwave which I found annoying as I travelled with pre made meals I could not heat up after a long day! Also their were small bugs on the floor of the room which seemed to bite my feet and I was itchy when laying in the bed even though sheets appeared fresh and clean. The other annoying thing was their was now power of lamp on the bedside table and I needed to buy a long extension cord to get power to the bed to charge my phone and watch alarm clock whish was annoying! Also with no lamp and the light switching being in awkward not easily accessible places near bed meant I had to have big bright Fluro lights on and when I wanted to walk to the bathroom at night, I was in the dark, until I got to the area after navigating around a single bed also the bed side table was white but super old making it look unclean and in need of a paint!
Reviewed: 20 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
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Reviewed: 20 August 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewI love the staff is very welcoming and takes good care of their visitors. I also love the location and the restaurant and bar is available to the rooms. I went dancing outside my room to the entertainment coming from the restaurant.
I love the accommodation and the atmosphere of the whole place. I enjoy my stay there.
Reviewed: 16 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
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Reviewed: 10 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified review. Room was clean. Food lovely
Would have liked bedside lamp so I didn’t have to get up to turn out light. Door rattled in wind. Car parking tight
Reviewed: 7 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewBathroom is big
Parking space is small
Reviewed: 7 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 6 August 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewWas ok
The room
Reviewed: 6 August 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
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Reviewed: 4 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
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