Name: Sunbird Motel
Address: 37159 Bruce Highway Julago,Bruce Highway, Julago, Julago, Julago, 4816, Australia
Rating: 9

Air conditioning

24-hour reception

Smoking areas

Smoke-free property

Outdoor furniture

General

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Fridge

Family room

Hairdryer

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Linens

Toiletries

Rooms

Accessibility features

Accessibility

Iron and board

Laundry

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Coffee/tea for guests

Microwave oven

Packed Lunches

Kettle

Meals

Barbecue grill(s)

Recreation

Free parking

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets allowed

Pets

Location

At the mini-hotel

Room amenities

Townsville Airport

Sunbird Motel

Julago

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Excellent. 10/10. What a wonderful place to stay in Townsville.
Great access to hospital and services.
We felt so safe and could relax.
Not l worrying about our car being stolen was a real bonus.
Beautiful setting.  
Our little dogs loved the bush walk.
Very comfortable bed restful quiet sleep.
 Our room was so clean and had everything we needed. Full size refrigerator a bonus.
Lindy is the perfect host and made us feel very welcome. The paw paw was a nice treat.
Will be back again very soon.
Thankyou
Dan and Jennifer, Ted and Ellie
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Sunbird Motel, Townsville Qld.

Enjoyed our stay here. Spotlessly clean. Comfortable beds. Very friendly staff. Hot, hot shower. We didn't need to go into Townsville so perfect spot on the main highway. Little nousy but not too bad.

Great place

We enjoyed a very pleasant one night stay at the Sunbird Motel
south of Townsville Qld. Friendly and helpful owners. As a nature 
lover and wildlife photographer from Melbourne I enjoyed stalking 
the little sunbirds and butterflies on the property. Convenient to 
Bowling Green Bay / Alligator Creek National Park too. Good value!

Stalking sunbirds & butterflies, Sunbird Motel, south of Townsville Qld

The Sunbird Motel provides clean, comfortable and friendly accommodation in kitchenette style motel rooms. It is surrounded by bush land and gardens.
It is on the Bruce Highway but you can hardly hear any traffic as it is a little higher than the road.
Conveniently located close to Billabong Sanctuary which was what we wanted to see.
We arrived late in the afternoon and Lindy was amazing helping us out with some basics. I would recommend and stay here again on my travels north.

Sunbird overnight stay

Stayed here unexpectedly as the road south was flooded. Lovely and very cheery lady who showed me to the room. Very accommodating and full of great information. She was the best aspect of the stay.
The room was for a family, standard queen bed and bunks. The bed was beautiful and comfortable with plenty of pillows and cushions to sit up in bed and watch tv as there were no chairs. Correction, they had two bar chairs so that the kids? could sit at the bench and eat breakfast? The chairs matched the beds with lovely wood grain and wire. Loved those touches however i would've preferred to sit in a chair and watch TV.
The linen was lovely, matching but the whole place looked and felt dated.
It was only $80 per night so it was extremely reasonable. The only faults I have are minor. There were four cups, four glasses, kettle, microwave etc - but only one teaspoon so had you brought your own food I hope you also brought your own cutlery.
The bathroom sink was actually next to the kitchenette so it served as both the kitchen sink and the bathroom sink. One minute I'm brushing my teeth and spitting in it, next I'm washing my dishes in it. There was also a bloody great crack through it so didn't like the lack of hygiene there.
They had matching fluffy towels - but I hate these type as they don't seem to absorb any water so after wiping dry you still feel .
The whole feel was old and outdated and badly in need of a freshen up and paint. Minor crack in bathroom window; shower head not delivering good stream of hot water; marks on door where locks have been moved etc
One of the most humorous things though was the toilet roll. Now I am all for getting the most out of things and not throwing things away, but the toilet roll was a bit of a laugh for me. There was only enough on the roll for one 'sit'. I walked in, dumped my back on the bed then headed for the loo. One sit and I was forced to change the toilet roll. I have just never come across this before, as the owners/ cleaners would have put that toilet roll in the office loo etc and put out a full one.
Another issue was the air conditioner. The lady/manager went to the room and set the air con at 23 which she said "I hope that's alright" which i thought was odd, because I figured if I wanted to change it I could do that throughout the night, but no, once I got into the room I figured it out, the customer cannot change the temperature as there were no controls in the room, just an on/off switch.
I was also not able to use computer as there was no internet coverage - even with my own hotspot, so that was a real disappointment.
The final issue i have was the amount of mosquitoes. In the end that drove me away. I was going to stay a few more hours but couldn't with them. Lovely location, no highway noise due to the trees etc, but due to the trees and the recent wet, the mozzies were in full force.
At the end of the day though, lovely sleep, was able to make a cuppa for breakfast and all the basics were covered.

Standard Fare

Great value, right on the highway, yet  quiet with a homely feel. The owners are extremely helpful. I was initially staying one night but ended staying 3 nights,  I had been at a festival for 5 days and was in desperate need of a comfortable room, nice shower and easy parking.

Excellent Motel

We stayed in one of the family rooms (2 adults and 2 adult children) and it was just what we needed.  On the edge of town with pleasant surroundings the room was spacious and well kept.  Noise from the Bruce Highway could occasionally be heard as trucks break to enter Townsville but still not a real bother.  Owners and staff were friendly and fun.  Only drawback was weak wifi at the far end of the building where we were located and we had to sit outside to connect.  Might ask for a room closer to the office.  Overall though a very good value and we would definitely stay again.

A great value...

This motel is situated close to the Bruce Highway so it is very easily accessed if you are driving. It is clean and tidy and very friendly and helpful staff made a stopover on our way to Airlie Beach a pleasant stay. If you wish to visit Billabong Sanctuary it is only five minutes away.

Easy to find and good value.

I looked up a pet friendly motel for a trip to see my friends in Townsville and found the sunbird motel but when i get there at 2am the woman that came to reception was extremely rude and turned me away as they apparently only have one room that allows pets and were unable to help me out. I was treated as though i was a homeless piece of s*** and ended up having to drive back about 50km backwards to find a rest stop to be able to sleep the night and then went to the great 4 they were extremely nice and helpfull. So do yourself a favor and do not go there as you will be treated badly and they are NOT pet friendly at all.

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