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8.2/10Excellent421 Reviews
Cleanliness8.4/10 8.4
Service8.6/10 8.6
Comfort7.8/10 7.8
Condition7.6/10 7.6
Neighborhood8.0/10 8.0
Value7.2/10 7.2
Amenities8.8/10 8.8
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About Fern Bay Motel
The property consists of 28 accomodation units. Located in Fern Bay, just a 10 minute drive from Newcastle Airport, approximately 15 minutes from Newcastle CBD and only 30 minutes from Nelson Bay, makes this a great and affordable destination.
Conveniently located next to the Newcastle Golf Club, makes for a great stay for the golfing enthusiasts. Only minutes from the beautiful Stockton beach. Guests staying at the motel can leave their car parked at the motel for free to avoid costly airport parking fees.
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Located in Newcastle (Fern Bay), Fern Bay Motel is within a 15-minute drive of University of Newcastle and McDonald Jones Stadium. This golf motel is 9 mi (14.5 km) from Newcastle Showground and 9.5 mi (15.3 km) from Stockton Sand Dunes.
Make yourself at home in one of the 26 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Your pillowtop bed comes with premium bedding. Rooms have private patios. Smart televisions are provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and laundry facilities.
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Parking available
Dining services
Concierge
Laundry
Entertainment
Smoking areas
Check-in and check-out
Check-in from
2:00 PM
Check-in until
10:00 PM
Check-out until
10:00 AM
Minimum check-in age
18
Hotel policies
No rollaway/extra beds available
No elevators
Professional property host/manager
Property does not offer onsite COVID-19 testing
Property does not require health documentation at check-in
Pets not allowed
Important information
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You need to know
- Reservations are required for golf tee times. Reservations can be made by contacting the motel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
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Special Instructions
The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM. To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. If you are planning to arrive after 7:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and key retrieval information. The front desk is staffed during limited hours. For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools. Guests planning to arrive after 9 PM must contact this property 24 hours in advance for check-in instructions.
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Instructions
- Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
- Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
- Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
- This property accepts credit cards and cash
- Safety features at this property include a smoke detector and a first aid kit
- This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
- Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
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Minimal age
18
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Optional fees
- Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately AUD 6 to 20 per person
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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Spoken Language
English
Nearby attractions
Hunter Wetlands National Park
0.2 km / 0.2 mi
Newcastle Golf Club
0.4 km / 0.3 mi
Worimi Regional Park
0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Stockton Sandspit
1.6 km / 1 mi
Stockton Beach
2.9 km / 1.8 mi
Walsh Point Reserve
4.8 km / 3 mi
Little Park Beach
5.7 km / 3.5 mi
Fighter World
10.6 km / 6.6 mi
Calvary Mater Newcastle
11 km / 6.8 mi
Allowah Street Reserve
11.2 km / 7 mi
University of Newcastle
11.3 km / 7 mi
Newcastle Eye Hospital
12.2 km / 7.6 mi
Acacia Avenue Dog Park
12.3 km / 7.6 mi
North Lambton Dog Off-Leash Area
13.4 km / 8.4 mi
Go Karts Go
13.7 km / 8.5 mi
Hotel facilities & services
Services and fees can vary. Check the selected room details and hotel policies before booking.
- Total number of rooms: 28
- motel
- American Express
- MasterCard
- Visa
- Car park
- 24-hour reception
- Check-in hour
- Check-out hour
- Wi-fi
Meal plans
Meal plan types
Meal options depend on the room and rate you choose. Search your dates to see which meal plans are included.
Upon availability
Room types
These are the hotel's room types, rather than live offers. Choose your travel dates to see available rooms, prices and booking conditions. Check availability
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DOUBLE QUEEN SIZE BEDDOUBLE • QUEEN SIZE BED • 1 Bedroom • 12 m²DBL.QN
Room overview
Non-smoking room- Room size
- 12 m²
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–2 • Adults: max. 2 • Children: max. 0
- Bed setup
- Queen-size bed 150-154 width
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Room type
- DOUBLE
- View / characteristic
- QUEEN SIZE BED
Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.
Room amenities
- Wi-fi
Available rooms, prices and included facilities are confirmed after you choose your dates and rate.
Check availabilityFern Bay Motel
DOUBLE QUEEN SIZE BED
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Room overview
Non-smoking room- Room size
- 12 m²
- Occupancy
- Guests: 1–2 • Adults: max. 2 • Children: max. 0
- Bed setup
- Queen-size bed 150-154 width
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Room type
- DOUBLE
- View / characteristic
- QUEEN SIZE BED
Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.
Room code: DBL.QN
Room amenities
- Wi-fi
Available rooms, prices and included facilities are confirmed after you choose your dates and rate.
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Guest reviews
What other guests saying about Fern Bay Motel
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reviews shown
Warner
Ensuite a bit small but functional
Karina
Clean room. Comfy bed. Shower was difficult to get right temperature and contain the spray of water due to design but nothing towels couldn’t fix
Louisa
Clean, convenient, friendly staff - can’t fault it for a stay before an early flight out of NTL!
kerry
Rooms very clean and spacious close to everything
Dominic
Staff were amazing. John was super friendly and went out of his way to make us feel comfortable. Great value for money we stayed in the Family room which was roomy clean with a nice bathroom. Easy access to airport and John let us leave the car at the motel while we travel to Bali, saving expensive airport parking fees. One of his staff even dropped us at the airport. Highly recommend for short stay if flying out of Newcastle Airport.
Aaron
Will stay again
Clifton
awesome
Eldon
Excellent rooms. Spacious and comfortable
Yvonne
Excellent room . Staff member at reception was amazing . Beds were 1 st class.
Clean spotless room with everything needed .
Definitely use again
Clean spotless room with everything needed .
Definitely use again
Shane
Room was bigger than expected and a pleasant surprise.
Diana
Breakfast was lovely
Brendan
Fantastic accomodation
Charlie
Clean and comfortable and helpful, friendly staff.
Michael
Staff were friendly. Good access to the area. Room was comfortable.
Colleen
Room clean and tidy, spacious comfy bed good shower and easy parking on premises. Staff very helpful. helpful y
Michael
Recently refurbished room. Extremely clean and tidy. Great communication from staff regarding late night check in. Friendly reception staff.
zaahier
Good service
Clifton
Fine
Julie
Our stay was clean and comfortable. We checked in outside receptions hours, this process was made simple and efficient.
LESLIE
Great stop-over
It was a very neat, clean, friendly hotel with everything needed including great parking. Do ask for a ground floor room if any mobility problems. Staff were amazing as was the breakfast!
Danielle
Friendly staff. Good for a nights stay.
William
My only negative was we had a room that could sleep 4 people, but only had 1 chair. We didn't need more chairs but if we had 4 people it would have been a problem.
Timothy
It was simply what we needed. And not overpriced.
Clifton
Ok
Kaye
The male receptionist was way too familiar. And made me comfortable.
Jemima-Rose
Was a lovely place to stay
Mark
The owner was amazing with his service. The room was fantastic and clean. Bed was so comfortable.
Claire
After a horrible experience elsewhere the team here went above and beyond. It was an absolutely beautiful place to stay, friendly staff, beautiful rooms. We will be back
Clayton
Friendly & very helpful staff
Unprompted, offered me a lift to the airport at 6:30am rather than having to wait for a cab
Will definitely stay again next time I'm in Newcastle
Unprompted, offered me a lift to the airport at 6:30am rather than having to wait for a cab
Will definitely stay again next time I'm in Newcastle
Osama
So friendly and absolutely clean. So well run too
Maher
I have really enjoyed the the place and clean with good service
Nathan
Great place to stay
Robert
The room was spotless, well appointed with everything. Dining available nearby suburb. Bbq facilities available. Club available walking distance tho’ dining facilities and not opened every day.
Only negative was room was small and compact but well appointed - microwave, fridge wifi - would recommend if size not a problem for you. I would not hesitate to stay there again
Only negative was room was small and compact but well appointed - microwave, fridge wifi - would recommend if size not a problem for you. I would not hesitate to stay there again
Kellie
Staff were rude and not helpful. My room had no hot water the morning I was checking out. Very small and old.
nathan
If you like golf great place to stay.
Geoffrey
Grounds were a bit old and tatty.
Sheryl
Very clean rooms etc The rooms have been updated freshly painted Staff at arrival where very friendly The only negative is that they started lawner mowers etc at around 8 in the mornig . Small rooms and bathrooms however well presented
Serhan
Nice clean property, close to various amenities and very friendly staff.
Russell
Very friendly reception and service. Comfortable and clean rooms
Thanks team
Thanks team
Matthew
Above expectations, friendly staff. Premium room worth the upgrade. Comfortably sleeps 4 with king bed and sofa bed
Nabin
Peace Surrounding
Carolyn
Excellent shower & bathroom , very comfortable beds and the staff were very pleasant.
Ashok
I like the staff and services
Gurvinder
Nice place to safe very clean and staff was very friendly
Stephen
Great little motel , modern rooms comfy bed and staff are so friendly
Abu
Beach is not accessible by walking
Emma
I loved our stay with the family it was nice and clean and smelt amazing as soon as we walked in loved every bit of our stay and even changed our bed sheets the seconds night
Marilyn
The property is only 10 minutes drive from Newcastle airport. Also the Stockton RSL bus is available to take people to their club which has a remarkable Sicilian restaurant.
Ian
Clean and quiet motel close to airport.
Asa Robert
Good service, convenient for what I needed and close to airport.
Kenric
Excellent hosts. Room was clean and quiet. Would stay again
Robert
Great place and the Manger Sam is a great Guy.
Natasha
Staff member was polite and extremely efficient and polite. Room was clean and parking was great. Very happy.
Barry
Good stopover
Comfortable, clean stay
Anthony
This is the best place to stay for an early flight from Newcastle airport - comfy beds, recently renovated, very comfortable
Kerry
Great little place to stay quiet clean friendly stuff would stay there again
Gregory
It was a clean good motel
Diane
Very friendly people
Doug
Nicely renovated room, work still ongoing. Quiet and very clean. Outside area renovation still happening. Would stay again
Kim
Great service, well maintained, close to Newcastle Airport
Kim
Convenient to airport
Clean comfortable room, friendly service
Keith
The gentleman at reception was very welcoming and helpful. Stayed here for two nights and loved it. Will certainly do it again when passing through or even for a longer stay.
Phillip
Great place to stay. Super close to Golf course. Clean modern and helpful staff.
alan
Great
Laura
Clean rooms and extremely comfortable beds, I couldn't ask for more.
Gayle
Great night and lovely breakfast
Christine
We booked an economy room which was all that was available at the time but was quite spacious. The bathroom was tight but adequate and very clean. Sadly the restaurant was closed but there is a very good take away food shop within walking distance of the motel. Plenty of free onsite parking. Very helpful and friendly gentleman on the desk when checking in. We would happily stay here again.
Mariee
The staff went above board the look after us. The motel was very clean and service was excellent.
Jane
Clean, comfortable and convenient. Great value for money
Hugo
Handy to Fern Bay
This motel is handy for us when visiting family in nearby Fern Bay. Has been renovated and rooms are large. We were given an upgrade to a quieter spot and larger room.
Breakfast no longer available and although the room had a kitchenette you had to get your cutlery from reception.
Other than that, no problems.
Breakfast no longer available and although the room had a kitchenette you had to get your cutlery from reception.
Other than that, no problems.
Anthony
Excellent motel for an early flight from Newcastle Airport
René
Great friendly greeting very easy check-in.
Clean n tidy room with modern facilities.
Thanks, we will be back.
Clean n tidy room with modern facilities.
Thanks, we will be back.
Wilma
Good size room clean and lots of options that could make it very convenient to stay I mean everything one may need is available on request.
Ursula
Next door neighbour was making a nosie
Craig
Easy to park trailer
Ivo
This hotel is ideal if you are playing golf at the Newcastle Golf club.
Bob
The room was adequate for my Wife & I. It was small, but if you didn't want to swing a cat around, it was very good. The room was recently built or recently renovated. The shower was excellent. There was room for two, if you are inclined. The bed gave us a great night's sleep. The Staff were brilliant. Very helpful & obliging. I would stay there again.
Amilagi
Very good for families to get together and enjoy for bbq. It's a good place for relaxing and enjoying staying in for holidays.
Anita
Nice and neat, so close to Newcastle airport
DOROTHY
the only thing is that the rooms were a bit small
Clem
The traffic noise was high early in the morning
Ryan
Got a free room uograde which was extremely nice. However, some of the sheets were unfortunately stained in our new bed. But the rest of the room was amazing
Mario
I told staff was working night shift so ask for later checkout which they kindly excepted with no extra charges, but then in the morning at 830 the tradesmen started a jackhammer in the room next to me as they were programmed to do renovations the room adjoining. So I had 2.5hrs sleep
Not very smart at all when I told them I was working nights !!!!
Not very smart at all when I told them I was working nights !!!!
Trese
friendly staff; clean and tidy accommodation; spacious room; good quality amenities.
Jane
Very handy to golf course. Restuarant food fantastic.
Campbell
Staff were great, helpful and personable.
Fresh milk instead of the little UHT milk cannisters was a nice touch.
Dinner selection is decent, the food is delicious and generous serving at a reasonable price.
Price of the room is very reasonable and are able to accommodate up to 5 adults to a room.
Fresh milk instead of the little UHT milk cannisters was a nice touch.
Dinner selection is decent, the food is delicious and generous serving at a reasonable price.
Price of the room is very reasonable and are able to accommodate up to 5 adults to a room.
Christine
I like that it was a fully renovated room. I didn't like that sound travelled easily. Even though its on a main road it wasn't too noisy from traffic.
Jacqui
John the owner was a very friendly man who offered to drive us to a nearby wedding.
Daniel
Conveniently located, clean and tidy. Friendly staff.
Robin
Travelling with work. motel was clean, close to airport and most of all quiet.
Shane
Nice and clean, friendly helpful staff
Campbell
Great Value for
Money. Modern rooms and great location.
Money. Modern rooms and great location.
Greg
The bed was very comfortable… the guy at check in was friendly and helpful
Regina
The room I booked online turned out to not be available so the chap at the hotel kindly offered me two rooms for price of one to fit us all in. And bed was very comfy.
lynda
Staff very welcoming room spacious and spotless. Close to Newcastle airport. Would recommend this motel
Kelly
Unfortunately during the night of our stay we woke to an over powering smell of sewerage coming from our bathroom pipes. It was so bad we had to open up windows and our front room door to try and air it out
Ann
Staff are lovely and facilities here are freshly renovated, clean and spacious.
Joy
Incredible service, very clean, highly recommend, great for families
Michael
Clean , lovely staff .
David
Convenient
Close to golf club, which I was having golf lessons but very noisy no choice to pillow- hard as rock
Hard to find good/meals
Hard to find good/meals
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Fern Bay Motel
Nelson Bay Road, 1024, Fern Bay, Australia
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