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• What is the Mount Morgan Experience?
• How to get to Mount Morgan
• Accommodation
• Tours

What is the Mount Morgan Experience?

Mount Morgan Experience is a whole-of-town visitor experience of this historic mining town.

Still in the implementation phase, the Mount Morgan Experience will include:

• a Visitors Centre located at the railway station
• interpretive signs in the business centre providing a glimpse of Mount Morgan's past
• an interactive multimedia kiosk to be located at the Mount Morgan Historical Museum

To find out more about the project visit our webzine page.

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How to get to Mount Morgan

Mount Morgan is situated on the Burnett Highway, just 38 kilometres south-west of Rockhampton and 102 kilometres north of Biloela. Young’s Bus Service runs a regular bus from Rockhampton to Mount Morgan. McCafferty's also runs through Mount Morgan via the inland route, departing from Brisbane Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

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Accommodation

Miner's Rest Motel Units		Grand Hotel

Mount Morgan Motel and Van Park: Located at 2 Showground Road, this motel and van park features on-site vans, cabins and a large camping ground with unpowered or powered sites. Pets are welcome and there is also a large barbecue area and children’s playground.
Contact (07) 49381952 for more details.

Miners’ Rest Motel Units: Featuring a number of self-contained cottages, the Miners’ Rest is situated at 44 Coronation Drive. All cottages are wooden-floored with queen-sized beds and airconditioning. For more information contact 4938 2350.

Silver Wattle: Burnett Hwy Mt Morgan. Offers self contained air conditioned cabins including bed linen & cooking facilities $37.00. Powered & Unpowered sites (99 sq metres) sullage & dump pt  $13.00 &  $11.00. Fully tiled modern amenities, laundry, pay phone & pool. Campers kitchen, BBQ & open fire place.

Email: silvwatl@ozemail.com.au
Web: www.qparks.asn.au/capB.html
Phone: (07) 4938 1550

Leichhardt Hotel: Rooms are available in the Leichhardt which is located at 53 Morgan Street and can be contacted on 4938 1851.

Railway Hotel/Motel: The Railway Hotel offers a number of rooms at 90 James Street and can be contacted on 4938 1074.

Grand Hotel: Visitors to Mount Morgan can also stay at the Grand Hotel at 39 Central Street and can be contacted on 4938 2300.

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Organised tours

The best way to experience the history of this great mining town is on the Mount Morgan gold mine and dinosaur cave tour. The two-hour tour goes through most of the towns major points of interest including the swinging bridges and the original gold bullion stores.

The tour then proceeds onto the huge man-made caves on the mine site. At the rear of the open-cut mine the tour stops-off at the area where a number of large dinosaur footprints were found in the 1950s. Tours begin at 9.30am and 1.30pm.

The tour departs from the tourist office on Railway Parade and there are also daily pickups from Rockhampton. For more information contact 4938 1081 or email dinobob@rocknet.net.au.

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home : visitors orientation : mine : railway precinct : morgan st walk
visit the museum : around town : education : behind the scenes
the hooter

email: mmtic@bigpond.net.au

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