Accommodation in Eaglehawk is relatively scarce but we spent 2 nights recently at the Gateway Motel as we were attending a function in Eaglehawk on the Saturday evening.

Upon arrival we were greeted in a friendly manner and given our room key, no problem.

The room was adequate for our needs but showing signs of age and could do with some TLC. Because the walls were thin it was easy to hear what was being said next door - particularly if voices were raised - but I guess that is typical of a lot of older motels. We both agreed that the QS bed was very comfortable and clean but it is not a non smoking motel so its hard to mask the odour of cigarettes. The settee in the room could have actually done with a clean to remove a few obvious stains.

It was very convenient to have the town shops within easy walking distance - a big plus for the motel.

If you want a comfortable bed and reasonably priced accommodation that is quite close to town then this would suit your needs.

Accommodation was scarse in Bendigo and this was the last room available in the whole town. Any wonder!! $120.00 for a twin share, we thought because of the high price this wont be too bad. Apon arrival the carpet looked badly worn, stained and not vaccumed. There were dead flies and insects on the window sill. Bandaids stuck to the front door, blood smeared on the bathroom door. The basin was covered with hair. Mouldy showed curtains. I wiped over the benches with a anti bacterial wipe as to put some baby things onto and the wipe was black from grime...Also cobwebs hanging from the ceiling everwhere and to top it off white tail spiders....not very good when you have a 3 month old baby in the room. We felt like just driving home 3 hours and not worrying about the good money we had paid for this horrid room. On a possitive note the beds were quite comfortable.

While the motel itself was satisfactory, a noisy female in the room next door meant that I had to summon the proprietor at 0100 in the wee small hours to quieten her down.

The proprietor appeared to be on first name terms with the noisy guest.