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Club Boutique Hotel Cunnamulla, south-west Queensland

Summer in the outback isn’t survived. It’s timed.

Season opens 1 December

Plan your summer stay Check room availability on the hotel’s booking page
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The sun goes down behind a line of trees, under a long band of cloud.
Mist lies on a still river at dawn, dead snags and gum trees reflected under pink cloud. Two Pink Cockatoos with crests raised sit side by side on a pale gum branch. A shaded verandah table set with a jug of lemon water, glasses and a tall vase of flowers, green lawn beyond. Bathers in sun hats in a curving soaking pool on the riverbank, gums and blue sky above. Two guests share a drink on a sandstone block beside the Warrego River in warm late-afternoon light. The sun sinks into a line of trees beyond a farm dam, the orange sky mirrored in still water. Guests raise their glasses along a long table on the hotel lawn at dusk, festoon lights strung through the trees overhead. The Milky Way across a dark outback sky.

Sunrise

Breathe  Wake, coffee, breakfast

Start the day before the heat does.

Go to Morning

First Light

Explore  Birds, walks, gardens

The birds are up well before anyone else.

Go to Morning

Shade

Retreat  Town pool, verandah, long lunch

The middle of the day is not for doing.

Go to Midday

Artesian

Revive  Spa, mineral waters, indoor attractions

Warm mineral water from the Great Artesian Basin.

Go to Midday

Golden Hour

Return  Tours out again, river

When the heat drops, everyone heads back out.

Go to Evening

Sunset

Gather  Drinks as the light goes

Pull up a chair and watch it go.

Go to Evening

Long Table

Share  Dinner and good company

Dinner here is about more than the food.

Go to Long Table

Night Sky

Wonder  Stars, grass underfoot

Leave a little room for looking up.

Go to Night Sky

A different way to keep time

Up early for birds, walks and gardens. Under cover through the heat. Back outside when the light softens.

At Club Boutique Hotel Cunnamulla, summer has its own rhythm. Give the verandah, the Day Spa and the dinner table their share of the day.

Morning

Pink and violet cloud at sunrise over a plain of grass and scattered trees.

Sunrise

BreatheWake, coffee, breakfast

Start the day before the heat does. The first hour is the quiet one, and it belongs to whoever is up for it.

Tea and coffee facilities in every room, so the first cuppa is yours to make.

An emu leads a line of chicks through dry grass in the early light.

First Light

ExploreBirds, walks, gardens

Out on the river road, the birds are up well before anyone else. For the region’s threatened species, summer is peak season.

Local guides take birders onto private properties closed to general visitors.

Birdwatching tour
Play Peieta’s film, 15 sec

Your host

“I bought the closed Club Hotel.”

Peieta Mills

Peieta is a fifth-generation local. In 2011 she bought the run-down hotel as a home base for her tour business, Out the Back Australia.

Read Peieta’s words from the film

“G’day, this is Peieta Mills from Club Boutique Hotel, Cunnamulla, and I know spots out here that aren’t on any map, and where you can see 40 different species before breakfast.”

On screen: Just out of Cunnamulla. Red earth, big sky. All of this, a short drive from your room. Stay a while.

Midday

The hotel verandah in the middle of the day: white chairs and high tables in deep shade under ceiling fans, the garden bright beyond.

Shade

RetreatTown pool, verandah, long lunch

The middle of the day is not for doing. Everything else can wait for the light to soften.

The town pool is a two-minute walk, with guest entry covered by the hotel. Summer lunches are served at the hotel, and the suites are air-conditioned.

Food and drink
Candlelight in a Day Spa treatment room, beside a carved mirror and a small table set with oils.

Artesian

ReviveSpa, mineral waters, indoor attractions

Warm mineral water from the Great Artesian Basin. Give the heat of the day to the springs or the spa.

The Cunnamulla hot springs are a five-minute walk. Day Spa treatments draw on honey, eucalyptus, native botanicals and artesian water.

Explore the Day Spa

Evening

A small group gathers on a red dirt track beside the river, under tall gums.

Golden Hour

ReturnTours out again, river

When the heat drops, everyone heads back out, and so do the birds.

Local guides lead tours through the outback country around Cunnamulla.

Outback tours
Late light on still water, gums reflected along the bank.

Sunset

GatherDrinks as the light goes

Pull up a chair and watch it go. The sky does the entertaining.

The bar pours locally brewed craft beers, and the walk-in bottle shop is beside the hotel rooms.

Restaurant and bar
Play the sunset film, 11 sec

Best table in the house has no roof.

Night

The hotel garden in the evening: a long table and yellow stools under strings of lights, bell tents on the lawn beyond.

Long Table

ShareDinner and good company

The dining room and bar bring people together, just as they always have in Cunnamulla.

The menu changes with the seasons and local produce, and all dietary requirements can be catered for.

Menus
Two people stand on the garden lawn looking up at a sky full of stars, beside a glowing bell tent.

Night Sky

WonderStars, grass underfoot

Leave a little room for looking up. Out here there is little light to compete with the stars.

Glamping suites sit in the rear garden, under the outback sky.

Glamping suites

Enter as strangers, leave as friends.

Your stay

A heritage hotel suite with a carved timber bed and red velvet curtains framing the ensuite door.

Hotel suites

Heritage rooms in the hotel itself, air-conditioned for summer.

King, Deluxe King and Queen suites, each with an ensuite, L’Occitane toiletries and bathrobes.

Explore hotel suites
Inside a bell tent: a made bed with an ornate bedhead under the canvas, beside the centre pole and a reading lamp.

Glamping suites

Bell tents on the garden lawn, with the night outside your door.

Queen, King and Family options, each with a private ensuite and outdoor seating.

Explore glamping suites

Come by road or by air

Drive into Cunnamulla, or fly Rex from Brisbane. Let us know how you plan to arrive when you enquire.

Check room availability on the hotel’s booking page

Plan your summer stay

Season opens 1 December.

Tell us who is coming, when you have in mind and what you would like to make time for.

Send us a note and we will be in touch. Any times you have added to your day go with it.

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