Choice of Hotel or Motel accommodation; excellent home cooked meals in the
restaurant and wide range of beverages behind the bar.
The Exchange Hotel on the southern end of the town’s main street is a testament
to the town’s early prosperity. Built in 1907, the hotel is a brick double storey
building with an elaborate plaster pediment on the front façade. Although the
original verandas' have been replaced by an awning, the building retains a high
level of original details both externally and internally. The building contains
original lead lights, fine jarrah detailing including the staircase and balustrade.
Look for the original pressed tin ceilings. The building is typical of hotels built in
the late 1800’s and early 1900’s in Western Australia. Today it boasts simple but
comfortable accommodation, an excellent dining room and Stinton’s Café.
An area of subsidence at the rear of the Exchange Hotel has puzzled many
residents. Some believe it is the remnants of an old mine tunnel which,
fortuitously for thirsty miners, surfaced at the rear of the hotel.
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