There is a particular hour on the Hume when the coffee has stopped working and the radio has started repeating itself. You are two hours out of Sydney, an hour short of Canberra, and the sensible thing is to stop.
Posthouse Motor Lodge sits on Lagoon Street, on the edge of the CBD. Thirty-eight rooms, free off-street parking, and check-in available around the clock, so pulling in at eleven at night is not a problem anyone has to solve at the desk. Reception itself runs 7am to 9pm.
The Rooms
Six types, which between them cover most of the reasons people end up in Goulburn overnight.
The Executive Spa Suite is the one to book if the stop is the point rather than the interruption. King bed, a two person spa in the ensuite, and a balcony to sit out on.
The Deluxe Family Room takes four without anyone drawing the short straw: a queen for the parents, two king singles, and a couch and table so the room works as somewhere to sit rather than just somewhere to sleep.
The Deluxe Twin suits two adults plus a third person or a child, with a queen and a king single. The Deluxe Queen does the straightforward version for two.
There are Standard Double and Standard Twin rooms as well, and interconnecting rooms if you are travelling in a group and would rather not be spread across the property.
Every room has free Wi-Fi, tea and coffee, a bar fridge, a safe, a hairdryer, and an iron and board. The twins and queens keep a desk, which matters more than it sounds if you are here for work and have something to finish before morning.
Dinner Without Getting Back in the Car Home
98 Thai sits on site, so dinner can be a walk across the car park rather than another drive.
Worth Knowing
Special requests and interconnecting rooms are handled by the motel directly. , so it is worth ringing rather than working it out through a booking site.
