A grand hotel at the heart of the west.
Good food, good company, and a warm outback welcome at Charleville’s most famous landmark — a 1929 country hotel where royalty, prime ministers and pioneering aviators have all stayed, and where the long bar still pours a cold one to this day.
A grand country hotel, the same as it’s always been.
Hotel Corones is not a sleek modern hotel and never has been. Built in 1929 by a young migrant who arrived with little but ambition, it opened as a marvel of the western plains — and has been the beating heart of Charleville ever since. The ceilings soar, the verandahs run wide, and Harry Corones’ initials still watch over the room from the bar pillars.
Come for a night on the long road west. Come for a steak and a cold beer at the famous bar. Come to sleep in a room that royalty and aviators once knew. We’ll keep the lights on for you.
Three Reasons to Stay
In the heart of Charleville.
Hotel Corones stands on Wills Street in the centre of Charleville — the historic crossroads of outback Queensland, where the Mulga Lands meet some of the clearest night skies in the country. Step out the front door and you’re minutes from the Cosmos Centre, the Bilby Experience, the WWII Secret Base and the gum-lined Warrego River.
It’s a corner of Queensland where the light turns gold at dusk, where the welcome is genuine, and where the old hotel has been looking after travellers for the better part of a century.
More About CharlevilleA room for every kind of traveller
From grand heritage suites to comfortable, recently modernised motel rooms — fifty in all. Pick the one that fits the way you travel.
The Harry Corones Suite
The hotel’s namesake suite, dressed in the quiet grandeur Harry Corones himself would have known. Here the ceilings soar, the light…
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The Princess Alexandra Suite
Our most indulgent retreat, tucked high among the rooftops with its own private deck and a period-style spa bath made for long,…
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The Kingsford Smith & Amy Johnson Suites
Named for the aviators who once touched down in Charleville and were welcomed beneath this very roof, these rooftop suites pair…
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A drink at the bar that built a town.
When it was built, this was one of the longest bars in the southern hemisphere — and it is still one of the great Charleville experiences. Pair it with the best steak and seafood in the west, served in the grand old dining room. Open daily.
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