MJ McMahon Motel
Highlights
- Experience contemporary comfort in 26 thoughtfully designed rooms that blend modern decor with local coal mining heritage.
- Relax in king/twin configurations featuring walk-in showers, ensuring a convenient and comfortable stay for every guest.
- Enjoy free Wi-Fi and secure onsite parking, making your visit hassle-free while exploring Wonthaggi's vibrant local scene.
- Indulge in dining and social spaces at the nearby Wonthaggi Workers Club, enhancing your stay with local flavours and community spirit.
MJ McMahon Motel sits in the heart of Wonthaggi, offering guests a modern retreat with touches of local character. With 26 rooms, the motel blends contemporary decor with historical imagery that reflects the region’s rich coal mining heritage.
Each room is thoughtfully designed for comfort and convenience. Guests will find king/twin configurations, walk-in showers, and both heating and cooling.
Free Wi-Fi and onsite parking are provided. Many rooms open to courtyards, and upper-level rooms feature balconies accessible by lift.
The motel is affiliated with the Wonthaggi Workers Club, where visitors can enjoy dining, social spaces and event facilities. Its location also provides easy access to local shops, cafes, beaches, and regional attractions such as Phillip Island and Wilsons Promontory.
MJ McMahon Motel stands out for its mix of modern comfort and regional soul. Guests experience a clean, contemporary stay enriched with local stories, supported by warm service and a prime location in Wonthaggi’s centre.
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Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- A choice of wheelchair accessible accommodation rooms (Guest may wish to know if you have a choice of wheelchair accessible rooms, such as single room / studio apartment / apartment / cottage / quality / views, etc. Wheelchairs require a 1600mm x 2200mm width area to turn around and require step free access.).
- Step free access to room (Entrance to the room wheelchair accessible with step free greater than 5mm or has a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm length).
- A lever handle on the door (easier to use).
- Enough space for a wheelchair to move around three sides of a double king sized bed (A pathway of 1200mm minimum width is required for wheelchair access).
- A kitchen area and desk which is accessible for a person at seated height or is height adjustable.
- A wheelchair accessible bathroom (Entrance to bathroom must have step free greater than 5mm or a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm. Bathrooms dimensions must be no less than 2000mm X 2500mm. Have a hobless (step free) shower recess. Shower recess must have at least 1100 x 1100mm clear area for wheelchair access (no door). Have a slip resistant fold down seat or fixed seat in shower .Seat must be at least 900mm long.).
- A lever handle on bathroom door.
- A shower curtain (no door).
- Grabrails in shower recess (can be removable and height adjustable).
- A handheld shower hose (should be at least 1500mm long).
- Allows space around toilet for a wheelchair (A space of at least 900mm width beside the toilet pan and 1200mm clearance in front of the toilet pan is required).
- Grabrails provided adjacent to the toilet.
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