BEST WESTERN GREAT WESTERN MOTEL

ON-SITE SERVICES AND FACILITIES -
TRUCK/RV PARKING
-COMPLIMENTARY COFFEE. BOTTLED OR CANNED WATER
AVAILABLE.
OFF-SITE SERVICES AND FACILITIES -
BANK / BANKING
ON-SITE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES -
SWIMMING BAR
HAIR DRYER
LOUNGE
NONSMOKING RMS
PARKING
RESTAURANTS
SWIMMING POOL

-(T)-TOURIST CLASS HOTEL PROPERTY TYPE - HOTEL
COME TO THE BEST WESTERN GREAT WESTERN MOTEL AND
DISCOVER THE HISTORIC TOWN OF NORSEMAN, THE GATEWAY
TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND THE NULLARBOR. LOCATED 726
KILOMETERS EAST OF PERTH AND 278 MILES ABOVE SEA
LEVEL, NORSEMAN IS THE LAST MAJOR TOWN IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA BEFORE HEADING EAST ACROSS THE NULLARBOR
PLAIN.
THE QUEST FOR GOLD IN THE KALGOORLIE-COOLGARDIE
AREA LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NORSEMAN. THE
FIRST DISCOVERIES IN THE AREA WERE MADE IN 1892 ON
WHAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE "DUNDAS FIELD" AND THE
TOWN WHICH SPRANG UP IN THIS HARSH AND INHOSPITABLE
ENVIRONMENT WAS CALLED "DUNDAS", FOR THE LACK OF
ANYTHING BETTER. TWO YEARS LATER THE TOWN WAS NAMED
NORSEMAN AFTER A HORSE OWNED BY A PROSPECTOR NAMED
LAURIE SINCLAIR.
NORSEMAN GREW RAPIDLY, PROCLAIMED A TOWN IN 1895,
WAS CONNECTED TO THE TELEGRAPH IN 1896, AND BY 1905
HAD A POPULATION OF 3000.
THE AREA SUFFERED ACUTELY FROM A SHORTAGE OF WATER
AND AN ISOLATION FROM MAJOR CENTRES. HOUSES WERE
BUILT OUT OF ANYTHING MINERS COULD FIND AND
RAINWATER WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY DISTILLING SALTWATER
FROM THE NUMEROUS LAKES IN THE REGION.
AREA SERVICES IMPROVED SLOWLY. THE RAILWAY ARRIVED
IN 1927, RELIABLE WATER CAME IN 1936 AND THE
SOUTHERN ROAD THROUGH ESPERANCE AND PORT AUGUSTA
WAS UPGRADED IN 1941.
MODERN NORSEMAN IS BASICALLY A LARGE, SPRAWLING
TOWN DRIVEN BY MINING AND TOURISM.

ROOMS- 10 FLOORS- 1
NBR OF NON-SMOKING ROOMS- 5
ROOM AMENITIES FOR ALL ROOMS -
AM/FM ALARM CLOCK / COFFEE/TEA MAKER / DATAPORT /
HAIRDRYER / REFRIGERATOR / REMOTE CONTROL TV / SAFE
SOME - NO SMOKING ROOM

KGI AIRPORT 200 KM/124.3 MI S
EPR AIRPORT 164 KM/101.9 MI N
LNO AIRPORT 370 KM/229.9 MI S
ALH AIRPORT 478 KM/297 MI NE
MMG AIRPORT 589 KM/366 MI SE
AREA - BY HIGHWAY
PRIMARY LOCAL POINT OF INTEREST - NORSEMAN
NSM
DOLL & TOY MUSEUM 1 KM/0.6 MI N
ESPERANCE 250 KM/155.4 MI N
KALGOORLIE 200 KM/124.3 MI S
LAKE COWAN AND LAKE DUNDAS 32 KM/19.9 MI N
MOUNT JIMBERLANA 5 KM/3.1 MI W
NORSEMAN HISTORICAL COLLECTION1 KM/0.6 MI N
PERTH 725 KM/450.5 MI E