Awesome motel

[turboNZ]

Bridgy and I were watching the Travel Channel on Sky when we came across a segment on NZ (as from an overseas point of view).
So, we thought, what the hell, lets have a look.

What we both found extremely interesting was a family that run a motel in Waitomo.
What's great about that I hear you say.

Well,...the motel is a retired Bristol Freighter !!!!

Has anyone ever stayed there?
We've definitely put it on our to do list.

[fletcherfu24]

www.woodlynpark.co.nz/planemotel.html

[turboNZ]

Yes, that's the one.
MY KIND OF MOTEL !!!

[FlyNavy]

Chat to an old A4G maintainer (not me) here (fairly exotic location whilst hovering):
www.broomehovercraft.com.au/

[Peter Lewis]

turbonz said:

Has anyone ever stayed there?

We stayed there a couple of years ago.
The Freighter is actually in two self-contained apartments, we took the extended family and hired both.
Got lots of pics and did mean to do a writeup at that time, but never got a round tuit.
The owners also had a railcar fitted out in a similar fashion, and I understand that since our visit they have created a 'Hobbitt hole' underground apartment.