The 3 Sisters Motel at Katoomba, photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. A vine climbs from the paving and spreads across the walkway roof in front of rooms 14 and 15, red brick and cream doors behind it and a potted conifer at the end.

3 Sisters Motel, Katoomba

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 13s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The 3 Sisters Motel at Katoomba, photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. A modest motel with a cottage at the south end of town, 7 minutes' walk from the Three Sisters lookout. Red brick, drawn curtains, a vine growing up the wall, and a car park in front of the rooms.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: 3 Sisters Motel, Katoomba
Series: Hotel Motel 101
Catalogue: HMO-023
Process: Giclée
Captured: 4 April 2018
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 13s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 24 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 297 × 210 mm
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The 3 Sisters Motel at Katoomba carries its full property frontage in this photograph. A modest motel with a cottage at the south end of town, it sits 7 minutes' walk from the Three Sisters lookout. Red brick runs along the back of the car park with the room doors facing forward, the curtains drawn behind each window and a vine growing up the wall. The car park is empty. The mountain air is cool.

The 3 Sisters Motel at Katoomba was photographed at 00:48 on 4 April 2018, on the western run of Hotel Motel 101. The project covered 101 traditional Australian motor inns across three sweeps out of Sydney in late March and early April 2018: south on the Hume Highway, north on the Pacific, west on the Great Western through the Blue Mountains. Drive-thru reception, parking in front of the rooms, low rise. The Katoomba name carries the Blue Mountains' best-known landmark, the Three Sisters rock formation visible from Echo Point a short walk from the motel's front door.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

At the south end of town, this modest motel with a cottage is 7 minutes' walk from the Three Sisters lookout point, 1.3 km from the Katoomba Scenic Railway and 10 km from Wentworth Falls. The low-key rooms feature free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, tea and coffeemaking facilities, and room service; some add minifridges. The 3-bedroom cottage offers a full kitchen, a dining room, a deck and a garden. Breakfast is available for a surcharge. Additional amenities include a bar and grill restaurant with a terrace, as well as BBQ facilities and picnic tables. Parking is free. $103 - $110 per night.

Brett Patman

The series

Hotel Motel 101

103 photographs

Hotel Motel 101 is a series of photographs of 101 roadside motels in New South Wales, all within 170 km of Sydney: across the city, out to the Central Coast, over the Blue Mountains to Lithgow and through the Illawarra to Kiama. They were photographed at night from 29 March to 12 April 2018. The frames show numbered doors and curtained windows facing the car park, outside stairs to upper walkways, chairs by the doors and lit motel signs.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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