The Poplars Motel in Mittagong offers well appointed accommodation with a combination of motel style suites and self-contained apartments. Poplars is a great option whether you're coming to the Southern Highlands for business or pleasure.

At Poplars Motel, we have beautiful English gardens and rooms open via french doors onto wide verandahs. All accommodation has air conditioning, kitchenette with toaster, kettle, microwave, electric blankets, hair dryer, remote colour tv, free Austar and fax facilities. Come and enjoy our friendly service where every guest has a name not a number.

Things to do in Mittagong and the NSW Southern Highlands

Mittagong is a lovely country town a short drive from Sydney. Mittagong is a much more relaxed town now there is a freeway by-pass. It is a quiet rural location on the Old Hume Highway. The Poplars Motel is situated at the entrance to the Southern Highlands. Enjoy a picnic at peaceful Lake Alexandra, feed the ducks and take a peaceful stroll around the lake. Browse the antique shops and second-hand stores, visit the galleries and hobby stores, explore the open gardens, purchase local produce.

• Play a round of golf at the Highlands Golf Club
• Shop for antiques at the Mittagong Antiques Centre with 45 antique dealers under one roof or try Japanache for Japanese antiques, art and textiles warehouse
• Take the family to see the model trains at All Aboard Braemar Model Railways
• Ride in a Heritage Steam Train at the Thirlmere Rail Heritage Centre on the first and third Sundays of the month, from March through November, departing Thirlmere Station
• Visit the Bradman Museum of Cricket open 10am - 5pm daily
• On Wednesdays you can indulge in a proper High Tea at Fitzroy Inn Restaurant
• Browse for books at Berkelouw Books, Australia's largest rare, out-of-print, and secondhand bookseller
• Discover Australia's first iron works, Fitz Roy Iron Works historical site at Highlands Marketplace.
• Experience a natural high at the Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk, a 500 metre long, 25 metre high elevated tree top walk with a 45 metre high lookout over the Illawarra Escarpment
• View an exhibition or take contemporary craft and art classes at Sturt Winter School
• Take a trip down the Southern Highlands Wine Trail and explore the many boutique wineries in the region

Finding Our Mittagong Motel

Poplars Motel is a colonial style motel on 3 acres situated on Old Hume Highway 4 kilometres north of Mittagong, 2 minutes from the Hume Freeway. 1 hour to Sydney, 45 minutes to the Coast.