The Clarinda Motel accommodation in Parkes offers friendly country hospitality in a typical bed and breakfast motel. We are only 25 kilometres from the Parkes Radio Telescope.

Our Parkes motel has 21 units, mostly ground floor, including double, twin and family rooms. Facilities on site include a swimming pool and off street parking.

Clarinda Motel is on the road to Orange and only 600 metres from Parkes town centre with clubs and shops. All accommodation is non smoking. Our motel has Direct Dial Phones and Wireless Internet available. Sorry no pets are allowed at the Clarinda Motel.

Things to see and do in Parkes:

The town of Parkes is situated on undulating plains west of the NSW Great Dividing Range. Parkes is a progressive country town and home to the CSIRO's radio telescope better known as "The Dish", after ithe Australian movie of the same name. The views of Parkes from Memorial Hill are spectacular.

Parkes NSW has much to offer the visitor. The Parkes Elvis Festival is held annually on the 2nd weekend in January attracting 100's of Elvis impersonators. The Parkes Country Music Spectacular is held on the Labour Day long weekend in October.

If you prefer something more attune with nature take a hike through the Goobang National Park. Smell the roses on a visit to the lavender and rose gardens at Tyndall's Lavender Corner. If history is more to your liking, then a visit to the Pioneer Park Antique Machinery Museum is where you will see some great examples of early farm machinery, including the only Reins tractor in Australia.

Finding Our Parkes Motel

Parkes is situated 265 kilometres west of Sydney. If you are travelling from Orange, Clarinda Motel is the first motel on the left hand side.