The project hotel:
new Bundaberg Hospital build.
The new Bundaberg Hospital is one of regional Queensland's largest health infrastructure projects, currently under construction at Thabeban — bringing construction management, engineering, clinical commissioning and corporate teams to town. Burnett Riverside Hotel is the project-grade base: full-service rooms, three on-site meeting rooms for project sessions, H2O for working dinners, and direct billing through Travellers Group corporate accounts. The site is 5.0 km / 8 minutes south of the hotel.
The project
The new Bundaberg Hospital is being built on a 60-hectare flood-free site off Eggmolesse Street in Thabeban, on state-owned land adjacent to the Bundaberg Ring Road, just west of Kay McDuff Drive — approximately 5 km south of the Bundaberg CBD.
The build draws a large rotating workforce to Bundaberg: principal contractor teams, sub-contractor crews, project-management and engineering consultants, IT and clinical commissioning specialists, and Queensland Health staff. Many are on 4–12-week rotations with one or two trips home; some are on multi-month engagements. The accommodation requirement is consistent — a quiet room, fast WiFi, a real desk, secure parking for a hire car or work ute, and an invoice that goes straight to the company.
For current project status, build phase and tender opportunities, see Queensland Health's official communications.
Why a full-service hotel beats serviced apartments for project teams
Honestly: serviced apartments win on per-night cost when a single person stays 28+ nights. They lose almost everywhere else.
- Meeting rooms on site. Three function rooms downstairs. You don't have to book a co-working desk in town when the project meeting overruns and the office has gone home.
- Dining downstairs. H2O Restaurant & Bar Mon–Sat from 4 pm. After a 12-hour day in Thabeban, walking 10 metres for dinner is the difference between eating well and not eating.
- Secure parking, no street. Underground, 2.2 m clearance, fob access. Work utes, hire cars, the lot. The serviced-apartment block usually means street parking and a five-minute walk.
- Same point of contact. Reception, housekeeping, laundry, invoicing — one front desk. No managing agent, no key-codes for half a dozen sub-let units.
The trade-off: a serviced apartment is cheaper if the team is on a 4-week rotation and wants self-catering only. We accept the loss on those briefs — and the team usually moves to us for the meetings anyway.
Meeting rooms for site teams
Three ground-floor function rooms:
- The Burnett Room — 136 m². Up to 70 theatre / 60 banquet. Suits project all-hands, contractor inductions, full-day workshops, training programmes.
- The Quay Room — 48 m². Up to 25 theatre / 20 banquet. Suits weekly project meetings, design reviews, commissioning sessions.
- The Vue Room — 48 m². Up to 25 theatre / 20 banquet. Same scale as the Quay Room; second concurrent room for break-outs.
Catering by H2O — coffee, working lunch, end-of-day deck drinks. Same-site accommodation upstairs for delegates who need to fly in.
Long-stay rooms & rotation handling
Kitchenette rooms — the Family Studio, the Loft Apartment, and the Two Bedroom Apartment — each include a cooktop, microwave, full-size fridge, toaster, kettle, cookware and crockery. These are the rooms we put project staff in for stays beyond a week.
For rotation patterns (e.g. 4 weeks on / 1 off, 2 on / 2 off), tell us the schedule and we'll hold the same room for return visits — same bed, same coffee machine, same view. Long-stay rates apply from 7 nights; 30+ night rates from a month.
Guest laundry on site ($4 a load, gold coins, basement) and a dry-cleaning service. Daily housekeeping with the option to skip during long stays.
Direct billing & procurement
Travellers Group corporate accounts cover all five Travellers properties — Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Emerald, Dubbo, Orange. One account, one invoice schedule, negotiated rates, recorded preferences. For an agency rotating staff across multiple Queensland regional centres, that's a single procurement relationship instead of five.
Invoice setup. Cost codes, PO references, ABN, GST separation — all standard. Tell us what your finance system needs and we'll set the invoice template accordingly. PTSS-compliant invoicing available for patient travel subsidy claims.
Email bookings@burnettriverside.com.au with your company name, ABN, expected stay volume and contact for invoicing. Setup is usually within a few business days.
Project stays — questions site teams ask.
Do you offer project long-stay rates?
Can we run weekly site meetings at the hotel?
How far is the new hospital site from the hotel?
Can you invoice to specific cost codes?
Is there secure parking?
More on our full FAQ page — including the Working stays section.
One account for the project. Direct billing.
Email bookings@burnettriverside.com.au with your project name, expected volume and contact for invoicing.
Sources & last verified. Hospital site location (Thabeban, 60-hectare site off Eggmolesse Street, adjacent to Bundaberg Ring Road, west of Kay McDuff Drive) — confirmed by Burnett Riverside Hotel reception 19 June 2026; site selection per Queensland Health announcements. For project phase, opening date and procurement updates, refer to Queensland Health's communications directly. Distance from Burnett Riverside Hotel to site measured June 2026 — see the Location page. Function-room capacities confirmed by hotel ops, 19 June 2026.