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Pegasus Motor Inn is a Hamilton motel that earns third place by being close and well equipped for its size. Our routing puts the cruise terminal 8.0 road miles (12.8 km) away, about 18 minutes with no traffic, and Brisbane's tourism listing adds a pool, a spa and a sauna to the restaurant on the hotel's own site.
Read its cruise wording with care: the site names a terminal differently from the Port of Brisbane's current one, so any minutes it prints don't apply to Pinkenba. Its only transfer name is Con-x-ion, for the airport, with no fare.
There are about 50 rooms, from standard rooms to Family Motel Suites and one-bedroom serviced apartments. A secure carpark is listed with no price, and check-in is 2 p.m. with check-out at 10 a.m., both from the tourism listing.
I'd book it for the pool and a plain bed near the ship — and I'd ask the motel how it would get you to Pinkenba.
Pegasus fits if
- A pool and an on-site restaurant in a motel sound right, as the listing describes them.
- Family suites or a serviced apartment would suit your group.
- You'd rather sleep in Hamilton, close to the ship by road, not in the city.
Pass on it if
- You need the hotel to run you to the terminal.
- You need the pool confirmed by the motel itself, not by a tourism listing.
- A site with older cruise wording makes you uneasy.
Pegasus's 40: distance and a pool
Distance earns 30 of 30 and the pool and restaurant earn the evening 10 of 15; everything else is zero, so the total is 40 on a scale that tops out at 100.
A motel in Hamilton, eight miles out
Both legs here come with a blank where the fare or the ride should be.
The site names Con-x-ion as an airport transfer partner and prints no fare or times. Ask what a transfer costs before you rely on it.
No ride to the cruise terminal is listed at all.
From BNE without a hotel shuttle
By our routing Brisbane Airport is about 4.5 road miles from Pegasus Motor Inn, roughly 11 minutes with no traffic. Ignore the site's cruise minutes and plan on about 18 by road.
Nothing documents a ride to the terminal. The Port of Brisbane lists Con-x-ion among its shuttle operators, and the motel doesn't say it arranges that ride.
Driving? The carpark is listed as secure, and there's no price.
The motel lists no shuttle of its own to the ship.
Landing on sail day? Skip Pegasus and ride straight to the terminal; the airport page does the sums.
Which terminal
the cruise terminalOn our routing Pegasus is 8.0 road miles (12.8 km) from the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal, whatever its own site says about minutes. The lines that call are in our Brisbane cruise guide.
Source: portbris.com.auDistance
~8.0 road mi, our routingThe site gives a five-minute figure to a terminal it names differently from the Port of Brisbane's current one, so we leave it out. Our routing: 8.0 road miles (12.8 km) to the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal, about 18 minutes with no traffic.
Source: pegasusmotorinn.com.auThe ride
No ride to the terminal listedCon-x-ion shows up on the port's list and not on the motel's, so no ride is documented.
Source: pegasusmotorinn.com.auTo the ship
No shuttle statedBook a taxi and go by our routing, not the site's minutes.
Source: pegasusmotorinn.com.auA motel breakfast, then a taxi
Pegasus is a motel with a restaurant, so breakfast is on the premises — how you reach Pinkenba is what the site doesn't answer.
The restaurant is on site, and the pool and spa come from the tourism listing.
Nothing on the site covers the terminal run — book the taxi the night before.
There's a breakfast menu — whether a rate includes it isn't said.
Ask reception whether the motel arranges the ride to Pinkenba — and get a time from them.
Driving? The carpark price is a question for reception.
Restaurant, pool, spa and sauna: what the listing adds
The evening
Pool · Food or bar on siteAn on-site restaurant with breakfast, dinner and drinks menus. Brisbane's tourism listing adds a swimming pool and a spa and sauna.
Breakfast
Breakfast served, price not statedThe on-site restaurant has a breakfast menu, per the hotel's site, and the rate question stays open.
Address
Nudgee Road, Hamilton71 Nudgee Road, Hamilton QLD 4007
Hotel website
What the site and the listing print
Check-in is 2 p.m. and check-out 10 a.m., per Brisbane's tourism listing. The motel's own site prints neither.
Check-in and check-out
Minimum age
Not stated by the hotel.
Extra fees
Not stated
Wi-Fi
Not stated
Parking for your stay
A secure carpark, per Brisbane's tourism listing — no price
Breakfast
The restaurant has a breakfast menu — the site doesn't say whether it's in a rate
Pool
A swimming pool and a spa and sauna, per Brisbane's tourism listing
Pets
The pages we read for Pegasus Motor Inn don't mention pets.
Food and drink on site
- On-site restaurantBreakfast, dinner and drinks menus
Rooms
About 50 rooms: standard, Deluxe Queen, Twin, Family Motel Suites and one-bedroom serviced apartments.
Accessibility
Pegasus Motor Inn’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms — so call before you book one.
On site
- EV chargingNot stated
- Guest laundryNot stated
- GymNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Its site and the tourism listing still name an older cruise terminal
A secure carpark, price unknown
Guest parking
Guest parking not statedA secure carpark, per Brisbane's tourism listing — the price isn't stated.
Source: visit.brisbane.qld.auAt the terminal
Wilson lots A$31 to A$46 a day (about US$20 to US$30)Leaving the car for the sailing instead? Wilson's P2 lot is A$64 (about US$45) for three days prepaid, as of Oct 6, 2026. The parking page covers the others.
Source: wilsonparking.com.auThree things to ask Pegasus
What's printed
- Room types run from standard to one-bedroom serviced apartments.
- Check-in is 2 p.m. and check-out 10 a.m., on the tourism listing's word.
- The site and the tourism listing still describe a terminal the Port of Brisbane doesn't name — so don't rely on any cruise-terminal minutes on them.
- Neither the site nor the listing prints a rate — so ask for the total before you pay.
Still unconfirmed
- Any ride to the current terminal
- Parking price
- Breakfast terms
- Pet rules
The pool and spa come from Brisbane's tourism listing, and the site's cruise wording doesn't match the port's. We counted the pool, and say so on the hub.
Pools and a shuttle among the nearest hotels
If you stay: the Brisbane cruise guide, the parking page and the splurge list.
A pool and a plain bed in Hamilton.
Tell us your sail date and we'll check Pegasus Motor Inn and ask how guests reach the current terminal. No charge on the form.
Pegasus questions: the old terminal wording, the pool, parking
Does Pegasus Motor Inn run a shuttle to the cruise terminal?
Neither its site nor the tourism listing says so. The only name on offer is Con-x-ion, for the airport, with no fare, so ask the motel about Pinkenba directly.
Why does Pegasus Motor Inn name a different cruise terminal?
Its site and the tourism listing still describe a terminal the Port of Brisbane doesn't name now. We don't use their minutes. The current terminal is at 1 Cruise Terminal Drive, Pinkenba.
Is there a pool at Pegasus Motor Inn?
Brisbane's tourism listing says there's a swimming pool, and a spa and sauna. The listing is our only source for them, so ask before you pack for it.
What kinds of room does Pegasus Motor Inn have?
About 50 rooms: standard, Deluxe Queen and Twin rooms, Family Motel Suites and one-bedroom serviced apartments. Sizes aren't printed.
Can I park at Pegasus Motor Inn?
The tourism listing mentions a secure carpark and no price. Ask what it costs and if you can leave a car through the cruise.
Pegasus, checked properly?
Send your line and sail date. We'll ask Pegasus Motor Inn what it does for guests heading to Pinkenba, then price the night. No obligation.
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