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The Highwayman Hotel is ten minutes out of Palmerston going to Ranfurly on State Highway 85 in a town called Dunback. The owner is Don Mckeeaghen. He has owned it for two and a half years. To stay a night at the hotel it is $100 for a double bed, bathroom (shower) and T.V. It is $50 a night for a room with a double or single bed only.
Upstairs for the people that stay in the $50 rooms there is a bathroom with a shower and a toilet with a basin. It has drawers and towel for both. Just a little while ago there was a bar built onto the hotel.

History

There used to be a morgue out the back for the gold miners that died. Due to this there are two friendly ghosts that help the cleaners and when you take a photo they are usually there.

The hotel is a great place to go because it has comfortable bedrooms and lovely meals and is an historic building.

The Moirs were one of the first owners. It was built in 1862 by Mr Park Hill because of all the people that rushed into Palmerston for their gold mining and farming jobs at this time.

So if you are ever heading along State Highway 85 towards Central Otago stop in for a night at the Highwayman Hotel for a lovely meal, a nice comfortable sleep and possibly a look at a ghost!!

This is the single bedroom.

Here is the comfortable bar

Here is the owner Don