We did have a giggle reading this article by Kimberley Seedy in the Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader. Apparently, our artwork is a FAKE (OMG, shock horror!), why didn't someone tell us that it wasn't a real hotel? A public open … [Read more...]
Hyatt Place Caribbean Park
Hyatt Place Melbourne Caribbean Park – An unexpected urban oasis. Opening in Q1 2022, Hyatt Place Melbourne Caribbean Park will set a new standard of accommodation located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, a mere 27 … [Read more...]
Manon van Kouswijk: Peninsula Pearls
A new artwork is coming* to Eastlink.. Peninsula Pearls by Manon van Kouswijk located at the Skye Road exit ramp. The new sculpture will replace Michael Riddle's Iconoclast as part of a series of 14 commissions over 25 years to 2037, … [Read more...]
Callum Morton’s remarkable Hotel on EastLink
In a new series, The Age is asking prominent Victorian artists and leaders to talk about their favourite local works. This week, Charlotte Day, director of Monash University Museum of Art, has nominated Callum Morton’s Hotel on … [Read more...]
Alex Wise Photography: Eastlink Hotel by Callum Morton
Ever since moving over to Melbourne, trips down the coast and being by the sea are my saving grace. I love Melbourne as a city but I love getting out of it and exploring the coastline. It reminds me of home in a sense that it feels … [Read more...]
Violent Femmes – Hotel Last Resort
Hotel Last Resort is the tenth studio album by American rock band Violent Femmes. The album was released on July 26, 2019, by Add It Up Productions and PIAS Recordings Violent Femmes - Hotel Last Resort (Official Lyric Video) The … [Read more...]
HYATT HOTEL DEVELOPMENT SET FOR MELBOURNE’S SOUTH-EAST
Caribbean Park has announced the development of a Hyatt Place hotel in Melbourne’s south-east, directly accessible from EastLink. Construction will commence later this year (2019) and will include 170 rooms, a café, grab-and-go food … [Read more...]
Eastlink hotel: From Wikipedia
The EastLink hotel is a sculpture designed by Callum Morton.[1] It was unveiled on 27 November 2007 and cost $1.2 million (AUD) to construct. It is situated along ConnectEast, a section of the EastLink (toll road), located in … [Read more...]
Hotel proposed for Eastlink
The ConEast Group consortium that operates EastLink announces plans to move into the hotel industry by building hotels on its road network. The consortium is expanding it's portfolio and looking to open hotels across Australia. So far … [Read more...]
Which Artwork?
We found this fabulous discussion in the Frankston Standard Leader. Which of these seven tollway artworks sparks the most discussion in your car? It is said that the compiler of the Oxford Dictionary once remarked: “The word ‘art’ … [Read more...]
EastLink Art
ConnectEast has invested $5M to create an outstanding sculpture park along EastLink. Four major artworks are prominently located on the roadside, while eight smaller artworks along the EastLink Trail are waiting for you to … [Read more...]
Endgame Review: Set design by Callum Morton
The infamous Eastlink Hotel highway installation – bleakly funny, original, clever, strange, alluring. A play by Samuel Beckett, Endgame is playing at Southbank Theatre until 25 April 2015. Set design by Callum Morton Endgame Review … [Read more...]
Alex Wise: Eastlink Hotel by Callum Morton
Ever since moving over to Melbourne, trips down the coast and being by the sea are my saving grace. I love Melbourne as a city but I love getting out of it and exploring the coastline. It reminds me of home in a sense that it feels … [Read more...]
Luke Darcy thought the Eastlink Hotel was real, did you?
Triple M The Hot Breakfast's Luke Darcy got a bit of a surprise when he opened the Herald Sun to page three today and saw that the Eastlink Hotel was not in fact a hotel but a work of art. "I'm looking for a bit of support in regards to … [Read more...]
Callum Morton Bus Tour
Not sure how many artists in Melbourne would warrant a bus tour. Meadmore? King? The bus tour organised by Heide on Saturday coincides with Morton’s exhibition at Heide III, which is by his own admission a bit of a theme-park. He jokes … [Read more...]
Hotel on Melbourne’s Eastlink
Hotel by Callum Morton. On Eastlink. Melbourne. Victoria. Flickr Hotel by Callum Morton is located in an open field beside the East Link Freeway, Melbourne, Australia Hotel is a large scale model of a high rise hotel in an … [Read more...]
EastLink Advert
EastLink ad - bypasses 45 traffic lights EastLink television commercial featuring some of the more than 45 traffic lights bypassed when using EastLink. Found on YouTube … [Read more...]
Permission: YES
The most frequently asked question: can we use the images, photographs found on eastlinkhotel.com.au ? In a word = YES! A backlink, found on, credit would be greatly apreciated. EASTLINK HOTEL GALLERY View Gallery … [Read more...]
Freeway art; yeah, whatever…
On the drive to Flinders, Lizzie took Granny and the Gang along the EastLink, past the ubiquitous offerings of freeway…er…art. Yeah, well, whatever. Perhaps we can live in hope that the GFC will stem the tide of all that conceptual … [Read more...]
A trip on EastLink will cost, but it’ll be a cultural experience
MELBOURNE's reputation as a city possessed by the arts was strengthened yesterday as the EastLink Freeway's $5.5 million public art collection was unveiled. Motorists may well have to pay to use the freeway, scheduled to open next year, … [Read more...]
Look, but don’t stop when it comes to artwork
A FAKE $1.2 million hotel will be one of four major public artworks lining EastLink to be unveiled today. The 20m-high Hotel, described by its artist as a "giant folly", will sit in an open paddock in Dandenong South. The 12m-by-5m … [Read more...]