Beef Australia: The Nation's Biggest Beef Event
Beef Australia: The Nation's Biggest Beef Event. Cityville Apartments & Motel is the central Rockhampton base for visitors building a Rocky-and-Capricorn-Coast trip — 21-23 Bolsover Street, central CBD, two minutes' walk from the Fitzroy River and Quay Street's heritage dining strip, with self-contained apartments, motel rooms and townhouses suited to families, FIFO workers, corporate stays and weekenders alike.
Beef Australia is the triennial exposition held in Rockhampton that constitutes the nation's premier beef industry event — the week-long gathering of producers, processors, equipment manufacturers, researchers, and industry participants from across Australia and internationally whose combined presence transforms Rockhampton into the centre of the Australian beef industry for the event's duration. The exposition is held at the Rockhampton Showgrounds, the venue whose scale accommodates the livestock displays, the trade exhibitions, the competition arenas, and the educational and networking programmes that the event's comprehensive scope includes.
The livestock displays showcase the breeding excellence that the Central Queensland pastoral industry produces — the stud cattle whose genetics represent decades of selective breeding, the commercial cattle whose quality reflects the production standards that the Australian beef industry maintains, and the breed competitions whose judging provides the industry benchmarking that producer improvement depends on. The trade exhibition includes the equipment, the technology, the services, and the innovations that the beef supply chain — from paddock to plate — relies on. For the visitor whose timing coincides with the triennial event, Beef Australia provides the immersive experience of the industry that the Beef Capital title represents. Book accommodation months in advance — the event fills every room in Rockhampton and the surrounding region.
Where to stay in Rockhampton
Cityville Apartments & Motel sits in the heart of Rockhampton CBD on the Fitzroy River. The property combines compact motel-style studio apartments for solo travellers and FIFO workers, larger 1 bedroom apartments and 2 bedroom apartments for couples and small families, and riverfront apartments for premium stays. Free undercover parking, on-site pool and BBQ, reception staffed during business hours with after-hours key-box pickup arranged by phone, and walking distance to Quay Street's restaurants and the Fitzroy foreshore.
For trip-type guidance see the family rooms guide, the FIFO accommodation guide, and the long-stay accommodation page; or browse all rooms on the accommodation comparison page.
Related reading
- Things to do in Rockhampton
- Rockhampton dining guide
- accommodation
- Rockhampton events calendar
- three-day Rockhampton and coast itinerary
- Capricorn Caves visitor guide
Book direct at Cityville
Book direct at cityville.com.au for the best available rate — no booking fees, no third-party markups. Or phone reception on (07) 4922 8322. Group bookings (5+ rooms) and corporate enquiries to bookings@cityville.com.au.