The Berserker Range: Rockhampton's Backyard Mountains
The Berserker Range: Rockhampton's Backyard Mountains. 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.
The Berserker Range rises immediately behind Rockhampton's northern suburbs, providing the elevated landscape that the flat river-plain city does not naturally contain and that the range's proximity makes accessible as the morning walk, the mountain-bike ride, or the sunset-drive destination that the accommodation's location minutes from the range enables without the planning and the travel time that more distant natural features demand. Mount Archer National Park occupies the range's central section, the summit access road climbing through the dry vine-thicket vegetation to the lookout platforms whose panoramic views extend across the city, the Fitzroy River system, the coastal plain to the east, and the pastoral country stretching west. The vegetation on the range includes the semi-evergreen vine thicket that the limestone and the volcanic geology support — the ecosystem whose botanical diversity exceeds the open woodland of the surrounding lowlands and whose conservation significance the national park status protects. The walking tracks on the range provide the bushwalking that varies from the short lookout walks of 20-30 minutes to the longer ridge trails whose half-day commitment rewards the fitness level that the elevation change demands. The birdlife in the range's vegetation is more diverse than the city's parks — the forest-dependent species whose habitat requirements the range's continuous canopy provides. Drive to the summit for the sunset when the western sky illuminates and the city lights emerge below as the darkness settles on the river plain.
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.