Coppabella, Queensland · Est. 2007
Coppabella Village
Boutique workforce accommodation, built around the way a swing actually works.
The town
Coppabella means
crossing place.
A small Central Queensland community, built around the railway that carries the Bowen Basin.
Coppabella sits roughly 49km from Moranbah and 159km from Mackay, with daily flights through both centres.
The town was established around the railway network that supports the Bowen Basin mining industry. It stands at the junction of the Goonyella and Saraji lines, which connect the region’s mines with the coal export terminal at Hay Point. The Goonyella to Hay Point line opened on 5 November 1971, and Coppabella Railway Station opened the same day.
Today Coppabella is wholly owned and operated by the QRI Group, and offers a good deal more than a place to stop between shifts. The town includes a service station and convenience store, an Australia Post agency, a 293-room accommodation village, residential housing, a community bar and beer garden, a 9-hole golf course, swimming pool, basketball and tennis courts, a football oval, caravan park, state school, fire brigade and town water supply.
The name was adopted by Queensland Railway at the suggestion of the General Manager, Central Division, and is said to be an Aboriginal word meaning “crossing place”.
The difference
Your room is yours. Nobody hot-beds it.
Every guest at Coppabella is guaranteed sole occupancy — one person, one room, one key, for the whole stay.
It sounds like a small thing until you’ve worked a fortnight of nights and had to share your space and sleep schedule with someone on the opposite roster. At Coppabella, sole occupancy is not an upgrade or a premium tier. It is standard across all 293 rooms, whether you’re staying casually or under contract.
Privacy is what turns a bed into rest, and rest is what your crew turns up with in the morning.
The room
Purpose-built.
Then rebuilt.
293 rooms across the village, each one a self-contained private space with its own ensuite. No shared ablution blocks, no walk across the gravel at 3am.
Private ensuite
Full bathroom in every room. Yours alone.
Air conditioning
Individually controlled. Central Queensland summers are not negotiable.
Smart television
Streaming-ready, connected to village high-speed Wi-Fi.
Bar fridge
For your own food, drinks and night-shift habits.
Sole occupancy
Guaranteed on every booking, without exception.
A 12-month staged rebuild of every room in the village
QRI Group began a full staged refurbishment of all 293 rooms in 2026. Work moves through the village in blocks, so the village stays open and operating throughout.
Hotel-quality beds
New king single or double, replacing the originals.
Two lockable wardrobes
Leave your gear on site between swings. Back-to-back and ongoing bookings keep one locked while the room turns over.
Contemporary interiors
New furnishings and finishes, specified for long stays rather than overnight ones.
The mess
The best thing
about camp
is the food.
Senior chefs, fresh produce.
Our 14-day protein plan is built around nutritional and health requirements. Each chef creates their own daily menu from it — delivering variety for guests and creativity in the kitchen.
Breakfast & crib
A full buffet breakfast, and a crib bench where you build your own lunch for the day rather than collect a pre-made bag.
All-day salad bar
Hot and cold, open right through the day alongside a fruit cabinet and homemade baked goods.
Dinner, properly cooked
A fourteen-day protein plan built around the dietary needs of a working roster — with rotating chefs writing their own daily menus inside it.
Good food away from home is not catering. It's the part of the day that makes the rest of it bearable.
The roster
A day here
runs on your
clock.
Nothing about this village assumes a nine-to-five. Services open early, run late, and stay open through the middle of the day for the crews sleeping through it.
Coffee Pot opens Now
Barista coffee from four in the morning, Monday to Friday. Before the buses, before the light.
Buffet breakfast & crib bench Now
Full hot buffet at The Veranda. Build your crib for the day on the way out.
Village quiet hours Now
Housekeeping works through the blocks. Night crews sleep. Salad bar, baked goods and the laundry stay open.
Pool, gym, golf and courts Now
Swimming pool, gym, nine-hole golf course, tennis and basketball. Busiest window of the day.
Dinner service Now
The main event. Chef-prepared, rotating menu, served at The Veranda — our main dining hall and adjacent outdoor BBQ area.
Community Club Now
Bar, beer garden, Keno, ATM and the drive-through. Where the village actually becomes one.
Night shift, out Now
Rooms stay dark and quiet. Wi-Fi doesn't sleep. Neither does the coffee, five hours from now.
Service times indicative — confirm current hours with the village team before publishing.
Facilities
Included.
Not extra.
Everything on this list is covered by the nightly rate. There is no facilities fee, no Wi-Fi charge and no laundry token machine.
And if you fancy a round — Coppabella has its own 9-hole golf course with grass greens. Green fees and club hire are available separately.
Coppabella
QRI runs
the town, too.
QRI Group owns and operates its Coppabella businesses directly. That means one operator, one standard, and one number to call — whether it's a room, a function room or a tank of fuel.
Community Club
Bar, beer garden, Keno, ATM and a drive-through bottle shop.
Community Club Nine holesCoppabella Golf Course
9-hole golf course with grass greens. Green fees and club hire available separately from Coppabella One Stop.
Visit HireCoppabella Function Centre
Training, meetings and functions, with catering from our own kitchen.
Visit Fuel & retailCoppabella One Stop
Service station, convenience store, café-style food and an Australia Post agency.
One StopThe village
Rates
All-inclusive.
One number.
Room, all meals, crib, laundry, Wi-Fi and every facility in the village. No line items, no extras, nothing to reconcile at the end of the month.
- Private room, sole occupancy
- All meals and crib lunch
- Laundry, Wi-Fi and all facilities
- Book instantly, no minimum stay
- Allocated rooms held across swings
- Dual wardrobe storage between rotations
- Consolidated monthly invoicing
- Menu and service planning with our chefs
- Double room, sole occupancy
- All meals and crib lunch
- Laundry, Wi-Fi and all facilities
- No minimum stay
Enquiries
Tell us
your roster.
Send us your crew size and rotation and we'll come back with availability and a rate. Contracted bookings are quoted individually — there's no standard package because there's no standard project.
Prefer to talk
Village reception ·
(07) 4958 0112
bookings@qriservices.com.au