Federal Hotel-Motel

Thursday Island & Horn Island


The Federal is perhaps the most typical Aussie pub on TI – no frills, with cheap bar meals, a pool table, sport on TV and locals propping up the bar. There are reasonable motel units at the back.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Thursday Island & Horn Island attractions

2. Gab Titui Cultural Centre

0.2 MILES

The superb Gab Titui Cultural Centre, near the ferry dock on Thursday Island, houses a contemporary gallery displaying the cultural history of the Torres…

3. Green Hill Fort

0.29 MILES

The highest point on Thursday Island, Green Hill is home to the well-preserved remains of a 19th-century fort, built in 1891 in preparation for a possible…

4. Thursday Island Cemetery

0.68 MILES

This heritage-listed cemetery includes the graves of more than 600 Japanese pearl divers and a memorial erected by the Japanese consulate in 1979. Look…

5. Torres Strait Heritage Museum

2.33 MILES

Fascinating educational tours revealing the island's significant and all-but-forgotten military history, including fixed gun sites and aircraft wrecks,…