The 2016 census recorded a population of 305 for the state suburb of Travellers Rest.

It burned down in March 1930 due to a hotel employee's accident; he was filling a motorcycle with petrol while holding a lit storm lantern.

[5] By 1941 only the front wall remained, a state that led to a call for its demolition.

[6] The remaining ruins were finally removed in 1990 when the site was covered by construction of the Bass Highway.

[8] National Route 1 (Bass Highway) runs through from east to west.