While the Barkly Motor Lodge is one of the more recent additions to the list of motels in Ballarat, it is certainly nowhere near the quality of other comparable 4-Star motels in the vicinity (e.g. Red Lion, Ballarat Lodge). For a start, it is located next to a major intersection of two arterial roads, with traffic lights ensuring that every truck and hoon has to rev their engines and shift trough gears as they slow down and accelerate right outside the motel. The walls are paper-thin and the plumbing is horrendous. Noisy air conditioning units mounted on the roof above the room caused the walls to vibrate and added to the horrendous noise. Complimentary wireless internet is a plus but the noise level made it virtually impossible to work in my adequatedly sized but cheaply furnished room. The staff at reception were less than friendly, and my request to be moved to room in the back of the building was never followed up on. After two nights and a total of 3 hours of interrupted sleep, I decided that enough was enough, and moved to another motel for the rest of my stay in Ballarat.