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Ball and Chain Hotel Motel

Simpson

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Ball and Chain Hotel Motel in Simpson offers country style meals in a relaxed family atmosphere. Accommodation and function rooms are also available. Visit Simpson and call in to have a meal under Chef Brett Duyvestyn and a cold drink or coffee from Brett’s wife Michelle. You may even get to say hello to owners Nick and Biddy Weel.

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1 Williams Road, 1 Williams Road, Simpson, VIC, 3266 Australia

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Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Great Ocean Road region the Wadawurrung, Eastern Maar & Gunditjmara. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. We recognise and respect their unique cultural heritage and the connection to their traditional lands. We commit to building genuine and lasting partnerships that recognise, embrace and support the spirit of reconciliation, working towards self-determination, equity of outcomes and an equal voice for Australia’s first people.