the motel palm lake is located at 50-52 queens road, facing albert park. opened on 13 december 1962 by the lord mayor of melbourne, maurice nathan, it was one of melbourne's most prestigious motels at the time. it originally had 84 suits with open balconies facing the park on one side, and a popular swimming pool terrace to the north. facilities included on site parking, conference facilities, a nightly dinner dance and a licensed restaurant ('the outrigger'). it remained in operation under a new name, noah's palm lake motel. in recent years, two more storeys and a multi-level car park surrounding the swimming pool terrace were added in phases, and the open balconies on both sides enclosed, completely changing the appearance. only the two canary island palm trees that represented the motel’s name that were planted at the entry in 1961 on the opening day by the lord mayor still remain.