Holiday Inn Brisbane

... ride a city cat (ferry) on the river. I then decided that we will stay in town as real tourist would and booked in the the King Suite at the Holiday Inn. So to the Bat Mobile well the Subaru Forrestor and sit back enjoy this arm chair view of MY city

... our passports, which we forgot. Since we couldn't prove we weren't Australians, we were not allowed in. Unnerved, we headed off for the Holiday Inn, only to find out that the rooms were A$170 a night! Not willing to pay that, we headed to over 20 other ...

... highway - the M1 - leaving Surfers Paradise in all its built-up, Miami-esque glory behind and aiming for Brisbane and a comfy room at the Holiday Inn.  Paul and I took a little driving tour around the CBD of Brisbane before meeting his ...

Brisbane 17-18 March 2010 We had a great explore around Brisbane and really liked the city. The skyline was brilliant and we loved the South Bank with its big wheel like the London Eye and  nice cafes, restaurants and a great 'lagoon' for swimming. ...

... on duty . 12.15pm We finally got back to South bank and headed up to have some lunch before tackling this parklands  and the Brisbane Wheel.  the Wheel is a mini version of the London eye and the singapore one this one is only 60mtrs tall. and u ...

... to be able to say "I've been there" and moved on to the bus station. Confusion reigned this morning about bus times to Brisbane, having just crossed the border into my 5th state, Queensland (after NSW, Victoria, ACT and NT), and it being the end of ...

... lazy start to the day and then got our accounts up to date before packing up and moving hotels. We chose to stay tonight in the Holiday Inn which is not at the top of Mount Everest (might be a slight exaggeration, but not much!) On the trek down, we ...

Arrived in Brisban after a short 2 hour flight Monday morning. Really great Holiday Inn hotel right in the centre by the train station (Thank you to Kay for helping us book this!). Having spent the last 10 days in the van this place was like heaven so ...

... the best surf in the world. We stayed at a town called Surfers Paradise. There is a picture attached from our 16th floor Holiday Inn balcony which best describes the resort. We briefly toured the town (very much like any over developed holiday resort) and ...

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... for a 6:30am train the next day, but at $209 per night, it was a bit expensive.  However, a quick check of my holiday inn points card showed I could get a free night, and this was nicely booked by the lady in America, who kept insisting that "today" ...

... and go down to the Southbank to the very good looking lagoon and cultural district. Just like the other large Australian cities, Brisbane does not disappoint. I don’t really feel like there’s much to do but its winter climate is verging on ...

... just kinda tidying up a bit and doing very little. Exploring the West End One of Suez's pals, Emma's, boyfriend David had lived in Brisbane for about 6 months a few years ago and had recommended an area called West End as a great place to go for a bit of ...

... -tropical garden in a city centre.  On our way there we ended up going through both King Edward Park and Wickham Park.  Brisbane is full of these parks and it is lovely just to go straight into these wooded and grassy areas and leave the hustle ...

... in and say hello on our way back to Brisbane. Our final mission for the day was to get back to Breakfast Creek in Brisbane for the MRAQ's Christmas 'barefoot' bowls and BBQ. As we were a little ahead of schedule we visited Newstead House, which is the ...

Packing packing packing, oh and more packing!!!!  Possibly the most tedious and perhaps stressful part of any holiday.  A friend has mentioned that it was -10 degrees in New York last week.......we are gonna freeze.  ...

... for it to simply peter out to an end and as expected we had quite a challenging final day ahead, before this holiday had done with us. From Brisbane, we had to drive to Surfers Paradise, drop the car off at the rental place and then somehow get back up ...

... cut my side. I don't think I've really mentioned this before but I have been severley accident prone on this holiday, first of all there was the fall I did in Brisbane which cut my knee up badly, then there was the time we were at the petrol station and I ...

... in Brisbane any longer (especially in the Quest Apts. they were so expensive.) I remembered that I had gone to the bathrooms in The Holiday Inn in Surfers Paradise yesterday and I told D that it would be a nice place to stay. So I told them I was staying ...

... easy access to venture into the city. The Holiday Inn became our obvious choice because it is located strategically on the Esplanade. Holiday Inn: The décor of the hotel was very pleasant – the huge, spacious lobby with a rainforest setting was ...

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