Holiday Inn Townsville

... rave reviews from others! Not much else to report from Townsville as we just looked around the centre. The skyline is dominated by The Holiday Inn Hotel which looks like a giant sugar shaker. Have a look at the photo if you don't believe us! Don't ask ...

... spread out Townsville is, a bit like one massive Melbourne suburb. The most noticeable landmark is the 'sugar shaker' AKA the Holiday Inn. I had a wonderful time coming back down to earth and even had a fun little incident skiing/sliding down the side ...

... ; A few lads next door got booked out cause they were not down in time to extend their stay, the only other place around was the Holiday Inn up the road but they cost a fortune, not sure what happened to them after that. So we are in a kind of limbo ...

... kakadu national park and then had to get up at 5am to fly to Cairns (North East Corner of Aus) and drive from there down to Townsville (2 millimitres below Cairns on the map, but a 4 hour drive!) Kakadu was a bit of a slog. We jumped in to a mini bus ...

... was flooded while Victoria was on fire. Our next stop was Airlie Beach so we could go to the Whitsundays. A month after leaving Townsville , yeah slowing down on the blogs, most of the fires have just been put out in Victoria and there is a category six ...

... , was now closed, so we stopped into an Ibis hotel to see if they had any twin rooms available.  Apparently Townsville is a very business oriented town and they were completely booked full of businessmen.  The receptionist was nice enough to ...

Hi Again Peeps! We have moved once more. This time from Townsville -> Daydream Island. The Holiday inn Townsville was the bargain of the trip. We had a fantastic meal, swam in the rooftop pool (20 flights up) & then the next morning upped and ...

... day to Magnetic Island.  Had to make several phone calls, explaining the situation, and when we arrived in Townsville, we eventually checked into the Holiday Inn.  I was desperate for a decent bed and a decent night’s sleep.  We have ...

... towards Magnetic Island.     We stayed at in the tallest and probably the most expensive building in Townsville, the 'Holiday Inn'. As it was the Easter Holiday weekend everything cheaper seemed to be fully booked. It was totally amazing ...

... reefs/ reefs and rainforests Song – hook me up, by The Veronica's List of what we did on trip. Day 1: Met at holiday inn, potts point, Sydney Mrs Macquarie’s chair – picture. View of harbour. Nelson bay – lunch Dolphin cruise, ...

... that song with the same title. Continued on to Townsville for lunch. Nice little town! Had McDonalds for lunch- so good! Also stopped in a Holiday Inn to use the toilets as the girls was being cleaned so we had to find a sbusitute and I knew that HI have ...

... was surrounded by beautiful walks such as Hawkings Look Out Point which we climbed on our 2nd day. The views from here across to Townsville and Rocky Bay down below were simply stunning. On the way back down we got talking to a 78 year old local called ...

... of the hoard needed to go. It made it a little less painless that we found another Aussie couple to chat to, from Townsville, also over on a holiday. We bid them farewell when we passed their hotel, and kept walking.  By this time it was 10:30pm, and ...