Ibis Hotel Brisbane

... as we had had a couple of beers as well.  We celebrated by purchasing some crisps on the way back to the hotel. 28th January After exploring Brisbane the day before we decided to visit the Gold Coast, this meant a one hour train ride and a bus ride, ...

... up on sleep we dropped our backpacks, had a quick shower and a cup of tea and then started walking towards the city centre. Brisbane, with its population of 1.5 million is Australias third largest city. The centre is surrounded by a U shaped loop of the ...

... of weirdos. The journey was fine we slept/snoozed a lot of it, the only chance we get to sleep! arrived back in Brisbane checked into the same hotel and got freshened up. We decided to walk out into the city a bit further this time to Eagle street. After ...

So we arrive in Brisbane International Airport, Finally get off the plane and then have to go through immigration, Swine Flu Control, and finally have all of our bags scanned for food.... Apparently we're not allowed to bring anything into ...

... from the beach at Miami which I quite liked, then drove into Surfers, parked the car and went for a walk. Had a soft drink at the Clock Hotel and read the paper, then had an hour of Thai massage just up the road for $50, which was hard but good. Drove to ...

... morning flight. As they had not yet settled into their new pad we were not staying with them in Brisbane, but the next best thing... a good old Ibis hotel. The flight from Bangkok had been particularly tiresome, it was hot and cramped and neither of us ...

... car. We took a drive up to Mt Cooltha that evening for the view of the city at sunset which was worth it I have to admit. Brisbane is a rather colourful city, even though the term 'Bris Vegas' was a sarcastic name, given to it by the other large cities as ...

... ; He has a the best guardian angel ever as no-one surely has that much luck all the time as he does. Next time in Brisbane we found a deal place doing steaks for 20 dollars with drink.  Kirsty's came out more like a Burger, was so over cooked.  ...

... findig the coin machine then settled  on the cent machines lol. managed to make 20$ last 2 hours, although one corona was $7!!!! went on to  Hungry Jacks (burger king) then back to the hotel. Not overly impressed with Brisbane im afraaid ...

... Park(Yanchep) and Caversham Wildlife Park.  Max stroked Koala's and fed and stroked kangaroos which was brilliant.  Now in Brisbane and will be heading north tomorrow to Noosa then down the Gold Coast. Will try and put on some ...

... Simon’s friend Monica, who usually lives in Melbourne but was in Sydney for the Australia Day celebrations. After checking into the Ibis hotel and having a short rest, we made our way out via Darling Harbour to meet Monica and a group of her ...

... on a plaque...), it was time to get on with Christchurch (by which point it was moderately teeming with rain and freeezing!). I arrived at the hotel Ibis around 4pm. Got checked in and made my way up to my room (802 if I remember correctly). It is a ...

... me not being a fan of killer jellyfish and rip tides, the first time I've immersed myself in Australian waters was the Brisbane hotel pool.   We took a bus Thursday from Brisbane to Noosa, our resort beach getaway. Queensland, which we are ...

... that he told everyone to belt up!! We arrived at the hotel feeling very tired.  We knew that the Ibis would not be brilliant but after the Singapore Hotel, well, you could fit the bedroom here into the the bathroom at the Singapore hotel.  ...

... University of Sydney." "Oh, I haven’t been in a while, there’s lots of gangs there now." "Yes. Do you like Brisbane?" "Not really, that’s where I had my first heart attack." This made me angry. The bloke was obviously racist, but he ...

... was better, came across to help out. The police wanted to see my passport to see if I was registered so I suggested they ring Hotel Ibis as I’d walked for ages & didn’t fancy going all that way back. They got my passport number but the ...

... the most expensive place we have paid to stay so far – and were pleasantly surprised. We had expected a kind of Ibis, only clean, but the brand new hotel was very good indeed. Friendly staff, a bar with a good wine list, and a restaurant menu that ...

... like the Blue Mountains etc, we felt that it is quite admirable that we managed to cover most of the highlights within the city in one day – on foot, at that! We will be off to Brisbane tomorrow for our onward journey to sail the Whitsunday ...

... so wandered aroudn there and now back at the hotel. just going to have one last chill around Darling harbour tonight, then onto Brisbane tomrrow! cant believe we are leaving Sydney already, I would love to live here........ xx I Haribo need to say we ...

... I was also able to visit the Mon Repos Turtle Sanctuary where I watched a turtle laying her eggs. From there I travelled by coach to Brisbane where I saw in the New Year. Brisbane was Ok but I probably spent a day too long there esp. with the heat. ...