Rydges Brisbane

... and tour guide Clare McEwan from Toronto Canada.  He helped us with our luggage and had us driven to our hotel on South Bank Brisbane, Rydges.   Our room wasn't quite ready so Clare took us for a pint and a quick tour of the resort area that ...

... just company policy and he can't do anything about it. A totally pathetic and disempowered person. This is my second stay in Rydges in 3 months, the last being Rydges Southbank when I was kept awake all night due to poor sound proofing between rooms and ...

... so can't have been that bad!) and we were back in Perth, and at the end of our holidays... For now. Rydges South Bank 9 Glenelg Street South Bank Brisbane QLD 4101 +61 (0) 2 9261 4929 Toscani's Bar & Restaurant 164 Grey Street Shop 1 & 2 ...

... goods, and arts and crafts. The market is surrounded by New Farm Park, with gardens, sports facilities, and the Brisbane Powerhouse, which now hosts arts and entertainment exhibitions. A nice-looking restaurant offers al fresco dining and river views, ...

Australia This Australian phase took us from Mon 4th Jan (arrived in Cairns) until Thursday 14th Jan (departed Brisbane) – 12 days, 3 spent in Cairns then a rental car driving down to Brisbane, stopping off at sites recommended by the "bible" ...

... around an artificial urban beach close to our hotel. After a considerably more pleasant night’s sleep we ventured out into Brisbane, which Cordi and I thought was a fantastic city.  A centre of commerce, vibrant and modern.  Over the next ...

... It's been a week of too much work and not surprisingly too much socialising... The week started successfully enough arriving on time in Brisbane, retrieving my bag and getting the hire car back to the hotel.  Once I'd settled into my room in the Sebel ...

... Lake Street, which have been closed until today. At 12:30 we're off to the airport and on to our new destination -- Caloundra via Brisbane. Just as we are boarding on the tarmac, the rain starts to come down again. It's playful and now seems to know its ...

... to put me up for the night, i thought i was destined for a night in the terminal. Imagine my suprise then when i arrived at Rydges Brisbane and was given a 4* suite to myself. Result. Next morning i compared notes with a Welsh couple who were in the same ...

... turned rather cool and for the first time in three weeks the in-van electric heating was fired into life. Our next sojourn would be Brisbane for some good old-fashioned enjoyment in the shape of a theme park and a zoo. Now we're cooking, turn it up . ...

... a spectacular backdrop of city skyscrapers. We had bought a five day travel ticket which allows us unlimited access to (as in Brisbane) integrated bus, ferry and train services within the whole Sydney suburb, so we tried the ticket out on a circular trip ...

... full advantage. We (Ben, Barrett and a couple more people from the hostel) went down to the lagoon (most cities north of Brisbane have lagoons to deter people from swimming in the deadly ocean) and enjoyed the sun. The highlight of the day was definitely ...