The Adina Apartment Hotel on Anzac Square is a complex of serviced apartments right in the centre of Brisbane – opposite the Central Train station. We’re a little early to check in so head down the hill to a mall’s food court to grab some lunch. On our return check-in goes[…]
Our jaunt to Australia began with me having to go over to Sydney for some work meetings, followed by a two day conference and ending up with three days at leisure before heading to Brisbane. Unfortunately, the work meetings were all out in Norwest so it wasn’t possible to sight-see[…]
We walked into the Holiday Inn Potts Point significantly too early to check in. Suzy the receptionist was all smiles and laid out our options, and we decided to head out to do the Bondi to Coogee walk and complete our check in on our return. Suzy was also able[…]
Potts Point is separated from the centre of Sydney by a 20 minute walk through the Botanic Gardens and separated from Kings Cross by a 5 minute stroll. It’s an historical suburb – it used to be the home to Sydney’s wealthy with their Georgian and Victorian mansions, some of[…]
The first thing you notice on entering the room at the North Sydney Harbourview is the view. We’re lucky enough to have a view back across the harbour to the CBD and the Harbour Bride and it really is picture postcard perfect. In the foreground is Luna Park and at[…]
The Hotel Palisade is an eight room boutique hotel originally built in 1915 (when it was Sydney’s tallest building), perfectly located in Millers Point with views to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and across the water to Lavender Bay. Rich in history, it was renovated in 2015 and features a pub[…]
Sydney is an interesting combination of old and new, and has done a better job than Auckland of protecting its heritage buildings. Whereas Auckland’s property developers have ripped down the Victorian buildings and replaced them with buildings of their era, Sydney has managed to repurpose their buildings, retaining the character[…]
I spent two nights in the Novotel for work, and remain a little confused. The Accor website states that it’s a 4.5 star hotel, and while the room was a great size (and likewise the bed!), the building itself felt more like an Ibis. Nothing wrong with an Ibis of[…]
I arrived at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel well into the night after a flight from Auckland and found that I had been upgraded to a corner room. The room itself was circular and felt quite luxurious – in one corner (corner? in a circular room?) was a work desk[…]
So you’ve just spent a month checking out New Zealand and your flight home leaves from Auckland International Airport. You spend your last night partying in the city, and now, bleary eyed and weary, you need to make your way from the CBD to the airport to say your final[…]