Brisbane travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

Situated just northeast of the city centre, Fortitude Valley is the hub of Brisbane’s nightlife, known for its trendy and exciting bars, cafes and clubs, Limes Hotel is the first member of design Hotels in Australia.  With modern aesthetic, hip interiors, fashionable roof top bar and in-house designer cinema, the Limes Hotel fits right into this happening neighbourhood. Nearby are Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane Parliament House, State Library of Queensland and Queen Street Mall.

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Situated on the northern-most tip of Hamilton Island and surrounded by the unsurpassed beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, Qualia is a world-class boutique resort offers stunning views of the pristine Coral Sea. It’s a place of rare natural beauty, where fine textures and beautiful stone sit hand-in-hand with fragrant Eucalyptus. Its Latin name translates to “a truly sensorial experience”  and everything at the resort has been considered to relax the mind yet completely spoil the senses.

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Located inside the central business district on Brisbane, Riparian Plaza is a mixed-use, high-rise development. The name “Riparian” is derived from Latin origins meaning “on or pertaining to the riverbank”. Completed in November 2005, Riparian Plaza is Brisbane’s most inspiring riverfront location.

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Frazer Island is a World Heritage Site and much emerged as one of the Australian‘s great natural treasures. From the Queensland coast, it appears cloaked in lush, deep green forest. But for all rainforests and lakes, Frazer Island is in fact the largest sand island in the world – 120 km by 15 km – with more sand than the Sahara Desert, and with dunes up to 224 m high. There is no where like it on planet Earth. Photo by: geoffman4242

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Unpolluted and untouched Lord Howe Island is the ultimate eco-destination. There is only one road, and everyone tends to get around by bicycle, boat or on foot. Just 11 km long this boomerang shaped beauty is topped by rainforest-clad Moun Gower and Mount Lidgbird and dips down into the cool Tasman Sea. Born of a volcanic eruption, it has the southernmost coral reef in the world – safe heaven for 500 species of fish and 90 species of corals.

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 The island is located about three and a half hour drive north of Brisbane and over 120 km southern of Queensland, Australia. It is one of the top ten most beautiful islands in the world.
Approximately 600,000 visitors come to Fraser Island each year.

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Carnarvon National Park is a spectacular gorge system with towering cliffs. It is sets approximately 600km of Brisbane, Australia and it’s Queensland’s most popular attraction. Carnarvon Gorge has over 35km of walking tracks crossing water streams, passing through lush tropical palm forests and tranquil waterfalls at the heart of the 300,000ha National Park.

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If you want a true winter holiday experience come to Falls Creek- a wonderful small snow village located in Australia. Huski is arranged at the centre of the village Falls Creek and offers ski in-ski out access and great views form every appartment.

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Copenhagen is a great shopping city for design pilgrims, but for some reason the choice of hotels can be aesthetically underwhelming considering the superb quality of nature and interiors on offer there. So when a new experimental hotel with spectacular rooms and affordable rates opened its doors in April in Denmark, there was cause for celebration. Hotel Fox was initially conceived as part of a marketing strategy for the launch of the new VW Fox. The idea was to get young designers and artist to paint some rooms and create a hip urban hotel that would open at the same time as the European launch of the car. However, what makes Hotel Fox really interesting is that the people chosen to curate the project were Berlin’s Die Gestalten Verlag – publishers of some of the most sumptuous, cutting -edge graphics and illustration books on the market.

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Australia‘s third-largest city – the gleaming towers that define the city skyline, reflect the heritage building – treasured edifices in sandstone and wrought iron the have been lovingly restored, giving Brisbane its unique character. The city lies on the banks of the serpentine Brisbane River – a colourful waterway for ferries, paddle wheelers and pleasure boats. In Brisbane there are literally thousands of places to go and things to do – South Bank Precinct with the colourful Parklands, the Queensland Cultural Centre, the city’s historic sights and heritage trails, wildlife parks, museums, galleries, Conrad International Treasury Casino, tours, cruises, adventure activities and a host of other things to see and do mean that Brisbane really does have something for everyone…

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