Bank Place, is a heritage street located in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a short, quaint lane way, running south from Little Collins Street between Queen Street and William Street in the main centre of Melbourne.
Bank Place has a mixture of beautiful heritage buildings dating from the 1860s through to the 1920s, dotted all along the street, offering a unique glimpse of the past.
Boutique serviced apartment accommodation in Melbourne's CBD, Metro Apartments on Bank Place provides 4-star Studio and One Bedroom Apartments for home-away-from-home accommodation with easy access to the business end of Melbourne city with the ASX, Melbourne law courts, “New York” end of Collins Street and the financial district a quick walk away.
Metro Hotel Tower Mill is offering this Winter Warmer Weekend in the City Special for $123.00* per night staying in an executive double room including:
Need time to relax? Got an anniversary coming up soon? Want a night out away from the kids?
Metro Hotel on Pitt is offering this Relax More Spa Package for $240.00 per night including:
One Night's Accommodation in a King Spa Room
Lush Relax More Spa Kit Containing Dream Time luxury bath melt, A French Kiss bubble bar, Therapy massage bar, The Comforter bubble bar, Twilight bath ballistic
A large Bottle of House Wine on Arrival
Late check-out of 12 Noon!
Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/292
Offer expires: 30th June 2013 ~ Hurry before offer ends!
Location: 300 Pitt Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia Phone: +61 2 9283 8088
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We understand that in today's connected world, having access to the net is important. These accommodation packages throughout Australia all include internet access.
Whether you are staying for leisure or business, you know you will always be connected at our hotels and apartments.
Melbourne VIC
Metro Apartments on Bank Placeis offering this Autumn Package for$160.00* per night staying in a one bedroom apartment including:
Metro Apartments on King - Book this Corporate Special from$165.00per night staying in a fabulously located one bedroom apartment featuring a fully equipped kitchen including:
Metro Hotel Miranda is offering this Baby It's Cold Outside hotel package for $105.00* per night staying in a standard balcony queen OR twin room including:
As a local, I always get asked by friends and relatives from overseas about the best things to do to experience Sydney city first hand. If you have never been to Sydney - perhaps from interstate or from overseas - and want adventure and excitement (without trekking in the bush), then this is your guide to Sydney.
The rite of passage for any primary (elementary) school child in Sydney is going to Sydney Aquarium. It is a huge underwater aquarium where you get to experience unique freshwater and marine environments and discover an incredible 13,000 animals from 700 different species - including the world's largest variety of sharks and rays. This is great if you can't or don't like swimming and want to see sharks up close.
At Sydney Aquarium, you'll get to venture through 14 newly-themed zones including a new Shark Walk, a tropical Bay of Rays, an interactive Discovery Rockpool, Mangrove Swamps, a shipwreck and the new ocean tunnel walk-through - Shark Valley. Australia has some of the world's most intriguing marine animals - from dugongs to huge sharks, massive stingrays, majestic turtles, jellyfish, penguins, sea dragons, thousands of tropical fish, enormous crabs and much, much more. You can experience it all without getting wet!
From the freshwater rivers of the south to the tropical waters of the north, including the world's biggest and most impressive Great Barrier Reef exhibit, a trip to Sydney Aquarium takes you around Australia's coastline, into its oceans and up into its waterways - all without leaving the city.
Other than the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House, unique Australian animals would be on the to see list of any tourist's schedule. Whether you're a kid at heart or arriving with kids, you'll love Wildlife Sydney Zoo, where you'll get a close encounter with iconic Australian animals: kangaroos and wallabies, koalas and kookaburras to possums to wombats.
If you're not into fluffy animals, they have reptiles and bugs too, where you get to view some of the deadliest Australian insects (behind glass of course). So whether your into cuddly cuteness or creepy crawlies, you are sure to be pleased.
For the ultimate view of the city of Sydney, you can't go past The Sydney Tower Eye (formally known as the Sydney Centre Point Tower). With a range of tours and walks available, they have packages to suit those of the not so faint hearted to people afraid of heights (but still want to see all of Sydney).
Skywalk Tour
You'll be walking on air 268 metres above stunning Sydney, with the city streets directly beneath your feet. Look down through the glass floor viewing platform for a bird's-eye perspective of the bustling city below, as part of a 45 minute guided tour around the outside of the iconic golden turret of Sydney Tower.
A must visit iconic Sydney attraction has to be the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Built in 1923, it has become a symbol of Sydney and Australia. Most people will take pictures of the bridge or perhaps travel on the bridge via the train or foot, but did you know that the bridge is now hosting bridge walks up to the top of the arch! It is an incredibly exhilarating experience, but rest assured, it is safe as every walker is harnessed.
Last but not least, one of the most well known representations of Australia has to be the Opera House. A unique architecture by Jørn Utzon, it epitomises Sydney and its wonderful shape of peaking crests are recognised all over the world. If you come to Sydney, this is a must visit place. The great thing about the Opera House is, you don't have to go inside or attend any events to tour the area. Feel free to walk about the premises and take pictures. If you want to go inside the Opera House, they do offer tours and musical or theatrical events for the public.
So there you have it, a feast for the eyes and senses. Be sure to try out the huge range of Australian cuisines on offer at restaurants around the city. We have some of the world's tastiest restaurants on offer. Our multicultural cuisines are combined with Australia's freshest produce to make them one of the best in the world.
If you're looking for accommodation close to all these major attractions around Sydney and aren't sure where to stay, Metro Hotels offer affordable and comfortable hotel rooms and apartments around Sydney city districts that will keep you close these venues and major public transport hubs.
Each hotel or self-serviced apartment is close to major train stations, buses or ferries. Because all four are situated in the city, there are also plenty of taxis available to catch on the street. Our city also offers a free bus service (it's a completely green bus) that loops around the main streets of Sydney. Many of the attractions can be reached by foot from our hotels. Nearby there are also supermarkets, shops, restaurants, convenience stores, ATMs and public toilets all within walking distance.
‘A rousing success’ ‘Funny, poignant, sad and endearing’ Written by and starring Amity Dry from The Block All Stars Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life is the new musical comedy musical being lauded by critics and audiences alike. What if, instead of the Hollywood version of marriage and motherhood, we saw a depiction of how it really is – relentless, exhilarating, infuriating, funny, joyfully, heart-wrenchingly complicated. Meet Lily, Bec, Jessie and Kate, four best friends juggling relationships, kids, work and friends. Together they discover marriage is nothing like the movies, motherhood can push you to your limits and no one makes you laugh like your girlfriends do. Nominated for best musical in the 2012 Adelaide Theatre Guide Awards and debuting in Sydney after 3 successful Adelaide seasons, this exciting new show will leave you entertained, uplifted, challenged and inspired. So get your mothers group, girlfriends or partner together for a great night out and book now to see why the critics are calling it…
‘A rousing success‘
‘Powerful‘
‘A new Australian musical with great appeal‘
‘Outstanding’ ‘Funny, poignant, sad and endearing‘
‘A celebration of female friendships‘
‘Highly recommended‘
‘Fantastic‘
‘A laughing examination of girl power‘
‘A home-grown gem’
Official Website:www.motherwifemusical.com When: 23 MAY - 1 JUNE 2013 (Hurry last days!!!) Where: Cnr Cleveland Street and City Road, Chippendale (closest train station is Redfern) To Book:http://www.seymourcentre.com/events/event/mother-wife-and-the-complicated-life-the-musical/ Phone: 02 9351 7940 Time: Wed – Fri 8pm | Sat 2pm & 8pm Duration: 2hrs 10mins (including interval) Venue: Everest Theatre / Seymour Theatre Tickets*: from $39.90 | VIP $89.50** *Transaction fees apply: By phone – $6.00 Online – $4.50 **VIP tickets include complimentary champagne on arrival, meet & greet with Amity and cast. Guaranteed best seats in the house! Only 30 VIP tickets available per performance.
Brisbane's Tower Mill is the oldest surviving building in Queensland, having been built in 1824 under the direction of Commandant Logan. It is located in Observatory Park on the southern side of Wickham Temce and is a major landmark of the City of Brisbane.
The Tower Mill (or Old Wind Mill as it is sometimes known) is one of only two Brisbane buildings remaining from the convict era (the other is the Commissariat Store built in 1829). It has the longest historical record of any building in Queensland.
The Old Windmill originally had wind-powered sails. The grinding of the grains was done by treadmill from October, 1828, with the wind-powered sails being used from December, 1828. It played a vital role in the existence of the Moreton Bay penal settlement by providing flour for survival of the colony.
In the late 1830s the miller was Martin Frawley, who still operated the mill for the free settlement in 1845 as an ex-convict. The government put the windmill up for auction in 1849, but such was the local outcry that it was retained as a landmark for public use.
The Tower Mill also served as Queensland's museum of natural history from 1862 to 1868.
During the 1890s the roof was used by the local fire brigade for night fire-spotting.
In June 1922 the Tower Mill and its surrounding reserve became the Observatory Park by an Order of the Governor in Council and control of the park was transferred to the Brisbane City Council as trustees.
In 1923 the Queensland Institute of Radio Engineers began using the site for experiments in radio signalling which continued until 1926. From 1926 the lessees were Dr V. McDowell and Thomas Elliot who successfully engaged in radio experimentation throughout the late 1920s and the 1930s as well as the first television experiments in Queensland. There is some suggestion that they continued to use the building to store equipment until 1949.
In May 1945 the Brisbane City Council decided to preserve the historic value of the Tower Mill and in 1950 major restoration work was carried out and the park was landscaped in 1951.
In 1962, a report detailed the poor condition of the Tower Mill and in 1967 the council decided to floodlight the Tower Mill with amber lighting for the Warana parade.
In 1973 the University of Queensland gained permission for changes to the park boundaries so that an access road could be built to its Dental Hospital, located at the rear of the reserve.
There is a gap in the record until 1988 when the Brisbane City Council undertook large-scale repair and renovation works which included the erection of a replacement flagpole (the original was removed in 1949) and the removal and replacement of all the cement render on the tower. Also in 1989 Whitmore used techniques of industrial archaeology to investigate the extant structure of the tower and to assess it in terms of its history.
The tower was then placed on the Queensland Heritage list in 1992.
Currently in 2013 it is now used as a weather observatory.
Nearby, is the current Metro Hotel Tower Mill, which had been called the Tower Mill Motel.
Location: Wickham Tce Brisbane, QLD 4000 Australia
When you next visit Brisbane or want to be close to the CBD and near the Old Tower Mill, book a stay at the Metro Hotel Tower Mill next door.
Metro Hotel Tower Mill offers guests panoramic views of the Brisbane city centre and surrounding suburbs from your own private balcony.
The hotel is only 600m from the CBD and major shopping centre, 500 metres from central station Brisbane city council operates a free loop bus service from just outside the hotel.
If a friend or a family member are at the Brisbane Private Hospital (Formerly known as The Holy Spirit Hospital) Metro Hotel Tower Mill is the perfect choice as you could not ask for a more conveniently positioned hotel just minutes walk away.
Features:
Ground floor restaurant & bar
Wi-Fi throughout the hotel
ATM in reception area
Complimentary Foxtel TV
All rooms are 100% Smoke free
Conference and function facilities
Location of Metro Hotel Tower Mill: 239 Wickham Tce Brisbane, QLD 4000 Australia
The Powerhouse Museum has its origins in the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879. Some exhibits from this event were kept to constitute the original collection of the new Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum of New South Wales. The museum was intended to be housed in the exhibition buildings known as the Garden Palace, which were destroyed by a fire in September 1882.
The museum subsequently moved to share premises with the morgue of Sydney Hospital. The museum relocated to new, purpose-built premises in Harris Street as the Technological Museum in August 1893. It incorporated the Sydney Observatory in 1982. The museum moved to its present location (the old Ultimo Power Station at 500 Harris Street) in March 1988, and took its present name (The Powerhouse Museum) from this new location.
The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney, the other being the historic Sydney Observatory. Although often described as a science museum, the Powerhouse has a diverse collection encompassing all sorts of technology including Decorative arts, Science, Communication, Transport, Costume, Furniture, Media, Computer technology, Space technology and Steam engines.
Location: 383-389 Bulwara Road Ultimo, Sydney NSW 2007 Australia
Phone: +61 2 9211 1499
Terms and Conditions:
Valid until 31st May 2013
Offer subject to availability
Offer not valid over special event and black-out periods
Aspire Hotel Sydney offers guest's the best Sydney has to offer like the Powerhouse Museum, Chinatown, IMAX Theatre, Star City Casino, Paddy's Markets, Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Entertainment Centre; all within walking distance of the hotel.
Visit The Body Shop today and discover the New Chocomania collection, a decadent, sensuous and indulgent bath and body range guaranteed to plunge skin and senses straight into chocolate heaven. Sin free, pleasure rich and oozing with luxurious texture and fragrance, Chocomania is irresistible.
With a mouth watering range of products including starting from $5.95, each choc-full of Community Fair Trade ingredients! While in store be sure to collect our FREE chocolate themed recipe cards. Delicious.
New Menu at Zaney's
Discover New Taste @ Zaney's
Zaney's has a delicious new menu... Try their new Belgian Chocolate waffles for only $12.90 and Strawberry Pancakes for only $10.90. Plus if you're looking for something tasty for breakfast, try the Eggs Benedict for $15.90 or Bacon and Egg Roll for $8.90.
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Your Own Personal Stylist
Yvonne is currently teaching styling, fashion consulting and visual merchandising at The Fashion Institute in Surry Hills. Her love of travel and fashion has seen her travel aross the globe, and keeps her up-to-date with the latest trends adapting them for the Australian way of life. Yvonne is a local girl from 'The Shire' and is available for one-on-one or group personal styling appointments.
There's more to discover at Westfield Miranda. Check out these deals!
Westfield Miranda Food and Shopping specials: http://www.westfield.com.au/au/offers
Westfield Miranda Location: 600 Kingsway Miranda NSW 2228 Australia Phone: (02) 9525 6344
Staying at Miranda? Looking for comfortable and affordable accommodation?
Look no further than Metro Hotel Miranda. Just a short stroll to Westfield Miranda!
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