Stylish Accommodation and Dining in the Heart of Brisbane - Metro Hotel Tower Mill - Metro Hotels

 Metro Hotel Tower Mill on Wickham Terrace is a well-known landmark in the centre of Brisbane, offering leisure and business visitors stylish and affordable accommodation and dining.

To take advantage of the great shopping, fantastic live entertainment and events in Brisbane between now and June 30, 2012, Metro Hotel Tower Mill is offering a Weekend Special where you can stay in an Executive Double or Twin Room for $130* per room per night with a late checkout of 12 noon.
Guests will enjoy the convenience of staying in close proximity to the city’s CBD and main attractions, including Queen Street Mall, Treasury Casino, Southbank Parklands, the Botanical Gardens, art galleries and museums.

The distinctive cylindrically shaped hotel houses 80 guest rooms, many with their own private balconies that take in panoramic views extending across Brisbane.

The hotel offers a variety of rooms from twin, queen bed and family rooms (accommodating up to four people), to executive suites. Limited complimentary parking is available for guests.
Metro Hotel Tower Mill on Wickham Terrace is located close to the city’s transport options, just 500 metres from Central Railway Station and nearby bus stations.

This makes a day trip to the Sunshine Coast’s Australia Zoo and the Gold Coast, with its theme park attractions including, Movie World, SeaWorld and Dreamworld, only a 45 minute train ride away. Coachtrans offers a bus service from the airport to the hotel return for just $16 each way.

For business visitors, the hotel is situated within a 10 minute walk of Brisbane’s major conference venues, including the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. The hotel also provides a dedicated meetings room, which can host up to 60 people, especially targeted at the small meetings market.

The room provides a more intimate and affordable alternative to some of the city’s larger conference and meetings venues. Conference equipment is available for hire, or can be included as part of one of the Hotel’s conference packages.

The Hotel’s licensed restaurant and bar has undergone a transformation with a totally new rebuild and refurbishment on the ground floor.

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Brisbane's Carbrook Golf Course - Metro Hotels

“Hotel General Manager – Allan Hilt said” - It will be a big year for the club as they will host their first National Championship in April 2012 with the Australian Girls’ Amateur Championship and the Australian Girls’ Interstate Teams Matches.

Check out the sharks – see the u tube video’s that have caused a sensation around the world the sharks in the lake around the 13th to 15th holes, “absolutely no searching for your lost golf ball”

The golf club is one of the very few members' owned golf clubs established in Queensland in the last 50 years. As such, the members have control over their own destiny, without interference from landlords or other external parties, and enjoy knowing that any contribution they make to the club stays with the club.

The club property consists of 3 blocks of riverfront land on Beenleigh-Redland Bay Road, Carbrook at the confluence of the Logan and Albert Rivers. It is on the Eastern boundary of the Logan City Council area and closely adjoins Redland Shire. It is a 5 minutes drive from the Loganholme Hyperdome, 8 minutes from Redland Bay, and 15 minutes from Capalaba.

The property totals 92.83 hectares, of which the golf course, including the clubhouse, buggy shed, workshop, and carpark are built on approximately 40 hectares. The balance is a combination Practice Range, Lakes, and unused land.

The golf course is of genuine championship standard: being 18 holes, Par 71, ACR 72 and 6127 metres in length.

The club has a resident Professional, Teaching Professional, and Trainee operating from a well stocked shop. There is a fleet of near new electric Golf Carts for hire at reasonable rates and there is a Driving Range which is free to members, and a warm-up practice nets facility.

The modest but modern clubhouse overlooks the course and adjacent lakes and members and social players can enjoy a drink before or after their round on the outdoor deck overlooking the lake, or test their luck on the gaming machines if they wish. The Bistro is open 7 days with meals 4 days and snacks the other 3. Espresso coffee is available at the bar.

“Play and stay” at Metro Hotel Tower Mill – Call the Hotel on 07 3832 1421 for more information.

Metro Hotel Tower Mill's General Manager, Allan Hilt

Queensland Hotels Bounce Back

A year ago Queensland was hit a double blow from devastating floods and cyclone Yasi.

Twelve months on and tourism in the sunshine state is bouncing back according to local operators.

Australian Bureau of Statistics results show a consistent growth in tourist numbers indicating a positive future for accommodation providers with an increased occupancy rate and average length of stay.

Much of this success comes from Tourism Queensland’s $12 million Nothing Beats Queensland campaign that was released immediately after the summer’s disasters.

Metro Hotels who have three properties in Queensland, have reported a rise in occupancy rates of up to 10 per cent in Gladstone, 12 per cent Brisbane and Ipswich.

The Metro Hotel on Wickham Terrace Brisbane and the Metro Hotel Ipswich International both suffered as a result of last January’s floods. “Luckily, both of these properties are on high ground so they were not directly damaged by the flood waters,” explains Metro Hotels Chief Operating Officer, George Bedwani.

The Metro Hotel and Apartments Gladstone also suffered because of the floods and cyclone Yasi. “Access to Gladstone from the southern and northern parts of the Queensland was completely cut off for a number of days,” said Mr Bedwani. “Gladstone is a mining hub and these natural disasters put a very large dent in their business and ours.”

According to Mr Bedwani, the future is looking positive for Queensland hotels. ”Queensland and Queenslanders are very resilient and the way everyone has pulled together to things up and running again is simply remarkable,” he said.

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Summer Special at Metro Hotel Tower Mill - Brisbane Hotel Accommodation Deal

Metro Hotel Tower Mill is offering this Summer Special from $140.00* per night including:

• Staying in an Executive Double/ Twin Room
  
• Full buffet breakfast for two each morning
• Complimentary 24hr wifi internet access
• 20 Tower Mill dollars - for full use in the restaurant and bar* (* conditions apply)
• Upgrade fees apply to other room types

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Brisbane City Escape Package at Metro Hotel Tower Mill @ Metro Hotel Tower Mill - Metro Hotels

Metro Hotel Tower Mill is offering this Brisbane City Escape Package for $110* per night including:

- Staying in either an Executive Double or Twin Room
- Free 24 Hour WIFI internet per day
- Upgrade fees apply for other room types

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THE TOWER MILL: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION

Brisbane's Tower Mill is the oldest extant building in Queensland, having been built in 1828 under the direction of Commandant Logan.

It is located in Observatory Park on the southern side of Wickham Terrace and is a major landmark of the City of Brisbane.

(Fig 1). In 1990 the Heritage Section of the Brisbane City Council granted funds to The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit (U.Q.A.S.U.) for the Tower Mill Archaeological Project (TMAP90) which sought to investigate for the B.C.C. the possibility that materials of heritage value lay beneath the soil.

The project was directed by Jay Hall, who conducted preliminary non-invasive subsurface probing in January 1990 (see Hall 1991. Hall and Yelf 1993). Excavation
was carried out in April 1990 under the field supervision of Bruno David and the subsequent analysis of recovered material was undertaken by Jon Prangnell as part of his BA Honours research.

This paper reports primarily on the excavation and subsequent artefact analysis of this important historical site. It also Presents a preliminary model to explain the depositional sequence as well as a chronology of the site based upon that sequence and its cultural content (see also Prangnell 1991).

A more detailed analysis of this site, set within the theoretical framework of Australian historical archaeology, is to be published elsewhere.

The Site and its Historical Setting convict backwater to state capital. As a backdrop to the The Tower Mill is one of only two Brisbane buildings TMAP90 research an historical outline is presented remaining from the convict era (the other is the below (refer Figure 2 for graphic historic representation).
Commissariat Store built in 1829). It has the longest For a more detailed account the reader is referred to historical record of any building in Queensland and this Heap (1983). Hogan (1978) and Prangnell (1991).

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Make Metro a festive base - Metro Hotel Tower Mill Brisbane

BRISBANE is set to come alive this summer with plenty to see and do, including world-class entertainment and cultural events, international sport, Christmas festivities and loads of shopping opportunities.

In the heart of Brisbane close to all major attractions, Metro Hotel Tower Mill provides the ideal place to stay for visitors wishing to take advantage of Christmas shopping, to visit the Myer Christmas window display and other yuletide festivities, as well as enjoy the big events being held in Brisbane this season.

And Metro Hotel Tower Mill is making staying there even more attractive with a special Shop and Explore Package at $130 for either a queen or twin room, with full buffet breakfast for two included and complimentary 24-hour wireless broadband.

Just 10 minutes' walk from Queen Street Mall and many of the city's greatest attractions such as Treasury Casino, South Bank Parklands, the Botanical Gardens, art galleries and museums, Metro Hotel Tower Mill allows visitors a central location to do some Christmas shopping while exploring the many other attractions the city has to offer.

Queen Street Mall, home of the popular Myer Christmas window display, has about 700 specialty stores, while many of Brisbane's up-and-coming fashion designers can be found nearby in the Elizabeth Arcade. Stroll across the river to South Bank for lunch and explore the South Bank Young Designers Market, or take the bus to Fortitude Valley and New Farm to experience young artists and emerging fashion designers, along with the trendy retailers along James Street.

On December 10, the annual Lord Mayor's Carols in the City will be held a short distance from the hotel on the Riverstage in the City Botanic Gardens, while the blockbuster musical Mary Poppins will fly into the Queensland Performing Arts Centre on December 30 - a must-see stage event for both young and old.

At the Gallery of Modern Art, the Matisse: Drawing Life exhibition will run from today to March 4 next year, while the Brisbane International 2012 will be played at the Queensland Tennis Centre from January 1-8. For those who prefer watching sport to shopping, head to the Gabba for the Australia versus New Zealand five-day Test match on now until Monday.

Metro Hotel Tower Mill is a distinctive cylindrically shaped hotel and a popular landmark on the inner- city Brisbane skyline. It has 80 guest rooms, all with private balconies that take in panoramic views across Brisbane. The hotel has a variety of rooms from twin, queen bed and family rooms (accommodating up to four people), to executive suites.

Limited complimentary parking is available for guests.

The Mill Hotel Bar and Restaurant provides an idyllic setting for guests to enjoy a leisurely meal or drink after a day of sightseeing or business meetings, with a new outdoor dining area ideal for the sunny Brisbane weather. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and evening meals, and also provides room service.

The $130 a night Shop and Explore package at Metro Hotel Tower Mill on Wickham Terrace is valid from now to February 29 next year, subject to availability.

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