Blue Lake Top 10 Holiday Park, Rotorua
Rotorua is famous for its thermal activity. The downside of all that thermal activity is that the sulphur odour can sometimes be a bit strong! We decide to stay 15 minute’s drive from the centre of town at the beautiful Blue Lake Top 10 Holiday Park.
As the name suggests, this holiday park is on Blue Lake – a very pretty setting. The park is actually across the road from the lake. It is an ideal place to canoe, there are bikes for hire, and a lovely walk around the lake.
Remuera Motor Lodge & Inner City Camping Ground, Auckland
Remuera Motor Lodge & Inner City Camping is a reasonably priced and conveniently located camp ground – just a 15-minute drive into the Auckland city centre and 10-minute drive to the beautiful suburb of Parnell.
Jet Park Airport Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand
Jet Park Hotel is located about 5-10 minute’s drive from Auckland Airport. It is a 4.5 star hotel that is reasonably priced, clean and comfortable.
This was a convenient hotel for us to stay at the beginning of our road trip around the North Island as it was close to the airport and to where we would pick up our rental van.
We flew from Sydney to Auckland and on arrival at Auckland Airport we used the courtesy phone at the I-Site shop to call the hotel to request a courtesy pick up.
Pavilion on Brookes – Brisbane Apartments
Pavilion on Brookes is just 12 months old and features one and two bedroom apartments in a 9 storey building located in the inner city Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills.
The apartments are very good value for money, are conveniently located to the city and Fortitude Valley, are clean, fresh and well equipped. We can highly recommend a stay.
Pavilion on Brookes is a security building: we had a key to get into the building, an electronic tag to access our floor, and an electronic tag to access the garage.
We had a two-bedroom apartment on the 1st floor.
Agnes Water Beach Club, Queensland, Australia
We arrived quite late at the Agnes Water Beach Club apartments and had to press the intercom at Reception to contact management. There was a quick and cheerful response, we collected the key, dropped our luggage and went off to have dinner nearby at The Tavern – one of the few places open at that time of night.
The Tavern serves very good pub food. We had the daily specials of rump steak/salad/chips for $15 and Chicken Schnitzel/salad/chips for $20 – excellent value for money.
Villas on Rivergum, Emerald, Queensland
Villas on Rivergum is a relatively new development of 1 and 2 bedroom ground floor units on the outskirts of Emerald offering good value for money. We can highly recommend these villas if you are looking for clean, modern and self-contained accommodation.
We checked into Villa 4, a two-bedroom contemporary unit with open plan kitchen, dining and living area.
Bedroom 1 at the front of the villa had a queen bed, an ensuite bathroom and walk-in robe. The room was well furnished with bedside tables and bedside lamps, digital clock/radio. Toiletries were provided in the ensuite, and there was an extra pillow and blanket in the walk in robe.