Metro Hotels Accommodation Packages with FREE Internet / Wifi

These fantastic Metro Hotel deals all have one thing in common: Free Internet

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 Place is offering this Autumn Package for $160.00* per night staying in a one bedroom apartment including:

• Free Internet
• Midday Check-out
• Bottle of Wine on arrival

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/264

Metro Apartments on Bank Place is offering this Corporate Package (Single occupancy) for $165.00* per night including:

• One Bedroom Apartment for One occupant* 
• Free Internet
• A bottle of wine on arrival.
• Late check-out of 11 AM

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/118

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Brisbane QLD

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:

• 2 full hot buffet breakfasts 
• Free car parking 
• Free wireless Internet 
• Late check out till 12 noon

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/309

Metro Hotel Ipswich International is offering this great Bed and Breakfast package of $149.00 per couple per night including:

• One night’s accommodation in a Superior Queen Room
• Hot chocolate welcome pack
• Breakfast
• Free Internet
• Car Parking
• $30 voucher when two people dine in the restaurant and order a two-course meal. 

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/312

Metro Hotel Ipswich International is offering this Sunday / Monday Madness accommodation package for $110.00 including:

• One Nights accommodation
• Late check-out of 1.00 pm
• Free Internet 

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/241

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Sydney NSW

Metro Hotel Miranda is offering this Baby It's Cold Outside package staying in a Standard Balcony Queen or Twin Room for $105.00* per night including: 

• Hot chocolate and Raisin toast 
• Free internet 
• Free car parking 
• Late checkout of 11AM

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/308

Metro Hotel Miranda is offering Balcony Queen Room 3 Night Mid Week Special for $120.00* per night including:

• Accommodation for two staying in a Balcony Queen Room
• Bottle of Wine upon arrival
• Chocolates on arrival
• Free Internet 

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/259

Metro Hotel on Pitt is offering this Winter Sydney CBD Getaway for $134.00 per room per night including:

• Free wireless internet
• A bottle of wine on arrival
• Late check out of 12 noon
• Staying in a Standard\Single\double\twin room*

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/306

Metro Hotel Sydney Central is offering this Weekday Bundle Package from $99.00 per night (maximum 2 people per package) including; 

• One nights accommodation in a Superior Room
• Daily Free Wi Fi
• A big bottle of wine on arrival 

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/280

Metro Hotel Sydney Central is offering this Winter Sydney - Great Saver package for $129.00 per room per night including: 

• Free wireless internet 
• Free Breakfast for 2 adult 
• Free bottle of wine on arrival 
• Free late check out by 12 noon (Subject to availability).

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/307

Metro Apartments on King - Book this Corporate Special from $165.00 per night staying in a fabulously located one bedroom apartment featuring a fully equipped kitchen including:

• Free WiFi  

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/20

Metro Apartments on Darling Harbour - Stay at Metro Apartments on Darling Harbour on a weekday for just $180.00* per night including:

• Free WiFi  

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/21

Aspire Hotel Sydney Ultimo For just $169.00* per night, Aspire Hotel Sydney is offering this Expo Package including:

• Accommodation in a Superior room
• Buffet breakfast
• Free wireless internet
• Free car parking - One bay per room with unlimited entry and exit
• Exhibitor Survival Pack containing two bottles of water, one sandwich or ham croissant, one piece of fruit and one muesli bar).

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/271

Aspire Hotel Sydney Ultimo is offering this Deluxe package for our Best Available Rate + $40 including:

• Staying in a deluxe room
• On-Site overnight parking
• In-room wireless internet
• Daily breakfast

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/64

Metro Hotels Winter Australia Accommodation Specials

Now that Winter is upon us, Metro Hotels would like to welcome their guests for a nation-wide Winter warm up!

Below are some accommodation specials around Australia that may interest you for the chilly months ahead.

Melbourne VIC

Metro Apartments on Bank Place is offering this winter warmer accommodation special for $175.00* staying in a one bedroom apartment including: 

• Free unlimited wireless Internet 
• Bottle of wine on arrival 
• Late check-out of 11am
• Continental boxed breakfast for two

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/303

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Brisbane QLD

Metro Hotel Tower Mill is offering this winter warmer hotel special for $123.00* per night staying in an executive double room including:

• 2 full hot buffet breakfasts 
• Free car parking 
• Free wireless Internet 
• Late check out till 12 noon

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/309

Metro Hotel and Apartments Gladstone is offering this winter special for only $150.00* per night with: 

• Late checkout of 12.00 noon available on Saturday & Sunday

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/310

Metro Hotel Ipswich International is offering this warm up in Ipswich hotel special for $149.00* per night staying in a Superior Queen including:

• Hot chocolate welcome pack 
• Breakfast 
• Free Internet 
• Free Parking 
• $30.00 voucher when 2 people dine in the Restaurant for a two course meal 

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/311

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Perth WA

Metro Hotel Perth is offering this winter weekender hotel package for $299.00 per night staying in an executive room including: 

• Late Check out
• Breakfast for two
• Sparkling wine on arrival
• Chocolates on arrival
• $10.00 Coles voucher per stay 

Offer is valid Friday, Saturday and Sunday only.

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/304

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Sydney NSW

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:

• Hot chocolate and Raisin toast 
• Free internet 
• Free car parking 
• Late checkout of 11AM

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/308

Metro Hotel on Pitt is offering this Winter Sydney CBD getaway hotel special for $134.00 per room per night including:

• Free wireless internet
• A bottle of wine on arrival
• Late check out of 12 noon
• Staying in a Standard\Single\double\twin room (Subject to availability)

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/306

Metro Hotel Sydney Central is offering this Winter great saver hotel package for $129.00 per room per night including: 

• Free wireless internet 
• Free Breakfast for 2 adult 
• Free bottle of wine on arrival 
• Free late check out by 12 noon (Subject to availability)

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/307

Metro Apartments on King is offering this Winter warmer special including:

• Free Sparkling wine
• Chocolates

At $179.00 Sunday-Thursday, $279.00 Friday-Saturday (minimum 2 night stay).

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/167

Metro Apartments on Darling Harbour is offering this Winter warmer accommodation special staying in an executive apartment including: 

• Free Sparkling Wine 
• Free Chocolates
• Late checkout of 12 noon

$229.00* Sunday-Thursday, $349.00* Friday-Saturday (*minimum two night stay).

Book here: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special/298

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History of The Old Tower Mill, Brisbane

 

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

For Bookings: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/brisbane-hotels/metro-hotel-tower-mill-5
Specials @ Metro Hotel Tower Mill: http://www.metrohotels.com.au/special
Phone: +61 7 3832 1421
Email: towermill@metrohg.com

Shows Australia: Vans Warped Tour Australia 2013 Dates Announced

Using the most professional and cheapest method of communication, the promoter dropped the dates via his Twitter account this morning.

The venue details and artist lineup have yet to be revealed, but that’s expected to come in the next few months.

Splendour In The Grass sells out in under an hour

AJ recently revealed his excitement at working with Warped Tour founder, saying “Kevin Lyman IS warped and always the man to thank. I’m just privileged to assist him…

Warped is about mayhem & DIY punk rock spirit. [Soundwave] is about delivering a slick & orchestrated day of performances.”

It will be the first Australian leg for the Vans Warped Tour in more than a decade and we can’t wait to see what it brings to our shores.


First launched in 1995, three years later in January 1998 the festival first made its way to Australia with a lineup that featured Pennywise, Frenzal Rhomb, Blink 182, The Living End, Bodyjar and more. Warped hasn’t been back here since 2002.

Maddah hasn’t dropped any hints about the lineup yet, but did confirm that the Vans Warped Tour won’t have any sideshows.

Brisbane: Friday, November 29
Coffs Harbour: Saturday, November 30
Sydney: Sunday, December 1
Canberra: Friday, December, 6
Melbourne: Saturday, December 7
Adelaide: Sunday, December 8

Announcing the Disney-Pixar Fun Zone Featuring Mack the Transporter

Tickets to main event required (V8 supercars)

Kids 12 and under receive free general admission with a paying adult.

The all-new Disney-Pixar Fun Zone includes four new worlds of entertainment from Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters University and an expanded Cars Zone. It’s another world first for Australian and New Zealand fans, thanks to a unique initiative between The Walt Disney Company, Australia, Mack Trucks, V8 Supercars and the Entertainment Store.

Aspiring young cowgirls and boys will love the colourful Toy Story themed attraction within the Disney-Pixar Fun Zone, as they test their roust-about skills in Woody and Jessie’s Lasso Challenge. They’ll also get creative in Woody’s workshop, and build their own bandit moustache and sheriff badge to take home with them!

The all-new Cars Zone features the awesome new Cars-themed bouncy two-track giant inflatable slide and a revamped World Grand Prix Training Track with brand new electric cars. Young Cars fans will once again be able to meet and take their photo next to the life-size replica of Mack The Transporter, thanks to the continued support of Mack Trucks who celebrate their 50th year in Australia in 2013, and enjoy the ultimate Race-O-Rama PS3 play-offs in the decked-out B-double trailer!

Where and When:

• Sat 6 and Sun 7 April - V8 Supercars Tasmania Microsoft Office 365
• Sat 4 and Sun 6 May - V8 Supercars Chill Perth 360
• Sat 18 and Sun 19 May - Southbank, Brisbane  - Adjacent to Brisbane Truck Show - Free entry
• Sat 15 and Sun 16 June - V8 Supercars Skycity Triple Crown, Darwin
• Fri 5 and Sun 6 July - V8 Supercars Sucrogen Townsville 400
• Sat 27 and Sun 28 July - V8 Supercars Coates Hire Ipswich 360
• Sat 14 and Sun 15 September - V8 Supercars Sandown 500
• Fri 11 to Sun 13 October - V8 Supercars Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
• Fri 25 to Sun 27 October - V8 Supercars ARMOR ALL Gold Coast 600
• Sat 23 to Sat 24 November - V8 Supercars Phillip Island 360
• Fri 6 to Sun 8 December - V8 Supercars Sydney 500

For more information about Disney-Pixar Fun Zone visit: http://www.lifeliketouring.com/disneypixarfunzone/

Lloyd Webber's Superstar to be Resurrected

ANDREW Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's smash-hit musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, is returning to Australia for another arena tour in May, starring a comedian, a Spice Girl and a reality TV talent show winner in the lead roles.

In 1992, when the musical toured Australia's arenas for the first time (the show made its Australian premiere at Sydney's Capitol Theatre 20 years before, in 1972), John Farnham, then one of the country's biggest pop stars, starred as Christ, sporting a glorious blonde mane. Flanked by Kate Ceberano as a sultry Mary Magdalene and Noiseworks frontman, Jon Stevens, playing the treacherous Judas with a mullet to rival Jesus', the show became one of Australia's most popular ever, selling almost 1 million tickets over 16 weeks and grossing more than $40 million. The original cast recording soundtrack went platinum four times.

Twenty years later, after a record-breaking opening run in arenas across Britain and Ireland last September, a contemporarised version of the musical is returning to Australia and will debut in Perth on May 31. The three leads from the British production are reprising their roles here, with Perth-born comedian, singer and actor Tim Minchin playing Judas, former Spice Girl Mel C as Mary Magdalene and newcomer Ben Forster as Jesus, who won the role after appearing in Lloyd Webber's British TV talent show, Superstar.

Stevens returns to the cast for the Australian production, this time playing Pontius Pilate, while Andrew O'Keefe, host of TV game show Deal Or No Deal and nephew of '50s rock star Johnny O'Keefe, makes his major debut as King Herod.

The musical will travel to Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in May and June. Three dates at Rod Laver Arena have been announced.

The story traces the last week of Jesus' life, beginning with his arrival with his disciples in Jerusalem and culminating in his crucifixion. In the updated version, the musical is set in the midst of a global financial crisis, inspired by the London riots and Occupy movements. The set is accordingly modernised, as are the costumes - Forster, as Jesus, evokes a brooding Johnny Depp, while Mel C's Mary Magdalene has dreadlocks and piercings. Reviews for the British leg have been largely positive, with both The Telegraph and The Times giving the show four stars. The Guardian was less impressed, describing Forster as having "only two facial expressions: (pained, or faintly smouldering, like a bit of damp kindling)".

Jon English.

More than 100 people will come to Australia from Britain for the show, which tour promoter Michael Gudinski hopes is the first in a series of collaborations with Lloyd Webber.

Bon Jovi Book in For Australian Tour

BON Jovi have joined the growing band of superstar touring groups booking visits to Australia next summer.

After Mick Fleetwood confirmed Fleetwood Mac would head back to Australia on their world tour in late 2013, Jon Bon Jovi announced his band would be here in December.

As the group kicked off their What About Now tour in a blizzard-ravaged North America last week, the rock frontman said a summer run here was giving them "something to look forward to".

"We are coming (but) not until the end of the year in December," he said.

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