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Sovereign Hill Lodge

4 of 5 stars
madimoo69
Brisbane, Queensland
Nov 28, 2009

We stayed here for one night with our 2yr old and 10 weeks old children. Nice cozy rooms and fantastic for visiting Sovereign Hill as you can enter via a door which links the town with the...more

“Clean & convenient!”

Comfort Inn Menzies

4 of 5 stars
chiefytravels
Australia
Nov 25, 2009

I stayed at the Menzies last night and was delighted. I stayed in a Queen room which had a big (new) plasma with Austar. I've got a bad back and thought the bed was GREAT. Lovely hosts and...more

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The Ansonia on Lydiard

2 of 5 stars
Shumi
Greenwich, Sydney
Nov 23, 2009

Cheap 'hotel' rock hard beds, domestic fridge in bedroom made so much noise we had to turn it off at night, air conditioning in the bedroom didn't work, sockets too far away from tables for laptop, no...more

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