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Thank you. I was reading one of your other posts mentioning Meriton in Sydney. The new location looks nice on Sussex St. Since we have 17 nights in total now before our cruise, we are thinking 12 nights around the Gold Coast/Brisbane area and 5 nights in Sydney, we do love Sydney even though we have been there twice before. I see that Meriton as a location in Broadbeach. Would that location be better than Surfers Paradise? Do you know what the difference would be? Thinking about this a little more, maybe it would be best to just stay in one place Gold Coast/Brisbane instead of moving since we will have kitchen facilities so that we don't have to pack everything up and move. We could take transit/transport to Brisbane when we want to avoid packing/moving/checking out and having to wait to check in at the next place. What do you think of that idea? So, 12 nights on the Gold Coast and 5 in Sydney, both staying at the Meriton. It would be great to get all of our laundry done as well before we board the ship for 17 nights to Hawaii 🙂 Angela

Hello, We have just booked a cruise out of Sydney for April 2024 but we have sailed from there 2 times before. So for this cruise, we will fly into Brisbane and stay 2 weeks around that area and then fly to Sydney 3 nights before the cruise since it looks like flights are very reasonable. I want to go back to the Lone Park Koala Santuary to see my favouite koalas. I'm looking for recommendations as to where to stay for the 2 weeks, Gold Coast or Brisbane or both? We would like a place with a kitchen so that we don't have to go out for all meals. We would love a place overlooking the ocean if possible if reasonable prices and maybe not too much of a loud party area if that is possible but we love lots of things going on. Are there different areas in the Gold Coast that are better locations? We are nervous to rent a car being that driving is on the opposite side of the road and maybe it is busy. Thoughts? Thank you! Angela