{"id":2643,"date":"2011-04-11T13:47:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T01:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2011-04-11T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T01:47:24","slug":"the-fact-files-brisbane-developing-as-key-traveler-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/the-fact-files-brisbane-developing-as-key-traveler-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fact Files: Brisbane developing as key traveler stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Brisbane City YHA is a supplier that provides accommodation for <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.auip.com\/\">AUIP<\/a><\/em><em> students spending time in Brisbane during our <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/auip.com\/programs\/southqueensland.php\">South Queensland program<\/a><\/em><em>. Brisbane City YHA shares with us some information about Queensland, Brisbane and their facilities:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/brisbane-city-yha.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-691\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/brisbane-city-yha.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Brisbane is fast becoming the ultimate first stop destination in Australia for students and backpackers. The commencement of direct flights between Brisbane and Dallas by QANTAS on the May 16, 2011 will give unprecedented access to Queensland for U.S. travelers.<\/p>\n<p>Queensland boasts the best natural wonders in Australia with many World Heritage-listed locations including the Daintree Rainforest and one of the World\u2019s Seven Natural Wonders, the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p>Backpackers and students frequent Queensland with its fantastic weather year round from Brisbane and the Gold Coast in the south to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef in the north. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yha.com.au\/\">YHA Australia<\/a> has a network of 16 hostels all over Queensland and over 120 Australia wide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yha.com.au\/hostels\/qld\/brisbane-surrounds\/brisbane-yha-backpackers-hostel\/\">Brisbane City YHA<\/a> underwent a multi-million dollar refurbishment in 2008-2009 and has consequently won \u2018Best New Tourism Development\u2019 in 2009, and \u2018Best Backpackers\u2019 in 2010 at the Queensland Tourism Awards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-692\" title=\"Brisbane City YHA 2\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/brisbane-city-yha-2.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hostel (entrance shown to the right) boasts five secure floors of key card accessible accommodation, including a designated group floor with conference facilities for up to 80 people. Other luxuries include a new stainless steel kitchen, TV\/Games room, a fully functioning travel desk and in-room Wi-Fi. In addition to these amenities is a rooftop pool and deck which overlooks the city skyline \u00a0and Brisbane River, giving the most spectacular day and night views of the city, as can be seen by the photo to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane is Australia\u2019s third largest city and home to over two million people. The city is a vibrant metropolis with a wide-ranging music and cultural event calendar. Visitors can choose to dine and relax in SouthBank on the riverfront or enjoy the many of Brisbane\u2019s street shopping precincts. Brisbane is the ideal location for exploring Queensland\u2019s countryside to the west, the famous beaches of the Gold Coast to the south or starting an epic journey over 1,500 kilometres north to Cairns and visiting the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p>YHA Australia is part of the world&#8217;s largest backpacker accommodation network, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hihostels.com.au\/\">Hostelling International (HI)<\/a>, which provides more than 35 million overnight stays per year through 4,000 hostels in over 80 countries. Brisbane City YHA offers multi-share, twin, double and family rooms with rates starting from $27.50 per night for HI members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brisbane City YHA is a supplier that provides accommodation for AUIP students spending time in Brisbane during our South Queensland program. Brisbane City YHA shares with us some information about Queensland, Brisbane and their facilities: Brisbane is fast becoming the ultimate first stop destination in Australia for students and backpackers. The commencement of direct flights between Brisbane and Dallas by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-south-queensland","category-the-fact-files"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}