I have a background in commercial art, and currently work as a freelance cartoonist in Queensland A...
I have a background in commercial art, and currently work as a freelance cartoonist in Queensland Australia. My interests include travel, photography, swimming, skin-diving and I'm an avid user of my local library.
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Reef View hotel, Hamilton Island offers magnificent views of the Whitsundays. Travellers tip is to stay on the upper floors - These are the Coral sea rooms it's much quieter, and the views are better. It's worth paying a little more to do this. Lower floors - known as Garden View - (especially near the night club/bar) tend to be a bit noisy from my experience.
MY EXPERIENCE AT REEF VIEW
I stayed here earlier this year (2008), found the rooms spacious, clean and comfortable. I paid $290 (Australian) per night toom rate (approx 118 pounds) - a rate which included full buffet breakfast daily. They also gave me a free day cruise out to the Barrier Reef which was a highlight. Also had full use of all resort facilities, non-motorised watersports, catamarans etc. Worthy of note - be careful of stingers (venemous jellyfish) at certain times of year when swimming.
MY ROOM
My room was furnished in bright cheerful tropical colours, wide balconies. Two king-size beds in the room. All the usual facilities one would expect for a resort hotel - aircon, colour TV, tea and coffee making, bar fridge, ensuite etc. Tiled floors. Room was larger than I expected - spacious and pleasant.
LOCAL WILDLIFE
A special attraction is the local cockatoos which fly in to perch on your own balcony. These wonderful creatures with snowy white feathers and yellow plumes really add local ambience to your stay at the Reef View. Be careful though, they may come right in your room uninvited !
RESORT STAFF
Resort staff were helpful in my opinion. There is free internet provided at lobby level for guests. All my inquiries were promptly answered, although I must admit that room service took overly long one evening (45 minutes after ordering) and food was cold when it arrived. However management quickly assessed this discrepancy and brought me another meal, fresh and hot after I asked.
DINING AT THE HOTEL
The buffet breakfasts were excellent - part of my package. Normally, they would cost around $30 (GBP12). Good variety of hot and cold choices, also Asian as well as Western cuisine. Waitresses at breakfast table very helpful and courteous. I enjoyed it here.
Pictures of Reef View Hotel, Great Barrier Reef
Some friendly feathered guests come looking for free handouts on my hotel room balcony at Hamilton Island
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Hi and welcome to ciao. Good start to your review although more info and opinion about the hotel would make your review more useful. What were the rooms like? How much did you pay? What was the service like? etc. if you add more to your review at some point let me know and ill happily rerate for you x
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Jun 1st, 2008
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