An ideal base for visiting the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest, this ... more
contemporary resort provides comfortable accommodation in the popular coastal resort of Port Douglas.Conveniently located close to the areas amenities and landmarks, such a...
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This is an adults only hotel. Location. The Meridian at Port Douglas in Queensland, ... more
Australia, offers a scenic oceanfront setting. This hotel is 200 meters from the beach and 500 meters from a marina. Cairns International Airport is 60 kilometers from the property. The hotel provides airport transportation for a fee. The hotel is located 50 meters from Macrossan Street, 200 meters from the famous 4 Mile beach and 400 meters to Marina Mirage. Hotel Features. The Meridian at Port Douglas is an adults only hotel that offers an array of recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool and barbecue area. Additional amenities include complimentary parking and discount passes to a local fitness facility. Wireless Internet access is available for a fee. Tour assistance is available at the front desk. Guestrooms. The 33 guestrooms at the Meridian at Port Douglas feature contemporary decor with granite countertops. Select rooms have timber decks from which guests can jump directly into the outdoor pool. All rooms include stainless steel microwave ovens and refrigerators, ceiling fans, balconies and coffeemakers. Wireless Internet access is offered in all guestrooms for a fee. Expert Tip. Honeymoon apartments feature full self contained kitchens, spa tubs in bathrooms, and large living areas that extend out to private balconies with spa tubs. Stay 7 Pay 6: Guests who book a room for seven or more consecutive days for travel between November23, 2008 and March 31, 2009 (excluding Dec 23 08 to Jan 20 09) will receive a free night's stay. Offer applies to 1 Bedroom Standard, 1 Bedroom Superior, and Studio Standard rooms only. October FOC Upgrade Promotion: Guests who book a 1 Bedroom Standard room for travel through October 31, 2008 will receive a FOC upgrade to a 1 Bedroom Superior room upon check in. Offer subject to a
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
This is an adults only hotel. Location. The Meridian at Port Douglas in Queensland, ... more
Australia, offers a scenic oceanfront setting. This hotel is 200 meters from the beach and 500 meters from a marina. Cairns International Airport is 60 kilometers from the property. The hotel provides airport transportation for a fee. The hotel is located 50 meters from Macrossan Street, 200 meters from the famous 4 Mile beach and 400 meters to Marina Mirage. Hotel Features. The Meridian at Port Douglas is an adults only hotel that offers an array of recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool and barbecue area. Additional amenities include complimentary parking and discount passes to a local fitness facility. Wireless Internet access is available for a fee. Tour assistance is available at the front desk. Guestrooms. The 33 guestrooms at the Meridian at Port Douglas feature contemporary decor with granite countertops. Select rooms have timber decks from which guests can jump directly into the outdoor pool. All rooms include stainless steel microwave ovens and refrigerators, ceiling fans, balconies and coffeemakers. Wireless Internet access is offered in all guestrooms for a fee. Expert Tip. Honeymoon apartments feature full self contained kitchens, spa tubs in bathrooms, and large living areas that extend out to private balconies with spa tubs. Stay 7 Pay 6: Guests who book a room for seven or more consecutive days for travel between November23, 2008 and March 31, 2009 (excluding Dec 23 08 to Jan 20 09) will receive a free night's stay. Offer applies to 1 Bedroom Standard, 1 Bedroom Superior, and Studio Standard rooms only. October FOC Upgrade Promotion: Guests who book a 1 Bedroom Standard room for travel through October 31, 2008 will receive a FOC upgrade to a 1 Bedroom Superior room upon check in. Offer subject to a
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: It has a nice cover Disadvantages: The stuff in between is bad
"Oh God, I feel like a refugee from a Douglas Coupland novel."
"That asshole"
"Who does he think he is?"
As opening lines to novels go that was a first for me. I've never known an author name check them self so brazenly and I have to say it set me off on the wrong foot with this book.
I've never read Coupland before so wasn't really sure what to expect. As the celebrated author of 'Generation X' I was looking forward to an IT literate book for the information age. What I got was something far less, a self serving work lacking irony and intelligence. A book that wastes the reader's time and provides little in return.
But I'm rushing to a conclusion so let me step back and tell you a little about it before I completely trash it.
The story follows events over a year or so of Ethan Jarlewski's life. A regular kind of guy he ...
Advantages: An intelligent read Disadvantages: A bit on the light side
I must be such a sucker. A year or so back I bought the book Jpod by Douglas Coupland and hated it with a degree of hostility out of all proportion to its inherent quality, yet here I am shelling out good money for another one. I?d bought that first book largely on the basis of the author?s reputation as a modern, zeitgeist surfing writer with a savvy appreciation of the turn of the century world. A reputation almost entirely earned with this break through novel; ?Generation X?. Unfortunately, Jpod was so annoyingly self-regarding, so out of touch with the 21st century that I felt almost personally insulted that I had been so duped ? hence my disproportionate loathing. Still, once bitten ? never learn is my motto and I resolved to go back to the source of all this trouble and actually read Generation X, the book that created a reputation ...
Advantages: Strong malt flavour Disadvantages: Hard to find on draught
The BLACK DOUGLAS - A legendary brew named after a legend?.........
Not quite. It's more like a very good beer named after a well known figure from Scottish history, but the first description sounds a bit more enticing, I think.
David Younger, a descendant of the George Younger brewing family of Alloa, founded BROUGHTON ALES in 1980, in the pretty little village of Broughton (Brote-un), near Biggar in the Scottish Borders. It was one of the first of the new generation of Scottish breweries and in fact their Greenmantle Ale - which used to be extremely popular - was one of the first real ales I ever sampled, way back in the days when I thought the antithesis of 'real' ale was wholly imaginary.
Official website:
http://www.broughtonales.co.uk/
The 500 ml bottle is a sturdy, dark brown affair with a couple of Saltires ...
