Checking in: QT Canberra | Canberra, AUSTRALIA
‘Obama’s in the house’ I announced to the other travel bunnie ecstatically when we checked into our first hotel in Canberra. Mind you, Obama wasn’t the only politician in the house, you’ll easily find that numerous heads of state have taken over the quirky and artsy lobby of QT Canberra. Life size Australian politicians appear on the wallpaper as well as portraits of figures like Hilary Clinton, Angela Merkel and the like take over one side of the space while on the other side, guests can read live tweets. Being the capital city of Australia and politician central, the theme at QT won over my heart within seconds.
QT Canberra is conveniently located in the centre of Canberra and a stone throw away from the trendy NewActon precinct. Given that it’s only a ten-minute drive away from Canberra Airport, we thought it would be the perfect place to settle in.
Stepping out of the elevator on the sixth floor, my eyes were immediately drawn to the room number signs. Rather than the usual mundane ones that you see in a lot of hotels around the world, here at QT, the signs are illustrations of a voting papers being dropped into a ballot box, and on the voting paper, you will find your room number. How fitting. We reserved a junior suite, which essentially was two adjourning small rooms with en suites combined into one. Both rooms offered access to the long balcony with a panoramic view from Lake Burley Griffin to as far as the Parliament House on the left and Black Mountain on the right. In the room, you will also find quirky quotes from politicians printed on postcards with photos of, you guessed it, politicians on them. The Junior Suite was quite low-key, other than the views, so don’t expect anything too flash.
The next morning, we had breakfast at the hotel’s Capitol Bar & Grill which offered a fantastic spread of food from cold cuts, smoked fish, plates of fresh fruits, to mini jars of bircher muesli, juices and breakfast favourites like streaky bacon and potato rosti. There was also a T2 tea station as well as an omelette station. I thought the breakfast was fantastic, after all, QT understands that politicians can’t run the country on an empty tummy.
I don’t think I’ve ever written the word ‘politician’ so many times in one post, but QT Canberra has surely done an awesome job at making the politicians shine - now if you want to take a selfie with Obama, you know where to go.
Bunnies’ Travel Notes
Bunnies’ Room Number: 606 – Junior Suite
Bath products: Marlin + Goetz
Perks that we loved: complimentary wifi / quirky lobby / bikes
Check-in/check-out times: 2pm - 11am
Time of stay: February 2017
What we paid: $359AUD for one night (the Versailles package)
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