Flo Mummy: Gold Coast - Q1 Resort and Spa

Monday, June 23, 2014

Gold Coast - Q1 Resort and Spa

We stayed the infamous Q1 Resort and Spa on Surfers Paradise. If you are not sure which one it is, this is the highest residential apartment in SP and has a Skypoint which allows visitors to do a climb or view Gold Coast at its observatory deck. This was not our 1st choice coz it was pretty pricey at the I looked at it and decided on some other apartments instead. T came back again with this reccomendation stating his friend who has been using them highly reccomends this if we have young children.

Looked into it again and worked out my sums (I will link this post back to my full Itinerary + Costings). Booked it from their website and had some promo for weekdays and in the end worked out pretty well.

This is the view that we wake up to every morning. We were on the 27th floor and were comfortable with this height. Though if I was on a trip without the children I may pay for a higher floor. But you know us mummies, we think too much like children falling off etc. If you need to know, no human can fall out as the 1 window opens a 15% outwards , the rest are fixed.

: Gold Coast has to have one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

: It was a 5 mins walk from Surfers Paradise

: Full kitchen

: A service balcony or a chill out zone or in my case- a place to dry my swim gear.

: Dining Area

: The bedroom that sleeps us 4. We co-sleep so it was cosy and snug

: The walk in wardrobe, they hav hangers on the other side

The apartment was seriously self contained! I didn't whip up a feast for we were exhausted each day with our activities. But it came in handy for our daily breakfast .

: 4 each

: I took so that you mummies know what cooking utensils you have in your kitchen

: I didn't get to use these

: Self ignite gas stove. They provide pans and pots

: Came in handy

: Useful Lot

: Simple and yet beautiful set of crockery

: They lined it for you. Great for heating up stuff but baking and all.. eh didnt see baking trays

: Chopping board and coasters.

: Drawer of frying pans and pots

: Dish Washer which I never liked using

: Top Drawer hides an ironing board!

: They were thoughful enough to provide tea cloth

: Complimentary and the fridge has a small packet of cream

: Please bring your own towels as they provide 2 only

: Its a fixed shower head and so the babies bathe in the bath tub

: you can see the other part of the walk in wardrobe

: T spent many nights watching World Cup here. The view is amazing

There is a washing machine and dryer which btw was my no 1 electrical appliance of the trip. K kept messing up her clothes and I couldnt wait till I return to Singers to get them washed as the stain will end up permanent. So I washed the children clothes before packing them away. The dryer was just too useful especially for our towels. There was a extra charge for everything. Towels was $2.5 each, detergent was $1, housekeeping was $15(mini) or $60 for a proper clean up. We didn't want to spend that money and left to the the washer and dryers to ensure dry, warm towels.

The apartment was safe for the children and except for that one time K trip on the step going out to the service balcony. We were toying with the idea of extenting our stay coz we slept so well and CANNOT wake up. Sleep was just good, T and I didn't play with our gadgets the whole trip except for 10 mins of checking email before we sleep just to ensure business was all okie. We paid for 5 days of wi-fi for about $50 (if I'm not wrong) just mainly for work purpose.

The children enjoyed the space they had. The bath tub was the daily highlight and I brought water squirts and bubble which I bought from daiso. So bath time was like party.

: Like a big girl

: V drew the sunrise and the pacific ocean that was our view

1 plus point for staying this apartment was that we since we decided to drive and needed free parking. You can read my review on the car rental company we chose here. Most hotel/apartment do charge $20-$25 for night parking which was not worth spending. You will have to park at selected lots marked orange and this Q1 residential towers has people staying in and we stay in rented apartments by managed by Q1 resorts and spa. You get a lift that goes up DIRECT to your floor, so there is no need to walk out of the building.