Notes from
William Street
Written by the desk, not a content farm: what to book, when to come, how the casino floor works and where Brisbane actually eats after 10 pm.
Ten reads before you arrive
Casino etiquette for your first visit
What to wear, when to buy in, and the hand signals dealers actually respond to.
River view rooms, ranked by floor
Which levels catch the bridge, which catch the sunrise, and which we book for ourselves.
48 hours in Brisbane CBD without a car
A walking weekend from check-in Friday to checkout Sunday, hour by hour.
Which of the six restaurants suits which night
A honest ranking: where to take clients, where to take a date, where to eat alone at 1 am.
Ballroom or terrace: choosing a wedding space
Capacity, light, rain plans and what the events team will not tell you upfront.
The 21st-floor spa, hour by hour
When the thermal circuit is empty, which treatments book out first, and the order that works.
The business traveler's playbook for this hotel
Lounge hours, printing, early breakfast, and how to expense everything cleanly.
The family staycation, stress-tested
We booked interconnecting rooms with a 4- and 7-year-old and wrote down what worked.
BNE to William Street: every option priced
Limousine, rideshare, taxi, Airtrain, rental car. Honest times and costs from the desk.
Photography in the journal is shot inside the property and around the precinct by people who work here.
If you read one,
read this one
The etiquette guide answers the questions guests are too embarrassed to ask at the cage. Read it in the car on the way in.
Casino Etiquette GuideAbout these articles
How the journal is written and why there is no sponsored content in it.
The reservations team, in the gaps between bookings. When a question comes through the desk often enough, it becomes an article.
No. We write about the hotel we book and the streets around it. Nobody pays for placement, which is why some articles tell you where not to sit.
Articles carry a month stamp. Details are rechecked when we notice a change or a reader flags one. For live prices, the rates page is always current.
Please do. The best articles start as guest questions. Send yours through the contact form with "Journal idea" as the topic.
The Sunday Note
New articles plus the week's rate movements, in one short email. About 3 minutes of reading.
Done reading.
Time to visit.
The articles end where the river view begins. Rooms from $389 a night.
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