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This 6-year old hotel, which is so smart it's hard to believe it's a YMCA, gained 26 rooms in 2004. Accommodations have vivid bedcovers, chrome chairs, and artsy bedside lamps on chrome stands. Rooms are small but can sleep up to four adults. Among the useful facilities are a 24-hour front desk, safe-deposit boxes, and a hip cybercafe. Hair dryers are available on request. Guests have free access to the recently expanded City Y health club, the largest hotel gym in Australia, which offers aerobics classes, personal trainers, and massage (for an extra fee). Four rooms are designed for guests with disabilities, and there is also easy access to the gym.

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