Last year I had to get a suspicious looking mole cut from my leg. It turned out to be an abnormal…read moremole with the potential to become cancerous, so I've been getting regular check ups on the insistence of my doctor ever since. I go to Terrace Dermatology for a full body skin-check every 6 months, which involves stripping down to your undies, and I've never once felt uncomfortable like I have in other medical situations. My dermatologist is Dr Rowland Noakes, who is very thorough and checks between your toes and behind your ears. If you ask (which I did, because I am a crazy hypochondriac) he can even whip out this neat gadget he attaches to his iPhone4, which takes photos of your moles that he can track the progress of at each consultation. He is also the cheeriest person I have ever met in my goddamn life, which is pretty remarkable considering he must spend a lot of time burning warts off people's feet. The bathrooms here are also wonderfully clean and modern, and there's a good selection of magazines and newspapers while you're waiting. There are also usually free samples of sunscreen, etc, on the counter, but make sure they aren't overdue like mine were. Sad face.

From the owner: The qualified specialist dermatologists at Terrace Dermatology can provide thorough skin checks for…read morepatients.

I had my first child here back in 2008 when the hospital had just opened, brand new. Thank god I…read morethought because the old one was looking a bit dated... okay that's a lie. Really dated. My health insurance hadn't kicked in in time so I was shunted rudely into the public system. But after a few visits here, they were really nice, everything was really new and best of all, I gave birth around Christmas New Years when everyone does and I was accidentally given a private room (score). No sharing for me and a little bedside window couch too for my husband to sleep on. Having said that though, cosmetics aside, sure the rooms are awesome, the labour ward looks better than your own room and has all of the state of the art equipment. In fact when I gave birth, I had about 20 people in there, a full resus team, a whole bunch of new residents (ahh the joys of the public system) and 2 doctors (probably residents too). I was a bit panicky because I'd never had a child before and my labour was reaching its 29th hour... and i'd been pushing my little heart out for a good 2 and a half hours. Long story short, the baby pooped in the water bag and they were all worried it had breathed some of it in. I have no doubt they were the best of the best and if anything went wrong, well, they have the states only and most state of the art neonatal care division so I wouldn't have to be transferred anywhere if anything did go wrong. This made up for the service... the midwives kept coming into my room and being rude to my husband, I think in the 3 days I was there I saw about 10 different midwives, all treating us differently... they were all kind of nice-ish, but they were treating us like a number, which I think comes with the whole public system thing. For example, I had no idea I was supposed to feed my baby right after giving birth, and I wanted 8 hours for a midwife to rotate in and ask me when the baby had last been fed and I replied... I haven't fed him yet. Met with a hmph and a 'well the midwife before should have made you feed him...' yeah yeah whatever. Baby malnourished here. Come on get your act together. But you get that. Overall, an excellent facility.

I have attended other hospitals for emergency, surgery, and different outpatients clinic in…read moreBrisbane, this is a comparative review. The triage process at the Mater is superior to others. Although the wait times, going through the emergency department are long and not entirely consistent, the quality and respectfulness of the medical and administrative staff is very good. It was my local GP clinic receptionist who recommended I switch over to the Mater, after the last straw at another major across the river, and I am not looking back. Go the Mater !!

Beautiful Vietnam/Chinese food, from an extensive menu, very reasonable prices, nice front seats…read more The waitresses are very friendly. Strongly recommended.