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Q&A Belinda and relaxing accommodation on
Danks- Woodley the other, so there’s really a perfect
balance to this property.
Area Marketing and Anything else you’d like to add?
Communications Manager By adding the third property and
another three restaurants and bars,
What is Flynn’s personality like? this gives locals even more of a
Flynn as a personality is everyone’s reason to sign up to Crystalbrook
friend. The sociable one who’s always Local to receive 15% off
up for a chat, a drink and swim or a rooms, food, drinks and
party. He (or she) is all about being spa. Also, stay tuned
seen in the place to be. to the socials as there
What do you love about Flynn? The are plenty of events
fact there’s three levels of dining on coming up that you
one side of the building, and a day spa won’t want to miss.

Q&A Hilary For instance, we’ve been working with restaurant, we have a
chef with a strong
Langdon James from Cairns Wedding Cakes to Italian background.
design desserts and we use a locally
Executive Chef produced barbeque sauce on our Italian food’s all
about the best fresh
pizzas and burgers. We really try to ingredients so fresh
find a point of difference in what’s out
How much local produce is on each there and what we can utilise pastas are a must as are
of the menus of each of Flynn’s local suppliers. For example,
restaurants? More than 80% of the How do you ensure the food is we have a white asparagus company
produce is local. In Boardwalk Social, authentic? We have different chefs in Townsville we buy from so we
we work with local wholesaler Simon involved in each outlet and we can enhance the Italian flavours. In
George so we get a lot of our fruit and really focus on finding the right Whiskey and Wine, we have what
vegetables from up on the Tablelands. attributes in each team to match I call forked food – things you can
We use locally caught fresh fish, that restaurant. We’ve got Matthew eat with a fork or pick up with your
locally sourced chicken and our in Boardwalk Social driving a really fingers. But it has a little bit of a twist:
signature Crystalbrook Collection fun, energetic team and that matches it might look like one thing but taste
Beef. We also engage with local chefs. the food they’re serving. In the Italian completely different.

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