QF Club lounges are so basic they are hardly of any value. Marginal at best. I call them the Iced VoVo lounges, because they provide cheap biscuits to go with drinks. The food overall is poor, the seating is getting very basic, more like McDonalds tables and chairs, hard unattractive plastic. And at peak times just getting a seat is a problem.
And as for the so called business lounge at Sydney International, its a disgrace with poor food. The whole policy is flawed.....if you have a cheap J class ticket but status you access BusinessFirst, a nice lounge. But if you just paid a lot of money for a QF J class ticket, didn't get a deal, or don't get a corporate rebate etc, all those extra dollars get nothing and you are consigned to an inferior inadequate lounge.
This is the reality of Alan Joyce's QF.
Better to fly another carrier, cheaper fare, better product, better lounges, or even just use the Amex lounge.