What is "too much" and what is "somewhere nice"? Do you mean just clean and safe, or do you mean that you need pool, turn-down service and amenities?

Nothing in Los Angeles is "close to everything", so figure out first what you want to do and see in your 3 days and then ask about accomodations. Check the FAQs above.

What is your budget per night?

Please read our FAQs at the top of the LA Forums. Buy a book or two on the area.

Knowledge is power!

In addition to the FAQs link above (at the top of the TOPIC LIST), there are a number of excellent travel guides of L.A. that you can look at. In the U.S., many of these guides are available at no cost at our local libraries -- perhaps, the same is true in Austrailia. Recommended guides are:

DK Eyewitness

Lets Go

Fodors

Frommers

You can also look at the website of the L.A. Tourist Board to give you ideas:

http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/

Good luck!

Yeah, read a little bit online or buy a book of L.A. There are literally a gazillion of things to do in this city. We would have to know your interests to even scratch the surface in recomening things to do for you while here