If you are looking for a place to stay, I would recommend the corniche area, although everything is easily accessible by taxi or uber. If you want to stay by the airport then Yas Island is great. It will be REALLY hot, but I think of that as a selling point for visits. I think everyone should experience it once in their lives, you really cannot believe how hot it is till you are in it. Go to the mosque, do a city tour, Emirates Palace spa, do a desert safari for sure, camel rides,do a day tour of Dubai. Don't know if they do hammams in Australia but highly recommend them here as a way to relax and stay out of the sun. Emirates Palace and Anatara Eastern Mangroves (also a great place to stay) have great ones. Go to Nolu's for breakfast or lunch either on the corniche or by the airport, my favorite Abu Dhabi restaurant. Nothing fancy, but make a great salad and soup. It was started by a chick from California that has an Afghani mother