Hostels in Queensland
Wirrilyerna Farm
You can experience living in the outback and watch the farm animals. Get
to know some Aboriginals working and living there
- Accommodation free if you go with Desert Adventurer from/to Alice Springs/Cairns
- Mixed dorms
- Showers and toilets in one separate building, they are mixed
- Large meal with dessert - you only need pay for beer or drink
- No TV or internet
Grand Hotel, Hughendon
This is actually a hotel with small rooms with very comfortable beds
- No dorms but single or twin rooms
- Dinner provided but no dessert
- 3 TVs - 2 in bar (no teletext)
- Separate toilets and showers
- Fans available in rooms
- No kitchen - food is served in bar
- Close to shops
- Security: keys for rooms but no lockers
U2 Retreat, Cairns
This is a small friendly hostel. This hostel is operated mainly by one staff
member who was very friendly - he helped me by making phone calls for me.
He is willing to make phone calls for you
- 24-hour kitchen
- Security - dorm keys but no lockers
- Free tea bags but no milk
- Free evening meal or $4.50 off larger meals
- Free internet with unlimited time usage
- Small outdoor pool - water is warm
- Fans in dorms
- Kitchen is small and clean, dining room
- TV room and lounge - not text
- Toilet and showers are mixed
- 5 min walk to town centre for shops and supermarket
- Backpackers World in town for free internet
- $18/$16 YHA
- Reception closed 12:30-4:30pm
Email U2@internetnorth.com.au
Mission Beach Resort, Mission Beach
This is more of a holiday home due to the large size and many rooms. It is
close to the beach and for activities and trips to Dunk Island
- $18, fourth night free
- Single beds are available here if you hate bunk beds. Bunk beds are also
available
- Swimming pool and spa - warm
- Resort is five different areas in one
- Shopping centre at entrance to resort
- Supermarket is expensive - no large supermarket
- Ensuite and TV in dorms, fridges in dorms
- Air conditioning in some dorms, fans in other dorms
- Key may be required for air conditioning for extra charge
- 5 minute walk to Wongaling Beach, 45 minute approx to Mission Beach and
township via beach
- Activities to do in the surrounds and at Dunk Island
Web www.missionbeachresort.com
Email mbr@znet.net.au
Southbank Village, Townsville
This hostel offers excellent value and is conveniently close to town. The
staff are laidback and friendly and helped me with my decisions about baggage
and the diving course. There is a relaxed setting
- $13 per night
- Toilets and showers are mixed
- No bunk beds in dorms
- Fans in dorms are OK
- Internet nearby (5 minutes free)
- Close to shops and supermarket
- Few TV rooms
- One kitchen per house of dorms - the kitchens are kept clean
- Friendly staff
- Reception closed 12:30-4:30pm
- Outdoor swimming pool is warm
Email southbank_village@bigpond.com
Arkies Resort, Arcadia, Magnetic Island
This hostel is extremely cheap, ideal for those staying for a while. There
is plenty to do around the hostel
- As low as $8 per night when staying 5 nights
- Kitchen
- Staff is very friendly and willing to help make phone calls
- No TV room but TV in bar
- Dorms are mixed with ensuite
- Good air conditioning in dorms
- Security: dorm keys but no lockers
- No large supermarket on Magnetic Island - nearest is very expensive (15
minute walk)
- Mini shopping centre at resort
- Cafe
- Internet $6 per hour or $5 for per hour when paying for two hours - can
use a bit at a time rather than in one go: use card
- Beach across the road - Geoffrey Bay but water is shallow and rocky in
parts, not clean though warm
- Snorkelling in Alma Bay, wreck in Geoffrey Bay
- No deposit for crockery but for pillow!
- Nearest village is Nelly's Bay
- Bike hire at hostel ($15 per ½ day) but too hilly to ride!
- 20 minute cycle to Picnic Bay
- Restaurant - dinners from $3
- Small kitchen but large breakfast room
Email info@magnums.com.au
Magnums, Airlie Beach
This hostel is owned by Arkies so the standards are similar. The staff may
be friendly
- Kitchen - there are microwaves, toasters, frypans – not full size kitchen
but breakfast room
- All rooms are fully airconditioned
- There is most definitely fire equipment in the kitchen – the laws provide
for this and we would not be able to have people in house without it
- Close to beach
- Supermarket across road or cheap one (Bi-Lo) ½ hour walk away
- $12
- Room security: keys provided. Lock balcony doors at night
- Internet and shops or use around village $4 per hour or $2-2.50 per hour
in early morning) or $3 any day and time, or 3 minutes free
- No deposit for crockery but for pillow
- Dorms are ensuite and mixed
- Forest setting
- Close to Lagoon and shops
Email info@magnums.com.au
ReefOs/Reef Oceania Resort
Though the standards are basic in cheap dorms, this hostel offers extremly
excellent value with its great offers and free transport
- $5.50 subject to availabilty for dorm in bunkhouse
- $11 for cabin with ensuite with cooker
- Bunkhouse is very close to swimming pool, kitchen, toilets and laundry
- Pots and crockery hire from shop - deposit is refundable - hire as much
as you need for $5 or $10
- Either dorm is mixed
- Kitchen is sheltered with two walls - open air. There may be no toaster
or microwave but gas stove is fast; refrigerator. Dining area next to kitchen
but not smoke free
- 2-minute walk to small supermarket or 10-minute walk to Bi-Lo
- No TV room - TV in bar and movies shown daily in bar
- Courtesy buses every hour or ½ hour walk to Airlie Beach township
- Laundry poor water quality so cold wash recommended
- Friendly staff
- Free breakfast - the whole works: cereal, toast, tea/coffee, cordial,
preserves for toast, even if paying $5.50 per night for a dorm
- Restaurant in bar
- Fire safety in kitchen
- Barbecue near kitchen or in centre if in staying in cabin
- Security: dorm keys, lockers for $4 per day
Web www.reeforesort.com Email reefo@whitsunday.net.au
Namoi Hills Cattle Station, Dingo
If you stay for a few days, you can do a few activities such as horseriding
and making a didgeridoo. The tour consists of a lot of talking so you miss
out
- Dinner, accommodation, breakfast, and tour package $39.50 - try the boomerang,
cracking whips, hold a shotgun
- No security
- Fan
- Kitchen is small but plenty of crockery and cutlery
- Toilet and showers are separate but in separate building
- No internet
- Fire safety in kitchen
Email namoi_hills@bigpond.com.au
Kellys Beach Resort, Bargara
This is a great luxury hostel consisting of self accommodating and catering
cabins sleeping a few people. Live in luxury here!
- Cabins - ensuite with kitchen, TV room like a self contained unit
- $19 per night
- Restaurant
- Crockery and pan hire for $10, refundable
- TV not text - cable
- Security: dorm key but no lockers
- Swimming pool and spa
- Courtesy bus
- Forest setting
- Air conditioning is excellent
- Veranda and tables outside
- Clean and comfortable
Email perfectholiday@kellysbeachresort.com.au
Fraser Escape, Hervey Bay
Stays here are cheap - you may stay in a cabin or an extended mobile home.
This hostel offers tours to Fraser Island
- Fraser Island tours start here - tour meetings have a lot of talking.
- Awareness of deaf: during the meeting, one staff member was aware of me
missing out and filled me in some things about the meeting
- Kitchen - kitchens are in mobile homes and cabins -
- Toilet and shower block outside - not mixed
- Cold water laundry
- Cheap internet for $3 ph in reception - cheaper than internet cafes outside
which are more expensive and few in numbers
- Some cabins/mobile homes have air conditioning, others with fans
- Security: keys, no lockers
- No TV
- Cheap restaurant next door
- $9 per night
- 20-minute walk to supermarket
- Courtesy bus to supermarket only if you shop for Fraser Island or to bus
terminal or if you finish shopping when they finish!
- Shops are scattered around Hervey Bay
Web www.fraserescape.com.au
Palace Backpackers, Mooloolaba
Security: keys, lockers in dorms
- $18 per night
- Dorms are clean
- Kitchen
- TV lounge beside kitchen
- Warm swimming pool
- Restaurant and cafe
- Internet
- Staff friendly
- Close to one shopping centre containing IGA supermarket
Email beach@palacebackpackers.com
Cheers Backpackers, Surfers Paradise
A few minutes walk to one beach, the hostel has a very hot spa! This hostel
was recommended by Lonely Planet in 2000
- $20 per night
- Ten-minute walk to beach or 2 minutes to Budds Beach
- No TV but in bar
- Kitchen contains plenty of crockery and cutlery - fully equipped
- Friendly staff
- Security: dorm keys and lockers for valuables only
- Internet free - unlimited time unless queues. Faster internet available
for a price elsewhere
- Close to supermarket and town centre
- Courtesy bus to transit centre (bus station) for drop off or pick up
- Pool and spa - the excellent spa is very hot!
- Free body board hire
- Toilet and showers are mixed but individual
- $6 meals
- DVD player but broken
- Free entry to Shooters and free drink
- Pub crawl on twice a week
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