Cairns Hostel Reviews

... thick cloud and we touched down into mist and rain. Not what the guide book told me to prepare for. I'd already checked out reviews of hostels in the area and booked into Globetrotters, 10 minutes walk from Cairns city centre and a 5 minute car drive ...

... , very refreshing and pretty cool! Next we stopped at Port Douglas and had a wander with an ice cream. We got back to our hostel in Cairns around 6.30pm ready for a night out. Feeling really up for drinking I shared a box of goon with Rob, giving me 2 ...

I had heard mixed reviews about Cairns and although they were generally positive, I had never really considered visiting. I guess i thought it was too clichéd, as everyone goes there as part of the beaten track, but then where along the east coast ...

... about seven in the morning Australian time, so I thought I had better get some sleep. By the sounds of the reviews, I am probably one of the only people to fall asleep while watching 'The King's Speech' but I managed it. Shame, I ...

... about the government funding 'food drops’ for the birds; it really was like a war zone. We got dropped off at our hostel in Cairns and waved good bye to our final Oz Experience bus. It was sad to be leaving, but then we had left all our friends in ...

we booked our hostel in cairns as a last minute thing and we hadnt even checked out the reviews for it. when we got there we were really pleased. it was a big place with a tv, huge pool, it own bar and best of all free meals every night! we was a bit shy ...

... so that passed time quickly and it finished just as we were pulling into our next stop. We'd booked into a new hostel, which had great reviews online. The lady was late fetching us from the bus stop, but she apologised and gave us our own room to ...

... water stretching out in front and dense green forest behind you...the photos just wouldn't do it justice. ---------------------------- With glowing reviews from a whole host of family and friends and after a blissful time in NZ, we hit Australia with ...

... snorkelling. Scuba will be a sport for another trip! All in all, the expensive sailing experience did not live up to the rave reviews others had given me. My money was much better spent staying on one of the islands a few days later... [Still waiting to ...

... as we had important things to do. Well, important thing. Namely, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART II! This blog isn't for movie reviews, but wow. It was worth the wait. I hope Zoe and Sam thought so too! The next day we wandered up and down ...

... it might be a bit easier to get a foot in the door. We are still undecided as to whether we will stay in Cairns or move on (we have heard mixed reviews) but we'll see how it is when we arrive. We picture us having an "Ocean City"-style few months (working ...

... safely!! We nearly missed the transfer bus though as our alarm didn't go off so our room mate Ally (who we adopted from our hostel in Cairns as she was on the same bus down) thankfully woke us up with 15 mins to spare!!  The rapids were so much fun, ...

... see both rainforest and reef, but I had already seen good examples of both separately d) absolute rave reviews from those I had met who did a dive course in Cairns So, I made the difficult decision to skip Cape Trib, and opted to complete my 'Open ...

... a couple of drinks we left Cheeky's and walked to The Beach Hotel. This bar has live bands from Thurs through to Sun and good reviews so we decided to check it out for ourselves. The bar itself is very spacious and has a lot of seats but we weren't too ...

... had a fairly lively bar so that evening we had a few drinks with our roommates before heading into town.  We had heard big reviews about the nightlife in Byron and were expecting a real party town.  I think our expectations were a little high as ...

... 8.10.08 - Jo and I fly to Sydney, arrive 10.10.08, stay night in YHA hostel 11.10.08 - Fly to Cairns.  Stay night in local hostel Then it becomes a bit hazy, but the rough plans include    Hire a car, to be returned in Brisbane ...

... people to spend time with. I was a bit dubious of the Oz Experience bus before I got on it, as I’d heard really mixed reviews – some people have loved travelling on it, others have hated it; and although I’m only one day in, I am loving ...

... 'd arranged a room for us at another hostel down the road. I didn't mind too much apart from the fact that I'd read in a few reviews that the hostel is known for its spiders... We picked up our stuff and drove to the other side of town to Number 14, a ...

... and not Proserpine though… O'Duinns shit-hole Irish pub was where half the farm came from. Absolutely everyone gave it bad reviews!   I didn't wash clothes that often, once a week would do…  didn't wanna work anymore when I came ...

... a bus to our hostel, Bondi Backpackers, situated right on the sea front, ideal. We were slightly apprehensive after reading some awful reviews of this place on the internet, but as it turned out it was a super clean and homely hostel. Perfect for ...