Accommodation In OZ
Hostels, Motels & Caravan Parks (i.e. everywhere I have stayed!):
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Key to Accommodation: |
H | Hostel | |
| CV | Caravan Park staying in Mustie the campervan | ||
| CC | Caravan Park in a Cabin | ||
| CS | Campsite in the van | ||
| M | Motel | ||
| Ho | Hotel | ||
| Hm | Home/Homestead | ||
| GH | Guest House | ||
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Ratings: |
:-D | Top Banana!!! | |
| :-) | Great! | ||
| :-| | OK | ||
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:-( | Shit | |
| The Pink House | H | :-D | Kings Cross (Potts Point actually!), Sydney, NSW - Probably my favourite hostel so far... Truly 'Home away from home'!!! It's magic is due to it's layout and management. |
| Katoomba Falls Caravan Park | CV | :-| | Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW - No powered site for us... and it was freezing as Kath couldn't shut the door in the night! |
| Blackheath Caravan Park | CV | :-| | Blackheath, Blue Mountains, NSW - It rained and the van's roof leaked. |
| Tamworth YHA | H | :-( | Tamworth, NSW - Odd... full of strange men... |
| Aussietel | H | :-) | Coffs Harbour, NSW - Quite good... had an amazing Toga party here! |
| The Blue Iguana Beach House | H | :-) | Byron Bay, NSW - Alas, it is no more... But is was the best! Thanks to Alex. |
| Bunk | H | :-( | Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD - Brand new, massive, badly laid-out hostel with plastic bed sheets :-( |
| Halse Lodge YHA | H | :-) | Noosa, QLD - A lovely old house on the hill next to the beach. Probably the best YHA I've stayed in... |
| Rainbow Beach YHA | H | :-) | Rainbow Beach - QLD - Where I did my tour to Fraser Island from... and met Sarah the Canadian. |
| CV | :-| | Beerwah, QLD - The one with the Cockatoo | |
| CV | :-| | Kingaroy, QLD - | |
| Dandabah Campground | CS | :-) | Bunya Mountains, QLD - Had dinner with the wallabies. |
| Wondai Colonial Motel | M | :-) | Wondai, QLD - The only place available. The honeymoon suit with a four-poster-bed and a spa bath! |
| Barkala Tourist Park | CV | :-| | Woodgate Beach, QLD - The home of the tower chicken burger |
| CC | :-| | Bundaberg, QLD - | |
| M | :-| | Bundaberg, QLD - | |
| The Penthouse | GH | :-D | Agnes Waters (Town of 1770), QLD - A brand new house on the hill. We had the whole of the top floor. |
| Cool Bananas | H | :-) | Agnes Waters (Town of 1770), QLD - Cool and bananary |
| Emu's Beach House | H | :-) | Emu Park, QLD - Cool old wooden house with a vintage TV! |
| GK Island Holiday Village | H | :-) | Great Keppel Island, QLD - |
| Bush Village Backpackers Resort | CC | :-) | Airlie Beach, QLD - OK cabins. The owner is honest with whole deposit/commission hostel thing |
| Downtown Backpackers | H | :-( | Rockhampton, QLD - Pub style accommo, bit shabby and un-inviting... |
| H | :-( | Bundaberg, QLD - A crappy workers hostel that was full the next day so I had to check out. | |
| CC | :-) | Bundaberg, QLD - | |
| CV | :-| | ||
| CV | :-| | Ayre, QLD - | |
| Reef Lodge | H | :-| | Townsville, QLD - |
| M | :-| | Townsville, QLD - We went out that night and ate too much Thai... | |
| Palm Tree Caravan Park | CV | :-| | Ingham, QLD - |
| Hideaway Holiday Village | CV | :-| | Mission Beach, QLD - |
| Tropic Days | H | :-D | Cairns, QLD - My 2nd fav hostel. layout and owners are tres cool! And Chilli Pepper the dog too! |
| CS | :-| | Lake Tinaroo, Atherton Tablelands, QLD - | |
| CS | :-) | lake?, QLD - | |
| CV | :-| | Port Douglas, QLD - | |
| CV | :-| | Daintree Village, QLD - We left the power lead plugged in to the Kombi and drove away.. with it tailing behind! | |
| H | :-| | Cape Tribulation, QLD - Not a bad hostel, shame about the lack of knives and forks.. | |
| CV | :-) | Innot Hot Springs, QLD - | |
| CV | :-| | Karumba, QLD - | |
| CV | :-| | Mt Isa, QLD - | |
| Barkly Homestead Roadhouse | CV | :-| | Barkly Homestead, NT - |
| CV | :-| | Alice Springs, NT - It was -5°C that night we arrived in Alice!!! | |
| Kings Canyon Resort | CV | :-| | Kings Canyon, NT - No powered sites and it was freezing! Mineral water bottles became hot water bottles! |
| Ayers Rock Resort Camp Ground | CV | :-| | Yulara, NT - Massive and expensive, but shooting stars every night!!! |
| Annie's Place | H | :-) | Alice Springs, NT - |
| Shane & Kim's | Hm | :-) | Numery Station, NT - Living on the farm we worked on. |
| CV | :-| | Elliot?, NT - | |
| Elke's | H | :-| | Darwin, NT - |
| CV | :-| | Katherine, NT - The hottest nights sleep I've ever had in the 'bread oven' Kombi | |
| Kununurra Backpackers | H | :-| | Kununurra, WA - |
| CV | :-| | Fitzroy Crossing, WA - | |
| H | :-| | Broome, WA - | |
| 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park | CV | :-| | 80 Mile Beach, WA - |
| CV | :-| | Port Hedland, WA - | |
| Auski Tourist Village | CV | :-| | Auski, WA - |
| Dales Gorge Campground | CS | :-| | Dales Gorge, Karijini NP, WA - |
| H | :-| | Tom Price, WA - | |
| H | :-| | Exmouth, WA - | |
| H | :-| | Coral Bay, WA - | |
| Bay Lodge | H | :-| | Denham, Shark Bay, WA - |
| Murchison Park Caravan Park | CV | :-| | Kalbarri, WA - |
| H | :-| | Geraldton, WA - Funky doona cover for me! and a telescope on the balcony | |
| Pinnacles Beach Backpackers | H | :-) | Cervantes. WA - |
| The Witch's Hat | H | :-D | Perth, WA - Great! due to René, the manageress... unfortunately she's left and it's shit now I hear :-( |
| Palm Beach Caravan Park | CV | :-| | Rockingham, WA - |
| Inne Town Backpackers | H | :-| | Margaret River, WA - Tiny hostel but is ok. |
| Pemberton Backpackers YHA | H | :-| | Pemberton, WA - |
| Albany Backpackers | H | :-| | Albany, WA - A bit empty when I was there... |
| Gold Dust Backpackers | H | :-| | Kalgoorlie, WA - Quite a lot of mine working travellers there and porno mags on the bookshelves :-o |
| John Eyre Motel/Roadhouse | CV | :-| | Caiguna, WA - |
| Penong Caravan Park | CV | :-| | Penong, SA - |
| CV | :-| | Port Augusta, SA - No hostel in town anymore. Met Jim & Jen and went fishing. | |
| CV | :-| | Mildura, VIC - Actually it was just over the border in NSW | |
| Wal & Mel's | Hm | :-) | Young, NSW - An amazing little house on the hill overlooking Young. |
| CV | :-| | Gundagai, NSW - Had funky drive thru covered powered sites. | |
| Thredbo YHA | H | :-) | Thredbo, Snowy Mountains, NSW - Nice but empty when we were there... in the autumn. |
| Seaspray Caravan Park | CV | :-) | Seaspray, VIC - Down by the nice beach... it rained. |
| The Nunnery | H | :-) | Melbourne, VIC - A bit like the pink house but without the courtyard... so not easy to meet people.. |
| Launceston Backpackers | H | :-| | Launceston, TAS - |
| The Pickled Frog | H | :-) | Hobart, TAS - Very easy going, they let you BYO to their bar! Cool!!! |
| The Warf Hotel | Ho | :-) | Wynyard, TAS - Where Forestry Tasmania put me & Julia up whilst we went out on the field trips. |
| Country Club Resort | Ho | :-) | Prospect Vale, Launceston, TAS - Julia's forestry conference was at the casino here. |
| St. Helens YHA | H | :-) | St. Helens, TAS - We had this cute little hostel to ourselves and spent all night in front of the log fire. |
| Bicheno Hostel | H | :-) | Bicheno, TAS - It had wicked fitted wooden den like bunks! coool!!! |
| Far South Backpackers | H | :-D | Dover, TAS - It was brand new and all ours! A cool house in the woods. |
| Stanley Cabin & Tourist Park YHA | H | :-| | Stanley, TAS - In a little hostel block on the caravan park... very simple. |
| Strahan Youth Hostel | H | :-| | Strahan, TAS - In cabin style things... no sign of the Duckbilled Platymapus tho :-( |
| Land Of The Giants Campground | CV | :-| | Mt Field NP, TAS - We were attacked by yobbos with snowball when setting up the kombi!!! |
| Cradle Mountain Tourist Park | CV | :-) | Cradle Mountain NP, TAS - Next to the funky telly-tubby toilet block. |
| Neal's gaff | Hm | :-) | Melbourne, VIC - Crashed at Neal's place where Zoë was moving in and Bek, Andy also lived |
| City Backpackers | H | :-| | Canberra, ACT - Massive hostel, a bit crap cos of that but it did have a sauna and pool! |
| No 14 | H | :-) | Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW - It's got a bath tub! Nice and small and quiet and quaint |
| Woodshed Hill Estate | GH | :-) | Hunter Valley, NSW - A homestead for 12 of us with a pool, tennis court and a 9 hole golf course! |
| Berenbell Vineyard Retreat | GH | :-) | Hunter Valley, NSW - An ickle cottage for the three of us with lovely grounds and lake's 'n' shit... |
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