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Mooloolaba Beach Backpackers
75 Brisbane Road, Mooloolaba
Bus 600, 619
Tel (07) 5444 3399 or 1800 210 120
Website www.mooloolababackpackers.com
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This is a fun hostel in three colour-coded buildings - each with their own kitchen - in the heart of Mooloolaba. It has a great swimming pool with a volleyball net and a lively outside common area where they host events every night. There is a pool table, table tennis, a barbecue and guests have free use of bikes, surfboards, body boards and kayaks. It is located just two blocks from the beach, and they organise trips to the Glass House Mountains, the Eumundi market and the Australia Zoo, among others. Dorms have en suite bathroom facilities and are clean, if a bit old. It has a great party atmosphere but doesn't overdo it.
Price
Dorm bed $26-29 ($25-28 VIP)
Double room $70 ($68 VIP)
Prices include breakfast
Prices are in Australian dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
Credit Cards
MasterCard,Visa
Reception Open
Mon-Thu 8am-8pm; Fri-Sat 8am-10pm; Sun 8am-8pm
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Last Update:
November
19, 2008
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Nice place, October 21, 2004
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Skinski
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Friendly and clean. I would recommend this place to anyone passing through the Sunshine Coast region. It has a nice pool and is within walking distance of the beach. The place is clean and the staff is friendly. The only bad thing is that there are no ovens in the kitchens, only hotplates and a microwave.
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Best manager i have met, March 2, 2004
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I recently stayed at the beautiful mooloolaba backpackers hostel and to my surprise I was blown away by how nice the manager was, after reading the reviews on this web site I was very unhappy to find that group I was travelling with had decided to stop at mooloolaba. I was dreding to spend the night at a hostel with such an unkind manager, when I arrived I went to book in only to find the manager was at the reception desk and i was totally surprised to find he was the nicest hostel manager I have met on my 3month journey. He was kind in every sense of the word, he offered to drive myself and the group I was travelling with to the shopping centre and pick us up, he was helpfull in letting us know exactly what there was to do around the area unknown to us, when it came to the lock down of the verandahs he explained calmly to us the reason for the verandah curfew and told us thet if we could keep the noise down he would come back and lock it in a couple of hours. Overall I would say that any bad reviews of this beautiful hostel have been written by unhappy people.
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This place used to be great a year ago.. but now......, January 6, 2004
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I had the pleasure to stay at Mooloolaba Beach Backpackers during New Years Eve 2002. The place was clean and well kept. The staff at the time were informative and most helpful. During the New Years Eve many people conregated around the tables below and really had a good time. Some would go out and party it up Mooloolaba style and many also stayed around the backpackers simply enjoying each others company. There wasn't any kind of curfew enforced and the noise level never rose above the general new years eve level. So, overall it was a great experience.. so great in fact, I vowed to return the next year.So what went wrong???I had booked my room 2 weeks previously to ensure I had a spot for New Years, but I rang the day before just to assure them I was still coming. However my booking was never written down! Not to worry, there were still a few beds left. Mistakes do happen. I arrived and checked in, only to discover that they had given my room away! (I confirmed.. I arrived on time..) So they happily offered me a mattress to sleep the third person which I could handle, after all, I'm an experieced backpacker and not stranger to 'roughing it' for a couple of nights. But it was when the NEW MANAGER wanted to charge me full price, I almost flipped out. He wouldn't negotiate or even let me speak. It was then I realised I was dealing with a very arrogant little toad of a man, and with no where else to go (everywhere in Mooloolaba is fully booked at that time of year) I very reluctantly accepted. I went to inspect the room and my heart sank. There was stale old bread in the sink, electrical sockets were hanging off the wall, the television had been removed, the sheets were stained etc etc. So, I put all of this behind me and I promised myself I was going to have a good time. But when 10pm came around.. it was all over. There was the manager yelling, shouting and arguing.. generally bullying all the guests to 'go to bed or get out!'. TEN PM!! ON NEW YEARS EVE! I couldn't believe it.. this guy was a major downer. Same thing happened the night after. It was truly amazing to see everyones happy, joyous faces to turn so sour, so quickly at the sight of this manager doing the rounds at 10pm.I hope the story wasn't too boring.. Just letting you know what you might be getting yourselves into.Its a great spot in a perfect location. I recommend that if you plan to stay here that you call before you go, to ask if they are under new management yet. Surely, Mr Nazi Manager's days are numbered there or someone like me is bound to take him out with a lead pipe. :(Pros: Great location, right accross the road from Mooloolaba Bowls Club ($1.10 pots at Happy Hour!!), close to 24hr store and a great chicken take-away (Kakadoo I think it's called), friendly staff (other than the Nazi Manager)Cons: THE MANAGER! He is the one who enforces a 10pm curfew, ripping people off, argumentitive, arrogant, generally a guy you'd like to avoid. The motel rooms are dodgy.. perhaps this manager is cutting corners (Wouldn't suprise me)Conclusion: DONT GO UNTIL A NEW MANAGER IS FOUND!
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Nothing Special, July 11, 2003
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The hostel was ok but nothing special. I would definitely get a dorm with ensuite as the other bathrooms flooded. The hostel is centrally located, but there isn't a huge amount to do there. The bar lacked atmosphere. There were also a disturbingly large amount of cockroaches there. I wouldn't stay there for more than 1 night.
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Great place .., March 5, 2003
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As said before there is not much choice of backpackers so lucky this place is so good! .. clean rooms .. nice beds .. own bathroom .. each section has its own kitchen and balcony area and the pool is lovely .. very close to the beach and the shops
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Outstanding, November 5, 2002
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Worked at the hostel: loved it! New and clean. Squeaky beds but hard matrasses. Nice pool, fine beach. Good surf, big supermarket, McDonalds, 2nd hand book store and La Porchetta all nearby. Great place to crash for a few months, like I did...
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clean but depressing, August 19, 2002
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palace was pretty clean and very central to mooloolaba, but the rooms were like jail cells with breeze block walls. okay for a night, but if you're staying longer i'd head somewhere else
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