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Port o'Call YHA Lodge
7 Craven Close, Port Douglas
Tel (07) 4099 5422 or 1800 892 800
Website www.portocall.com.au
BUG Review
This YHA hostel is small and a bit tired looking at first, but the dorms are immaculately clean and extremely well maintained. Each is air conditioned and has a spotless en suite bathroom with a hairdryer. Facilities include a TV, fridge and lockers in each room plus a , laundry, internet access, bike hire, swimming pool, kitchen and a nice dining area. However the focus is on the bar/café, which has outdoor tables and cheap food. They have a full service tour desk and offer free transport to and from Cairns. It is an eco-friendly place running on solar energy.
Price
Dorm bed $27-32 ($24-28.50 HI/YHA)
Double room/twin room $77-110 ($69-99 HI/YHA)
Prices are in Australian dollars and are inclusive of all taxes.
Credit Cards
MasterCard,Visa
Reception Open
Mon-Sat 7.30am-7.30pm, Sun 8am-1pm & 4pm-7pm
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Last Update:
November
19, 2008
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This place is a motel run by apathetic idiots, you're on your own, October 12, 2007
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Reviewer: wearetravelling from US
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Free return to Cairns
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Unsafe, unmanaged and filthy kitchen
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Better off staying at Dougies or Parrot Lodge... this place needs to get their act together. 
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Disappointingly characterless, poor facilities in bunkhouse, April 16, 2006
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Reviewer: edlake from Port Douglas
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on arrival, staff weren't overly friendly. The place had no atmosphere. The kitchen was filthy and the common lounge was dirty and consisted of about 3 sofas with the stuffing coming out. There are also ensuite rooms, which looked good, but we were in the bunkhouse - nicely maintained and brightly painted, but ONE female shower/loo and ONE male bathroom for 9 double rooms and 2 six-bed dorms - we were lucky that the place wasn't full as they were starting to get skanky already and the men's urinal made the whole bathroom area stink. There were no bins in the rooms, no mats to wipe dirty, muddy & wet feet on so you just slip and slide on the tiled floors. And when the fire alarm went off in the night, noone even called the fire service and didn't even tell us when we could go back in - they just walked past and checked it out from the outside. One of the worst hostels I've stayed in over months of travelling. One saving grace - comfy beds.
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Clean, friendly and relaxed- the best in Queensland, March 29, 2006
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Reviewer: wendysmith from Melbourne, Australia
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The staff were very friendly and helpful.
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too much sun
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This hostel is amazing with private bathrooms and even hairdryers, fridges. The tropical pool was great. Everyone was friendly and the free bus to Cairns was excellent. Highly recommend this place- good value and great, cheap bistro food.
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what a find....!, February 3, 2005
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After reading your reviews, I was apprehensive about staying in the bunkhouse double room... Things have really changed! The new owners have fully renovated the entire property and the bunkhouse doubles are the best value i've seen. Air con, new double beds, bar fridge and v. quiet outlook and ... can you believe it - hair dryers in the bathroom!
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DO NOT BOOK THE BUNKHOUSE DOUBLE, August 27, 2003
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I'm sure we got bitten by bedbugs or something whilst here and we did in fact move out to Dougies. The other proper dorms are meant to be great, but since we were a couple, the receptist convinced us to book this pokey little room instead of sharing a 5* 4 room dorm with ensuite bathroom.
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A real treat!, July 27, 2003
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Port O Call really is a treat! The rooms are fairly large and 'motel' style, ensuite bathroom, and very very clean! Good self catering facilities, tv room, and area for dining. The bar/bistro here is v. good too, the food very reasonably priced and huge servings....so good infact that lots of locals eat here too. The pool is really nice and the staff here are very friendly and helpful, give great advice on the many activities there are to do in Port Douglas. The beach is only a 5 min walk away, marina,town, and main hub of activity only just over 10 mins......you wont want to leave!
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Excellent location and great staff, July 12, 2003
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The hostel is about 10 minutes walk from thePort Douglas centre and from ships departingto the Great Barrier Reef. The staff was veryfriendly and helpful with recommendingthings to see. Rooms are clean and there isa fast Internet access available.
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One of the BEST hostels I've stayed in, June 26, 2003
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Spacious,clean 4 share ensuite dorms with a patio door that opens out into an outdoor seating area.The kitchen was well equiped & clean,and the pool area was pleasant.The bar had a great atmostphere without being too rowdy & attracted a mixed crowd both local & non local. Def recc staying here!
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