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Location/Contact| Address | 216 Bourbong Street, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
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| Telephone | +61 (7) 4151-3501 |
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Please Please Please don't go there It was an awful hole of a hostel. I stayed there for about 10 days, only getting 2 days of work. Honestly it's so disgusting, facilities are terrible, and the staff are animals. There's a middle age escaped mental patient called bob who works there. I swear he has absolutely no social skills, all he does is swear at guests and threatens you. I needed to do 3 months to get my visa, luckily I have found work elsewhere. So to sum it up, save your money. — Ray , Ireland (2012-01-29) Scam!!!! Stay away! Im a positive person so lets start out with the good stuff. Pretty good kitchen, decent rooms, decent living room with TV. Thats it!! Now let me tell you my story. First day we got a to work at a sweat potato farm called Akers were we planted, you guessed it, sweat potatoes. 3 hours of work from 12 o'clock under the boiling sun. Why they chose the hottest time of the day I don't know. And they were screaming at us all the time. After that it took me and most others (unless you were asian) a week until we got to work for 7 hours at a zucchini farm called Mustafa. Usually they pay per bucket. But this day all the plants were really bad so there was no good zucchinis to put in the bucket. So they told us we were going to get paid by hour and all we need to do is to clear out all the rubbish from the plants. That day I still decided I had enough so I told the ugly lady in the reception that I wished to check out the next day. She told me they would keep my 50 dollar deposit because I needed to tell them 3 days in advance so they could help the farmers for replacements and so they could put somebody else in the room even thou they only managed to get me less then 10 hours of work over 8 days. I tried to explain to her but she had no understanding and I signed the check out paper. Then it hit me that I could just pay 25 dollar for another night and then at least I would get back my deposit. I went down to the reception again and explained and she said: "Yeah, you could have done that, but you didn't." Now near 2 months after ... I received 16 dollars from Mustafa farm/ 7 hours work (they seem to have payed per bucket anyway) and 0 dollars from Akers farm. And they kept my 50 dollar deposit. I have called and complained and still no results. STAY AWAY! If you do go there still you are probably the most stupid person ever. More stupid than the management there (who one of them were always talking about how he wanted to bring out his gun and shoot the hostel guests). — Isac , Sweden (2012-01-23) AVOID THIS DUMP!!!!!!! I was recently staying at this hostel and Ian, Jan, Reece and Emmma you 4 are the biggest pigs of people I have ever encountered ... especially you Jan! I had next to no work at this hole ... altho 'work is not gauranteed' as they like to repeately say to cover their asses, people who had arrived after me where getting work. Also people who are not even looking to do their 2nd year visa and just want to earn money were given all the pernament work. "Management' operate on a favourtism basis, so unless you enjoy talking to pigs ... these feral people will be your new mates! Have met people in the hostel who's rooms are infested with bed bugs, and management do not give a f**k about them as long as they have their rent they can go to Hungry Tum's to feed their faces.They also fire people off farms without no good cause for doing so. And Jan should stop tutting when someone asks a question ... your meant to be a 'lady' and ladies don't tut and roll their eyes!!! Also they charge $6 a day for the bus to bring people to work ... biggest rip off!!! Kitchen is a small dirty breeding ground for coakroaches!! These people have the biggest chip on their shoulders! They should be ran out of the town. If your not happy then pass on the hostel to someone else that has customer service and has a good attitude! AVOID THIS PLACE PLEASE!!!!!!! — Anonymous (2012-01-21) Keep away!! As a local I can say that the hostels in Bundaberg is shamefull!! I meet a lot of backpackers and everyone I meet from City Center has been very frustrated with the way staff treats them. How rude they are, throwing out guests without good reasons. The quality of the facility is really bad, the kitchen is really dirty and bad. — Anonymous , Local (2011-12-16) Worst Hostel i have ever stayed in! Thats the worst hostel i have ever stayed in during my working holidays in australia. The staff is unfriendly, they kick guests out and i still wait for my payslips after 2 weeks. No Aircon, dirty! DONT GO THERE! — Anonymous , german (2011-02-14) Dump citycentre backpackers is the worst dump ever. dont go there trust me the management are dogs. worst people ever. — craig , ireland (2011-01-21) Life is too short to be wasting it in this place!! it has to be seen to be believed. words cant describe the reality of how bad this place is. First off we arrive and are informed we have to pay 50 dollars deposit and 6 dollars a day to get to work which was not mentioned beforehand. i arrived into the room to be greeted by dead cockroaches on the floor. the room was like a prison cell. a triple bunk bed and a filthy little sink in the corner and that was it. my bed was broke which meant i could barely stand when i got out of it due to backpain. the kitchen was a breeding ground for insects and bacteria like not ive ever seen before. the walk in communal fridge had more dead cockroaches in it. even if you managed to be able to cook something with the broken cookers, the shear thought of eating while looking at these conditions is too much. the attitude of the staff is ridiculous. there rule of being out for the bus 5 minutes before it leaves is fair enough but the one morning i went a minute over it i was screamed at like an animal. i was told to" get the f*** out onto the bus or f*** of somewhere else". these really epitomises the whole attitude of the staff. no bit helpful or friendly. i havent been in prison but i can only imagine this it what it feels like. it is well and truly the worst hostel on earth and should be avoided at all costs!!! — Anonymous , irish (2011-01-18) Absolute atrocity of human rights. disgusting and vile people. this has to be without doubt the biggest blight on my time backpacking, in three years of traveling i have never met such disgusting people. they have treated me and my friends like rodents i am shocked and appalled at how these people treat human beings. I am inquiring into speaking to authorities at the standards of living conditions i am sure health and safety will fail them on every aspect, the kitchen facilities are dirty and unsafe, so unhygienic. i had a bad outbreak of bedbugs in my room and no matter how many times they apparently washed the sheets it kept recurring, there is little to no work even though its promised. the fact that they said there is no contract work is bullcrap as i was picking snow peas for 16 hours and earnt at best 40-50 dollars i then had friends planting starting at 12-1 in the afternoon and working 2-3 hours. DONT STAY HERE IT IS A HOLE! JAN, IAN, AND REECE ARE THE FOULEST PEOPLE I HAVE COME ACROSS ON MY TRAVELS. — david smith , england (2010-09-17) Don't go there anymore if you think going there bloody hell, you must get huge risk by yourself on tiny little bit of possibility to work, though suffering worst treatment ever. but you still can enjoy lots of fun with other backpackers 'cause they are suffering too so you might feel they are like your family in many bad cases that people mentioned beneath me. i'd been there Jun ~ Nov 09. one day nail stuck out of balcony peirced my sole couldn't stop bleeding, i should go hospital and have paid 150 bucks. the management has denied that it's not their fault, but is up to the owner of the building. Reece who is the management told me "the injury is because of the building, not because of management." can you imagine how smart he is? i couldn't get back the money back, but i made short film about city center backpacker you might enjoy to see. consider your choice, and think about another place better than crap — John , Korea (2010-08-19) Don't Do IT! Old management was cool (back in 2004-7) Trust me, I went back many times for the work and great friends. Not the cleanest, but good times, good work. THEN, New Management -- I will never go back. The new crew put in extra beds in all the rooms. Now it's close to 140 people for 4 showers, and 4 toilets, ridiculous prices, rules. you name it, these guys ruined it! There are at least 5 better hostels in Bundy. CityCentre = WORST HOSTEL EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Matt , Australian (2010-07-15) Worst Hostel Ever! Because there were too many people staying at the CC Hostel my girlfriend and I were accommodated in a Motel somewhere out of town. The owner of the Motel (actually a nice woman) didn't think it was necessary to clean the bathroom or kitchen (just because we're "only" backpackers). She told us to empty the bin ourselves, too. Some other backpackers -- staying at the hostel -- told us that there are four showers and three toilets for all people. The receptionist attracted us with the promise that there was much work for us -- which actually wasn't. So we paid 170 bucks each for a bad motel (the hostel is 160 bucks and even worse) for one week. We only got work for two days! It wasn't quite enough to pay our rent. There are even some other things you have to beware of. You have to pay a 50$ key deposit. You have to tell the receptionist that you want to check out three days in advance (otherwise you won't get your "key deposit" back). You have to pay 5$ for the transport to the farm and back. You're not allowed to work more than forty hours on one farm (which is not even work for one week!). No one told us about the transport fee and (which is more important) the forty hours limitation. By the way, the owner of the hostel drives a brand new red Porsche! So you know why the accommodation is on the one hand so expensive and on the other -- it just sucks! — Markus , Germany (2009-11-18) Not very good. I am still at City Centre while I am writing this, I am leaving in two days (thank god). I have been here for five weeks and thankfully I have been working every week on the same farm. Most of the staff are lovely and very helpful and apart from the owners who think they are running a boarding school! I have witnessed them shouting at people cause they know they wont talk back or stick up for themselves. we have to pay 5 dollars a day for bus to work even though you have to wait up till an hour after finishing before getting picked up again! The kitchen is so small and all cookers dont work, it's a nightmare trying to cook! Also there has been a few thefts while I have been here and management couldnt care less! The reputation of the hostel isnt very good when you talk to residents and shop owners nearby, they only have bad things to say! If you want to pay nightly its 28 dollars, a joke! There is nothing in the hostel! I would look around at other hostels unless you are desperate for cash! — L&J , Europe (2009-09-09) Worst Management Ever, Nice Place i am currently staying at the hostel as a write this, the work here is fine, but the people who run the hostel are incredibly rude and have a bunch of made up silly rules. they charge you per week, and if you want to leave early you dont get your money back. the make you pay 5 dollars a day for bus fare, which is ludicrous. Take my advice and look into other hostels. i wrote this comment about seven days ago, and since then ive been yelled at by all members of the staff of city center. i was kicked out of my room at 2:30 in the morning for entering the kitchen past stated hours, never go to this hostel. Worst hostel ever! — Reece , Canada (2009-03-11) Very clean, awesome staff, and relaxed/comfortable atmosphere I came to into the country with my expectations high and they were met and shown at this backpackers. they made me fit right in and would recommend it for sure. it set me up for a good grounding to continue my travels in the country! — Frank , Ireland (2008-08-16) The receptionists got bad attitudes. I and my girlfriend have spent ten days in this hotel. All of the receptionists are not kind to me and some other guests I met. Actually, I didn't see them smiling.
One of my friend who is a girl from Taiwan paid a rent for a week, and checked out in just three days. But, they did not give her back deposits of $50 at all. The lady told her that "because she didn't tell us to check out before three days." That is the rule, we know. But I still can not understand why The lady didn't give her back the rent when she never broke any facilities or lost equipments of the hotel. I don't know where the $50 has gone until now, anyway. The kitchen was very crowded, so I scarcely used there. Yeah, of course you can work here, and sleep here, and that's all. Anyway, I spent the worst ten days here while I was Australia. I don't recommend this hotel. — A Traveller , Japan (2008-04-05)