The Coolangatta Backpackers Youth Hostel is located right next to the Coolangatta airport and near the region's main highway. This makes it pretty accessible whether you're flying or catching a bus there from another airport. It can get a bit noisy at night, but nothing intolerable.
The hostel offers free shuttle buses into town and to the surf -- they go in about four times per day. There is also a complimentary breakfast and they can pick you up from the airport if you call them when you arrive. There is a lot of information on public transport in the common room which makes it very easy to get around the Gold Coast.
There's a great variety in the ages of the people who stay at the hostel. It's one of the few hostels with no age limit and has a very friendly and down-to-earth atmosphere. People tend to stay within their own groups of friends and family but many will greet everyone they pass.
The pool is open until 9:30 p.m. every night and there is a TV, billiard table, ping pong table and piano for everyone's use at any time. There is internet access on a computer in the common room.
It gets quite warm at night, and there is no air conditioning in the rooms, just a fan. This is more than enough most of the time. The whole place is kept very clean and tidy. They ask that if you use the kitchen, you clean up after yourself. The bathrooms are also very clean.
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