Grand Backpackers

Bundaberg (Bundaberg North)

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Address	12 Queen Street, Bundaberg (Bundaberg North), Queensland, Australia Map
Price	$140 pp per week - 6 bed dorms with ensuite bathroom & kitchen.

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3.6 Average from 8 Ratings

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Comment by Christine, UK

October 2009

Very Poor Management
New Management have taken over and make this hostel a nightmare. The management really aren't fair! I know people who have not had any work for eight days because they were late for work (two minutes) or have made a bit of noise during the day. The way they sort who's working and who is not depends in what mood they are in. Very poor managers in all aspects.

Comment by dhan.b, new zealander

October 2009

The best working hostel in Bundaberg
This is the best working hostel in the whole of Bundaberg and well organized. The facilities are really good. But it is primarily a working hostel and therefore go there when you want to earn money. Please make it a point to call them before you go there. The nature of work depends upon weather and the seasonal nature of crops. I stayed there for four months in the year 2008. The management is very pleasant to deal with and very fair in their dealings. Hats off to wayne and his team.

Comment by stefano, italy

October 2008

Run away if you can
the hostel itself is not too shabby. it's clean. if you dont happen to sleep in the dorm and share the kitchen with nine hundred people you got your own en-suite with kitchen and bathroom, and other five fellas. it's a bit out of town, but who cares, it's bundy here. there's nothing you can actually do at night except for a couple of clubs. this the good part. the bad part -- for the management you are $160, treated like a slave, they choose your job. rude and unpolite it's like they are doing you a favour when you ask for something. they work with the most terrible farms you can ever imagine (aker's, godfrey's, ford's -- you get sworn at, yelled at worse than a pig). most of the work is on contract. so if you dont like it, you have to leave. i left. nobody i have stayed there with was making money (for a month, last july). every week i was having problems with my pay. it was like i had to ring the farm to make sure i would get my wage. just frustrating. i still havent got paid by mr ford, but sure as hell ill get my money. just dont go there (the other bps been told are not much better, probably worse). dont go to bundaberg at all. hard work (and god knows how hard was picking spuds six days or cherry tomatoes for 50 dollars) no money. mistreated, no fun. never, never, never again. ask around people -- they'll all tell you the same

Comment by MJ, japan

July 2008

This is the best backpackers in bundabarg
I stayed in this backpackers for three months. I think this is by far the best backpackers in bundaberg actually. the rooms are kept clean by a cleaner. and the atmosphere is good as well.

Comment by Achim

September 2007

Check this out and get work
For everyone out there -- This hostel is wicked. I never ever stayed in a better one. I arrived with the idea to stay a couple of weeks. I left after three months and came again to work another two. Good people, good after work time. Check it out!

Comment by A,men

February 2007

good hostel.

Comment by Henrik

December 2006

Hey guys, i just can say that the grand is the best hostel in bundaberg, i stayed in some of them. anyway, the hostel is very clean except when the workers are coming home, but thats normal in a fruit picking hostel. every dorm got six big beds (except one ten-bed i think), one kitchen each room (except for three dorms, they share one, but a bigger one, so its still very good), and everyone got an own bathroom (and again except the three dorms, they share one bathroom). then there is lots of work (thanks lou) and you get a free drive there. the hostel has a fine tv room with lots of dvds. i just can say, i stayed in that hostel for a bit more than three months and it was cool.

Comment by Anonymous

November 2006

The Grand Backpackers was a really friendly place with a very homely feeling to it. Lou, the manager, was so nice and helpful. Once you're in, you don't want to leave!

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