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Comment by Juanito Hayburg, USA
November 2007
If in Perth, this is the place to stay I and my two teenage children arrived here after a two-day journey on the Indian Pacific from Adelaide. This hostel was such a welcome relief as we had been in the coach class, truly a moving dorm experience if there ever was one! We found this hostel to be high quality, very clean and cared for, with a good reception. It did seem to be a bit overpopulated, and some hostelers (not us) complained about stolen food. I was grateful for this fine establishment, and will stay here again in the future as I am a life member of AYH-IYHA. I recommend it. Unfortunately, we had taken a tour to the Pinnacles, which was very nice in itself, but when the driver would not detour three kilometers to visit a site upon my request, I was bitterly upset.
Comment by simon, australia
September 2007
Ok stayed here one night. it was 30 bucks, and I got the most raging case of bedbug attack. two weeks later and I still have five big welts on my stomach. Everything else was pretty good, good amenities and good crowd. But watch the bugs.
Comment by calum mccamley, uk
May 2007
as a yha life member and someone who has traveled around oz many times staying in all types of hostel accommodation this brand new yha disappoints on all levels. millions spent, but no atmosphere, kitchen facilities totally inadequate for the hostel population, too few showers to go around, and when you do get the chance to use them, they are dirty. old bedding and beds brought over from another yha to save a few bucks, rooms without any storage facilities, which are already looking tatty and tired after limited use, and the biggest question of all is, which idiot decided to open a hostel ten metres from the train tracks! offering earplugs at reception is no answer when you have just paid $75 for a private room. total chaos checking in with staff attitudes bordering on the hostile. i could go on but i wont since perth has plenty of alternative hostels which are better than this, so, my advice is find them and steer clear of perth city yha!
Comment by Pearlz
March 2007
Stayed here a few months ago. Found it clean and well-equipped. There's some train noise but they offer earplugs. I also felt there was a lack of good common areas -- the most comfortable one was the TV room, no good for socialising.
Comment by frannie
January 2007
it was not that good. the kitchen, balcony, and bathrooms was dirty, the tv room was stinky, and they stole my food. also some people was really weird (but that's obviously not the fault of the hostel).
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