Base Townsville is located in the transit centre and is therefore very handy for connecting with the coach services. This hostel has a very different layout from the Base on Magnetic Island, but has the same relaxed, chilled-out atmosphere. There is a large TV room offering a offering all the cable channels on a huge widescreen TV and very comfortable seating. In the same room there is also high-speed internet access.
Near the common area is the kitchen which is quite small but is very clean and well-equipped. There is also a large dining area with a spa and pool table in the same room. The bathrooms are large and very clean with free shampoo and body wash provided in the shower cubicles. The dorm rooms are spacious and clean with most rooms having air conditioning as well as proper thick and comfy mattresses. Under the bunk beds, there are also lockers that are big enough to store a large backpack.
The main drawback of the hostel though is not that it's a ten-minute walk into the town centre, but rather that if you need to contact the reception for any reason -- like getting change for the pool table, inquiring about tours or purchasing internet cards -- you have to walk back downstairs, through the security doors and coach terminal until you reach the reception in the main transit centre.
Overall though, an all around nice hostel -- particularly if you're catching some of the early morning coach services.
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September 2005
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