thanks for the tip about teh cairns girl hostel, i am definitely going to be looking into that! does anyone have any other suggestions for hostels in Cairns that may be co-ed?
i also need to book my first few nights in fiji, so if anyone has any suggestions for hostels in nadi it would be much appreciated!
thanks!

Beeltee - not that I can report from personal experience, but based on a lot of research I have done for an upcoming trip to Oz, Global Palace in Cairns seems like a really good hostel, one of the best in Cairns (supposedly). Their website is here: http://www.globalpalace.com.au/main.html I am going there towards the end of May, so if you go their sooner and you have some comments, let me know.

Also, another goodwebsite about backpacking in Australia that includes hostel reviews is here:http://www.bugaustralia.com/

Cheers!

hey beeltee,

when are u heading to fiji? I will be there in two weeks. eeek! I am not going to stay in nadi at all. ( i heard it was a hole)...instead I'm heading straight to the coral coast from nadi. I plan on staying at the beachhouse. Though regarding nadi hostels I heard that the most popular is the nadi hotel or is it nadi beach hotel. something like that. :lol:

Just go and stay on hayman island... It will only cost you about $200 a night, but damn, it would be worth it. im heading up there when i get back in a couple of years...

Not budget travelling by a mile but.

Leeroy