Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel

2.0 star property
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Outdoor pool
Terrace/patio
Terrace/patio
Property entrance
Property entrance

Reviews

8.2 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Parking available
    Parking available
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
189 Bunda Street, Parramatta Park, QLD, 4870
  • Cairns Central Shopping Centre
    4 min walk
  • Cairns Performing Arts Centre
    10 min walk
  • Cairns Night Markets
    13 min walk
  • Cairns, QLD (CNS-Cairns Intl.)
    8 min drive

Room options

3 Bed Mixed Dorm Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 3 Twin Beds

4 Bed Mixed Dorm Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 4 Twin Beds

Deluxe Twin Room with Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Budget Double Room with shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Bunk Bed in Mixed Dorm Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 7 Twin Beds

Deluxe Double Room with Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

6 Bed Mixed Dorm Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 6 Twin Beds

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About the area

Cairns

With a stay at Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel in Cairns (Parramatta Park), you'll be a 4-minute walk from Cairns Central Shopping Centre and within a 5-minute drive of Cairns Esplanade. .This hostel is 1.3 mi (2.1 km) from Cairns Marlin Marina and 0.5 mi (0.9 km) from Cazaly's Stadium.

What's nearby

  • Cairns Central Shopping Centre - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Cairns Esplanade - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Esplanade Lagoon - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Cairns Convention Centre - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Cairns Marlin Marina - 18 min walk - 1.6 km

Getting around

  • Cairns Station - 2 min walk
  • Cairns Intl. Airport (CNS) - 8 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Food Court - Cairns Central - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪KFC - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪T2 Tea - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Coffee Club - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel

Hostel with free parking, a short walk to Cairns Central Shopping Centre
Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel offers 24 air-conditioned accommodations with ceiling fans. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers.
Recreational amenities at the hostel include an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 24 air-conditioned guestrooms. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. Additional amenities at this hostel include complimentary wireless internet access, an arcade/game room, and tour/ticket assistance.
Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli serving guests of Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include luggage storage, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.

Languages

English, French, German

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 bar

Things to do

  • Arcade/games room
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Arcade/games room
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Separate living room
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Ceiling fan

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Shared bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 8 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 1.5 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open Monday - Sunday (9:00 AM - noon) and Monday - Sunday (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
The check-in location differs from the property location; go to: [4/6 Terminus Street]
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and key retrieval information; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk, key retrieval

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Air conditioning is available for an additional fee
  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 1.5 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel Parramatta Park
Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel
Dreamtime Travellers Rest Parramatta Park
Dreamtime Travellers Rest
Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel Parramatta Park
Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

Dreamtime Travellers Rest Hostel Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 26 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 67 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 67 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Staff very great, place with comfortable, youg people, all perfect even if we could hear other couple in bedrooms around us..
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hostel!
This was the best hostel I've stayed in so far!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Siobhan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fun but chilled place to stay
We had a good stay here. The vibe is very chilled with lots of nice places to chill inside and out, including a cosy camper. The aircon required dollars putting in it every three hours. Kitchens are kept clean and everyone was super friendly and sociable on the evenings.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
friendly hostel, quiet area, short walk to lagoon
the staff at dreamtime are amazing! They are very helpful with trip bookings and even remembered me by name.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Sau Mei

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Although the hostel is not closed to city centre, it takes around 20 minutes walk to the Wharf. The staff is super nice and will give you a lot of tips what you see and what you do in Cairns. The bed is clean, but it is no mirror on the upstairs bathroom.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Kiwires, Melbourne

Liked: Staff & service
Great place on a budget
2-storey setup with interesting nooks and crannies. Dave at reception was great in helping me to book 2 excursions out to the reef.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

L

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staffs
Staffs are friendly and helpful, location is quite close to the shopping centre, shower is nice
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Anne, MN, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice hostel for a good price
Staff is awesome! Main downfall is Wi-fi doesn't work in bedrooms. Room was small but the bed was comfortable and there was a table, chair & nice ceiling fan. Air Con is self pay, but cheap. Beer available on site is cheap. Multiple kitchens & hang out areas that are cozy. Pool on site. In a quieter part of town, but not a bad walk to the lagoon. I would book again.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Carolina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I'd stayed alone in a private room. Everything was great: staff, hostel, etc. Very quiet, which I appreciate. The common areas were very comfy. The kitchen is not very equipped and perhaps some extra toilets/ showers would be useful (I had to wait once or twice a bit..). But in the overall: totally recommended, I would go back!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Justin

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location and Value for Money. Friendly staff and clean and tidy facilities

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best Cairn Hostel!
Great hostel in cairns for its cozy ambiance and awesome staff!! Easy to talk to and they can find you deals for just about anything. Friendly people in the hotel, easy to meet people for 1 guy.

2/10 Terrible

Zara, Australia

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
DO NOT book for the delux double room!!!
The delux double room has nothing to do with delux. With the location adjacent to the stairs, you will have a room with screams, laughs and footsteps. The bed sheet is filthy. The room is tiny without even a chair, not to mention a table. The PowerPoint is no where close to the bed. Awful nights at delux room :(

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brief overnight stay in twin room
Brief overnight stay in Cairns prior to a trip on the Great Barrier Reef. It was clean, had good bathrooms and helpful staff. Shopping centre and train station are across the road. Can be a bit inconvenient though as it means you have to walk around it to get to the main part of Cairns during closing hours (can normally take a shortcut by going through it). Overall, a nice hostel though and would stay again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Okay but there are many better alternatives
This place was okay for budget lodging in Cairns. However, I decided to move to a different hostel after two nights and was glad I did. The neighborhood only has one restaurant that hostel goers seem to go to and there was not a lot to do in the immediate vicinity. I would recommend getting a place closer to the Esplanade which is the heart of this town. Additionally, my room did not have air conditioning which made it uncomfortable to sleep at night. It seemed like most hostels that I have stayed at have a more favorable ratio of bathrooms to guests that this one, but with patience you can make it work. Additionally, I did not find the bathrooms to be clean but that can happen at any hostel as you are sharing with others.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Pia, Denmark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best hostel in the Cairns
I will recommend this hostel to anyone. It was so nice and the staff is really helpful. It is placed really close to the center, so you are within walking distance to everything you need. If we ever come back to cairns we will definitely stay at the same hostel again.

10/10 Excellent

Domingos Filipe, Porto, Portugal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great to use as a base
Great friendly environment. Just what we needed before going on our scuba diving trip.

8/10 Good

Piero

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommended hostel
Remember this is a hostel... I booked the best room and it was great, spacious and very comfi bedding. The hostel has an awesome vibe and very friendly and competent staff. The recommended tours were fantastic. The locations is well within walking distance of everything, while being very nice and quiet.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Holly, Solihull

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice quiet hostel in Cairns
Lovely hostel, communal areas especially. The staff are really nice and helpful and the location is great if you don't want to be right in the heart of party town! Downsides are there are no lockers, the wifi wasn't great - worked sometimes and other nights not at all, and my sheets looked a bit grubby if I'm honest but probably that was a one-off.