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Gilligan's Backpacker Hotel & Resort Review
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Gilligan's Backpacker Hotel & Resort 
- Address: 57-89 Grafton St., CBD, Cairns, Queensland, 4870 | Map It
- Phone: 07/4041-6566
- www.gilligansbackpackers.com.au
- Price range: ¢-$
- Location: Cairns
Fodor's Review:
If you're headed to Cairns for action, not relaxation, this upscale budget property is the perfect place. Offering clean, modern hostel-type four- and six-bed dorms and private rooms, all with user-friendly en suite facilities, Gilligan's is a cheap and cheerful way to travel without feeling like you've compromised. "Deluxe" twin and double rooms (A$130 per night) have fridges, TVs, and lounges; some have balconies. Modern public facilities include a TV lounge, an Internet café-pizzeria, a licensed gaming room, a waterfall-fed lagoon pool, and an on-site nightclub, Pure (open Friday-Sunday from 10 PM until late). It's hugely popular with younger travelers, but tourists who wheel their luggage are welcome, too—though they might find the gigantic beer hall and deck, complete with sportscasts on Cairns's largest outdoor screen and loud, live entertainment (including big-name bands) Tuesday and Thursday-Sunday, a bit intense.
- Hotel Details: 120 rooms
- In-room: no phone, refrigerator (some), no TV (some).
- In-hotel: restaurant, bar, pool, gym, laundry facilities, beachfront, Internet terminal, parking (free).
- Credit Cards: MC, V
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