Cheapest Place to stay In Australia?

Kerry wrote:
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Where is the cheapest location, with cheapest hotels to
stay in Australia (no particular city in mind). Not
interested in beaches, museums, fine food and the like.
Just a cheap place to stay in a room to myself for a visa
run, and to check out Australia. There needs to be internet
shops around someplace close, not sure if Australia is setup
like the asian countries in that regard.

Emphasis on "cheap" (after all it is just another visa run).


Thanks a Lot :-)

Old pubs are cheap places to stay and often (very often in fact) they are
better and cleaner than backpacker places.

I just did a trip around Aus. and found some of the cheapest pub rooms are
in Queensland. The cheapest was the Commercial Hotel in Ingham in north
Queensland where the room was $14 a night for one person. (August 04) This
included nice clean linen and shared bathroom facilities.



(Google has changed everything so I could not find this post, I
thought it did not post.) Anyway, how do you find such a place, I
mean I can't just go into every pub and ask, hey big boy you got a
room for me? I'm lible to get my head bashed in :-) I take it that
Townsville Airport is an International Airport it says, and Ingham
is north of Townsville in the rain forest location. How do you get
about in such an area? Do you know of any cheap hotels in the bigger
cities?

And to those that clearly do not know what a visa run is, that
is where you live in a country that makes you leave every month
or so to renew your visa. And by the way any information on how to
stay in Australia for an extended period (year or two) would be
nice information to know as well (I'm not a student, retirement
age, have a million dollars in any currency, nor need to work).


Thanks



A common price was about $125 or less for a full week or $20-$30 a night in
country towns The cheapest ones are just out of the main tourist areas. The
only problem with most of them is that you often find yourself the only
person staying there. Prices generally include a continental breakfast and
shared facilities, no phone in the rooms.

Why are they so cheap? Simple, they're just out of fashion. Travelers now
stay at motels, backpackers and youth hostels.

Regards

Kerry Whitfield
http://www.capebyron.com/contact_me/

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(Google has changed everything so I could not find this post, I
thought it did not post.) Anyway, how do you find such a place, I
mean I can't just go into every pub and ask, hey big boy you got a
room for me? I'm lible to get my head bashed in :-) I take it that
Townsville Airport is an International Airport it says, and Ingham
is north of Townsville in the rain forest location. How do you get
about in such an area? Do you know of any cheap hotels in the bigger
cities?

And to those that clearly do not know what a visa run is, that
is where you live in a country that makes you leave every month
or so to renew your visa. And by the way any information on how to
stay in Australia for an extended period (year or two) would be
nice information to know as well (I'm not a student, retirement
age, have a million dollars in any currency, nor need to work).

Sorry, but for a troll you are not very good, are you?

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wrote:
Kerry wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
Where is the cheapest location, with cheapest hotels to
stay in Australia (no particular city in mind). Not
interested in beaches, museums, fine food and the like.
Just a cheap place to stay in a room to myself for a visa
run, and to check out Australia. There needs to be internet
shops around someplace close, not sure if Australia is setup
like the asian countries in that regard.

Emphasis on "cheap" (after all it is just another visa run).


Thanks a Lot :-)

Old pubs are cheap places to stay and often (very often in fact) they are
better and cleaner than backpacker places.

I just did a trip around Aus. and found some of the cheapest pub rooms are
in Queensland. The cheapest was the Commercial Hotel in Ingham in north
Queensland where the room was $14 a night for one person. (August 04) This
included nice clean linen and shared bathroom facilities.



(Google has changed everything so I could not find this post, I
thought it did not post.) Anyway, how do you find such a place, I
mean I can't just go into every pub and ask, hey big boy you got a
room for me? I'm lible to get my head bashed in :-) I take it that
Townsville Airport is an International Airport it says, and Ingham
is north of Townsville in the rain forest location. How do you get
about in such an area? Do you know of any cheap hotels in the bigger
cities?

And to those that clearly do not know what a visa run is, that
is where you live in a country that makes you leave every month
or so to renew your visa. And by the way any information on how to
stay in Australia for an extended period (year or two) would be
nice information to know as well (I'm not a student, retirement
age, have a million dollars in any currency, nor need to work).


If you are just doing a visa run, why not just sleep on an airport
bench and fly back?



Thanks



A common price was about $125 or less for a full week or $20-$30 a night in
country towns The cheapest ones are just out of the main tourist areas. The
only problem with most of them is that you often find yourself the only
person staying there. Prices generally include a continental breakfast and
shared facilities, no phone in the rooms.

Why are they so cheap? Simple, they're just out of fashion. Travelers now
stay at motels, backpackers and youth hostels.

Regards

Kerry Whitfield
http://www.capebyron.com/contact_me/

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Kerry wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
Where is the cheapest location, with cheapest hotels to
stay in Australia (no particular city in mind). Not
interested in beaches, museums, fine food and the like.
Just a cheap place to stay in a room to myself for a visa
run, and to check out Australia. There needs to be internet
shops around someplace close, not sure if Australia is setup
like the asian countries in that regard.

Emphasis on "cheap" (after all it is just another visa run).


Thanks a Lot :-)

Old pubs are cheap places to stay and often (very often in fact) they
are
better and cleaner than backpacker places.

I just did a trip around Aus. and found some of the cheapest pub rooms
are
in Queensland. The cheapest was the Commercial Hotel in Ingham in north
Queensland where the room was $14 a night for one person. (August 04)
This
included nice clean linen and shared bathroom facilities.



(Google has changed everything so I could not find this post, I
thought it did not post.) Anyway, how do you find such a place, I
mean I can't just go into every pub and ask, hey big boy you got a
room for me? I'm lible to get my head bashed in :-) I take it that
Townsville Airport is an International Airport it says, and Ingham
is north of Townsville in the rain forest location. How do you get
about in such an area? Do you know of any cheap hotels in the bigger
cities?

And to those that clearly do not know what a visa run is, that
is where you live in a country that makes you leave every month
or so to renew your visa. And by the way any information on how to
stay in Australia for an extended period (year or two) would be
nice information to know as well (I'm not a student, retirement
age, have a million dollars in any currency, nor need to work).


Thanks
If you have a million dollars in any currency why the cheap
accommodation?????