Pippies Beachhouse Backpackers

Do not stay here. You could not pay me to come back here. There are cockroaches in the rooms and the bathroom facilities are inadequate. Currently writing this as I can’t sleep due to the roaches in here. If you need to stay at rainbow beach before Fraser Island just book an apartment as you won’t sleep well here.

Had to have a freezing cold shower- there were signs up in the hostel to state that a choice had to be made between hot water and air con and they chose air con. There was hot water in another building, but the queues for the showers were huge. Having hot water in the next building is not helpful for washing hands/kitchen etc. Then had a knock on the door at 8:30am to say there would be no power from 9am. Unable to use plug sockets, kitchen facilities etc. Hot water and electricity are two basics I would expect when paying 100 dollars for 1 night stay. Hostel were extremely unhelpful when contacted about this.

We stayed in the apartment about 5 minutes walk from the main hostel. The location, it was 2 minutes max to the beach, not many more positive things to say. The unit was large with upstairs and downstairs & shower was nice. The apartment has NO aircon, none of the fans we were given worked! We requested some working fans, and we're given ONE between the whole 2 bedroom house. Upon arrival there was no toilet roll, and the kitchen light was broken, we had to cook in the dark. There was also no wifi. Overall the accommodation was subpar.

Basic room with a shared bathroom but we loved having the balcony overlooking the pool. The kitchen was clean and well-equipped and as there were two separate kitchens there was always space to cook. There are also coin operated washing facilities along with two big washing lines. We enjoyed our stay here as there was a very relaxed chilled atmosphere. The beach and shops etc are only a 5 minute walk away so a very good location!