Daily Archives: March 23, 2008

YHA Perth

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To accomodate for my first five nights in Australia I have just booked a bed in a 4 share (male) room at the Perth City YHA for $ 140,- (á € 81,-). Because -at the time of arrival- I will be a YHA member, I saved $ 17.50. That may not seem much, but as I intend to travel for about three months this may prove to sum up to a nice total ;)

According to the YHA site this is Western Australia’s only 4.5 star backpacker hostel. The hostel is set inside a renovated 1940s art deco building in the heart of the city, and has everything a traveller could want. Facilities include air conditioning, wifi, internet, parking, games room, pool, kitchen, library, TV room, laundry, secure lockers, luggage storage, 24 hour reception, café. It is affordable but superior backpacker accommodation – winner of Western Australia Tourism award for Best Backpacker Accommodation 2007.


Perth City YHA

A good thing the hostel fascilitates WiFi as well. As I plan on buying a car in the first few days it is very helpfull there is WiFi access available within the hostel.

Poste Restante

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Poste Restante is an international postal convention, operating routinely in Australia , as in most countries. Many travellers in Australia rely on it, but many others, particularly non-English speakers, seem not to be aware of it here. Australia Post will reliably hold mail marked “poste restante” for at least a month at any Post Office or agency anywhere in Australia – longer if the sender indicates a different period. There may be a fee for parcels held longer than one month.

For Poste Restante the following address convention may be used:

[ Your Given name + FAMILY NAME in large print]
Poste Restante
[TOWN] – [state] Australia – [postcode, if possible]

I just ordered a 1 year YHA (youth hostel accomodation) membership (which offers you a 10% discount per night in a YHA hostel) for which I used the following poste restante address:

Poste Restante
GPO
Perth
WA 6000

Where GPO means General Post Office. When I arrive in Perth I can just collect my mail at the post office :)