Backpacking our way along the east coast, hostel to hostel brought us to Coolum. Failing to find a hostel in this cute beach town led us to Coolum Motel with the intention of only staying a couple of nights. We found the motel very pleasant and had an excellent location. The manager, aka John, told us about all the nice... More

My husband & I stayed at Coolum Budget Accommodation for two weeks and found the Managers extremely obliging and friendly. The rooms and facilities were spotlesssly clean and the kitchen well equiped.The kitchen was very clean and guests respected the cleanliness and kept it that way. Laundry facilities were great with 2 washing machines which were quick and washed very... More

Hi, I stayed at this budget accom this is my 2nd stay. I stayed the first time and the Mangers back 3 years ago. Where very strict but very good with the cleaness off our the place was kept and the kitchen and the toilets spotless. The 2nd time I stayed the new Mangers are very friendly. But I didn't... More

nice place to stay and we found the room very clean.beach accross the road and less than 5min easy walk to centre of coolum.the staff were very friendly

I found my stay here to be one of the highest quality. The staff are friendly, helpful and will bend over backwards to help wherever they can. It has a communal kitchen with everything you could possibably need and kept spotless at all times. Budget rooms have shared bathroom facilities. Again, always spotless. The rooms vary from single to ensuite/double... More

Stayed here for one night in February 2012. It is advertised on the internet as a motel but it is really a backpackers place, the sign outside says 'budget accommodation' not 'motel'. The receipt also says 'backpackers accommodation'. Rooms are extremely small and not that clean We had to use a shared kitchen. We had a wet patch on one... More

Stayed for a Few nights as my Partner attended a Seminar just down the road from Coolum Beach. It's a VERY Basic Motel with a Hint of Backpacker style. It has a Communal kitchen with a Stove but NO Oven though!. We had an Ensuite room with a Balcony,The rooms are small, VERY tiny T.V., The best thing about the... More

Relaxed atmosphere with the new managers. Lovely plants around the corridors. Room on the small side but didn't plan to stay in the room much except to sleep. This downside can be forgiven as there are plenty of cool nooks with picnic style tables and benches for reading the paper or enjoying a good book. Enjoyed being able to cook... More

Originally booked in for 1 night,ended up staying for 5 nights.I found the rooms on the smallish side but everthing was there.I stayed in one of the ensuite rooms which had a little balcony overlooking the pool.The cleanliness could not be faulted and the new management could not do enough to make my stay enjoyable.The location is perfect,just 3 minutes... More