Sydney Backpackers was a dump. It's got a fairly good location (walking distance to the harbour and most bars), however it was ROUGH. The rooms were disasters, with overflowing garbage cans, and piles of things left behind by past backpackers that were not cleaned up in the 4 days we were there. The bathrooms were awful...I'd have preferred to take a dump in the alley outside than venture in there. Shoes stay on at ALL times. One toilet was overflowing and filled to the seat with toilet paper and it was not fixed for a whole day. As for the beds, I felt safer climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge than sleeping in the top bunk of the 10 person dorm. No ladders, and a mile from the wall. We also waited at reception for half an hour to get our money back as the worker was on the phone the whole time. Speaking of the miserable people that work there, when we pay for a bus to the airport, we expect it to be there. But nope, we had to pay another 20 bucks for a cab on top of the prepaid shuttle we paid for 3 days earlier. Good luck at this one folks.
- Backpacker Sydney
