The Shiralee Backpacker Home

probably some of the best facilitys a hostel in perth could have.
it has been renovated since the last reviewer.
**we popped in to check it out as i had been curious with the renovating taking place on my daily walk near the Brisbane street location, however i have not stayed a night here, more for looking at locations for relatives coming to stay.
I have lived in Perth my whole life and one thing still is a reality as always. the shocking prices of hotels. this hostel had better, newer facilities than most 3+ star hotels in Perth and quite frankly what some people charge on gumtree is a joke for short stay.
From what i saw they had foxtel, internet, free internet according to a sign for a limited time, brand new bathrooms, rooms, carpets, laundry, sweet little kitchen set up with all new retro dehlongi appliances and tv lounge area, a small outdoor area which looked like it had either a vegie garden or it was just plants with seating and a vending machine. all under $ 40 a night.
that is already better than any hostel/​hotel in perth offers so i dont really care if some dude did play me blur on the guitar my value for money, experience would be better than the guy at the Duxton in a room you paid $ 100+ a night for, and the ²⁄₃ star hotels in Perth are dated and have old bedding etc

This is without a doubt the worst hostel I have ever stayed in. The reception desk, unmanned when I arrived, had warning notices intended to prevent the spread of bedbugs. How they failed.
Perhaps I was not the typical hostel demographic, as I was working at the university when I stayed and thus needed to get up in the morning, but unless you prefer to be forcibly kept awake (if the bedbugs didn’t already do that) listening to awful drunken renditions of Blur songs on acoustic guitar, you might also wish to look elsewhere.
Oh, also, the showers were filthy.