Location is great, beautiful beaches but I would NOT recommend staying at Castaway Cove. You can get much nicer places than this for much much cheaper. It sounded great on the internet so we booked a week and we were happy to pay extra for what we thought was going to be a great place but were very disappointed. And the service was terrible!!!

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. For what we paid, the apartment totally exceeded our expectations, so much so that we had planned to go to Hastings Street for dinner, but ended up purchasing a fresh whole mud crab and enjoyed a seafood meal in our spacious apartment.

I don’t agree with the above comments about management. Sure, the manager isn’t bursting with personality, however he answered all the questions we had and explained food options on a local map for us. The grounds are extremely well kept & maintained.

The beach in front of the complex is a lot quieter than Noosa Heads, which appealed to us.

I will be recommending this complex to friends and family.

We have used Wotif to book accommodation all over Australia sucessfully. This experience was definitely unsucessful. We thought we were going somewhere special, NOT SO The property was not as advertised, from the so called discounted price to the endless series of rules of dos and don'ts. The bedding stunk, and the spare duvet (Doona) in the wardrobe also stunk and was stained YUK. It came with its own lizards (not kidding), dust and grime. Supplies of consumables was also very limited You get the feeling on arrival these people are used to dealing with disgruntled dissatisfied vistors and any complaint or request to change units or refund if you chose to move on would be met negatively. Any dealings with them was unusual, the are available very restricted office hours 5 and half days of the week and not interested. Next time I will be very careful in paying all cost up front and so called discounted rates. We went on and stayed a night in Brisbane that was awesome.

This place is ok, but I was expecting it to be better. Noosa in general is pretty over-priced in comparison with the rest of Australia. I was expecting this resort to be amazing but we had stayed in similar places for half the price further up the coast.

We found the management to be very uptight. There's a strange vibe, and they aren't at all welcoming. Maybe they were having an off few days?! I'm sure a comment from them explaining that my points are invalid will appear a couple of days after I post this... I feel I should remind them that most places that have bad reviews usually post a note focussing on how they will fix problems, apologising that the trip wasn't as expected, rather than moaning about guest expectations as I have seen on here.

There are signs up everywhere at this resort telling you what NOT to do. Come on guys, people are on holiday. For example, next to the spa bath is a sign explaining how water is a precious commodity and that you should have take a short shower. I appreciate the need to preserve water supplies in Australia, but I would suggest taking the corner spa baths out if you don't wish guests to use them. There are signs in the kitchen, by the pool, and generally dotted around. Another example was when my husband was lying by the pool and the lady came over to ask why he was there- er hello- he's a guest?!! She made him feel most unwelcome and didn't apologise for bothering him when he explained he was staying there- she just wondered off again. I'm not sure if they have problems with people just coming in and using the facilities- one morning we opened the front door to find a chinese couple just sitting on our doorstep- which was odd.

The house was beautiful, you can't fault the location of the complex/resort, next to the beach. Be warned though, the beach villa is not actually next to the beach, it's the second tier in. My mistake apparently. I would have paid the extra to be right next to the beach if this had been made clearer on the website. The pool is small but nice, everything was clean. Our only gripe was that the management are unfriendly- they are like stereo-typical uptight English B&B owners. They are pretty cheap with what is "included" in the amount you have paid. You get one sachet of everything- washing up liquid, washing detergent etc- if you need any more you have to buy them from reception, or from elsewhere. We paid an absolute fortune to stay there for two nights, I don't think providing us with two sachets of washing up liquid would have been too much to ask. It was these little things, that elsewhere in Australia no one would bat an eyelid about providing, that were missing.

This was the last place we stayed before leaving Oz, flying out from Brisbane, and the only place we were disappointed by. Please don't charge premium rates if you are prepared to deliver a high class operation.