It’s only been a few days since we left Cathy and everyone at civic but we miss it already! Our first nights stay was the night before we transferred to Magnetic Island (didn’t stay 24hrs due to bad weather) and as soon as we were picked up by Cathy using their free shuttle from the bus/ferry terminal to hostel we felt right at home. We ended up getting stranded in Townsville for over a week due to the floods and we’re lucky enough to get beds the whole time at civic and I can honestly say we were so greatful. Nice helpful chatty staff, clean kitchen which is overlooked all day by staff, housekeeping, common spaces are aplenty, loads of board games, Xbox and dvds for free rental and most of all everyone just gets along and respects the rules of the place. There’s a strict no noise after 10pmish policy which is taken serious by all and appreciated. The staff, especially Cathy and Katrina (sorry if that’s a misspell) who we’re always so lovely and went above and beyond. Joe who works there can be abit rude at times but worth putting up with his patronisation in this case. He’s clearly just ‘doing his job’ but sometimes takes things a bit too serious if you ask me. We attempted to leave Townsville for cairns about 4 times and were taken back and forth to the terminals free of charge...It’s only been a few days since we left Cathy and everyone at civic but we miss it already! Our first nights stay was the night before we transferred to Magnetic Island (didn’t stay 24hrs due to bad weather) and as soon as we were picked up by Cathy using their free shuttle from the bus/ferry terminal to hostel we felt right at home. We ended up getting stranded in Townsville for over a week due to the floods and we’re lucky enough to get beds the whole time at civic and I can honestly say we were so greatful. Nice helpful chatty staff, clean kitchen which is overlooked all day by staff, housekeeping, common spaces are aplenty, loads of board games, Xbox and dvds for free rental and most of all everyone just gets along and respects the rules of the place. There’s a strict no noise after 10pmish policy which is taken serious by all and appreciated. The staff, especially Cathy and Katrina (sorry if that’s a misspell) who we’re always so lovely and went above and beyond. Joe who works there can be abit rude at times but worth putting up with his patronisation in this case. He’s clearly just ‘doing his job’ but sometimes takes things a bit too serious if you ask me. We attempted to leave Townsville for cairns about 4 times and were taken back and forth to the terminals free of charge and no hassle made! We made some lush friends here and have nothing but lovely memories. Thanks everyone! More
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