It’s been about a month since Victoria and I have arrived in Cairns and started working for Nomads Cairns backpackers hostel.

It has certainly been an interesting experience.

Coming from New Zealand, where Victoria and I were both the Managers of several small (50 bed) independent backpackers, we were very interested to see how things worked at a BIG backpackers such as Nomads Cairns!

It turns out that most of the procedures are the same and the key factor remains the staff!

Without happy, helpful staff, you can’t have an excellent and “homey” feeling hostel!

Luckily the staff at Nomads Cairns backpackers hostel is fantastic and the wonderful amenities such as the Serpent bar (with cheap and delicious  meals), the HUGE pool, the A/C in all of the rooms, and all of the fun activity nights (Including pub quiz on Sundays hosted by ME!) truly make this hostel a welcoming “home away from home”

One of the benefits of working at Nomads Cairns is working on the MAD travel desk.  Here you can book discounted tours, travel, and other Nomads Hostel accommodation nights!  You can also get an awesome MAD CARD that will save you HEAPS of money off of your Nomads accommodation!  The Mad Travel guide that it comes with also has HEAPS of coupons for cheap and free drinks and meals throughout Australia!

Sometimes we get the opportunity to go on trips when we are working on the travel desk and I have been lucky to snorkel and dive the Great Barrier Reef with Ocean Freedom a wonderful company that made my first dive very memorable!  I plan to do more diving in the future and possibly get certified before moving on from Cairns…

Victoria and I also got to travel up to Cape Tribulation and the Daintree Rain-forest with Active Tropic Explorer this is a great day out that last almost 12 hours.  You visit some amazing Rainforest areas and also the beautiful Cape Tribulation where the “Rain forest meets the Reef”

It’s been a great first month in Cairns and Victoria and I are excited to meet more travelers in Cairns, and get to experience this fantastic part of Australia known as FNQ

-Francis Kulaga at Nomads Cairns backpackers hostel

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