Positives: Friendly bar man. Wet t-shirt photographs from the 70's. Location great - near the awesome butchers. Negatives: Mouse dropping in bathroom. Over zealous use of laminated signage. Unwillingness to converse in more than one sylabal. Unique ability to make customers feel like they're unconvenienced the service staff. Termination of wifi after 10 o clock for any economically justifiable reason.... More

In the eventuality of another backpacker's hostel having closed down, I came across the Fraser Roving Backpacker Hostel. Lucky for me, it was a good choice as all the staff were very friendly and accommodating. The bedrooms are basic, which is what you would expect from a hostel, however, it had a cosy feel with a tv room and separate... More

We stayed at Fraser Roving for two nights. Great location on the beachfront and very accessible for Fraser Island tours. The bar does great deals and the staff are so friendly. We'd like to mention Paula and Bill - you were great!

We stayed at FR as part of a package to visit Fraser Island - the rooms were nice and clean with a great location and pool to cool down: on the trip to fraser our tour guide known as Santa was absolutely amazing. A kind warm hearted and honest man with an ever better sense of humour. He made our... More

Fantastic location and lovely place to stay. Clean room, swimming pool and bar. The TV in the lounge didnt work but you could hire a dvd, the light in my bathroom was broken and even though it was reported at check in it was not fixed after 4 days. The owners were very friendly and helpful as was the barman... More

I arrived in Hervey Bay in late Feb 2013 and had left the whole backpacking experience to fate by not booking any accomodation prior! I got off the greyhound and headed towards the esplanade, only to be picked up by a friendly lady who asked if I needed any help. She basically recommended 2 or 3 hostels as she was... More

We arrived unannounced in Hervey Bay looking for 4x4 adventure. Drove down the Esplanade looking for Backpackers and Fraser Island tour operators. Prices for backpacker accommodation and tours are similar for most budget places. Fraser Roving was immediatly attractive due to the friendly staff, clean building, proximity to the ocean (even though it was to hot to sit on the... More

Really good hostel. Booked the Fraser island trip with them and had 2 free nights in the hostel. Trip excellent and also we had a free room upgrade to a double room. Clean and tidy, hostel staff really helpful. This was a huge relief as we thought it was the same chain as Frasers on Rainbow which has horrendous reviews... More

This is an extremely friendly hostel. From the moment you get picked up from the Greyhound in a pink van by the lovely Paula to that last carafe of wine at night with the chatty barman (forgot to ask his name) you feel welcome & part if the Fraser Roving family. At your briefing for Fraser Island if you are... More