Northern Greenhouse

The minimum age to check into our backpacker is 18 years of age and there is no maximum age limit.

Persons under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult guardian and may only stay in private rooms.

Persons aged 16 to 17 may stay in dorm rooms but must be accompanied by an adult guardian.

Absolutely! We have a luggage storage room where you can leave your belongings for free when waiting to check into a room, or once checked out of a room.

Yes, the guest laundry is located at the back of the car park and is coin operated. Highly efficient wash & dry combos are available and you may also purchase soap.

Yes. Once checked into our hostel you will notice that your comfy bed is complete with linen. If you need a towel, please ask reception for one (towels are charged at $1 per day). Upon checkout, please strip your bed and bring your linen and towel to reception. We don’t have bed bugs and don’t want them so please leave your sleeping bags at home!

Our dorm rooms do not have lockers; however each bed has its own luggage storage baskets for your belongings.

Continental breakfast is included with your room rate and is available every morning from 6:30am to 9am on the entertainment decking. Lucky guests on a Saturday morning can sleep in and enjoy a pancake breakfast from 11am – 12pm, or early birds may still enjoy a continental breakfast

At the Northern Greenhouse! We have free on-site parking for all our guests so cruise on up to reception and give us a toot.

Yes, our hostel has fully equipped kitchen facilities complete with refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, toasters, crockery and cutlery and storage space for your belongings.  We dare you to show us your Gordon Ramsay culinary skills!

At the Northern Greenhouse, our guests live in luxury. All rooms have their own ensuite complete with wash basin, shower and toilet.

Woolworths is only a 5 minutes walk from the hostel. Just ask reception for directions!

Please let us know 24 hours in advance if you wish to cancel or change your reservation. When you make a reservation with the Northern Greenhouse, we ask for an estimated time of arrival. If you are running late on the day of your booking, please free call us on 1800 000 541 and let us know. This ensures that we do not release your bed and on-sell it to a desperate backpacker.

We also think this sucks! No, we don’t charge any additional fees if you wish to pay by credit card. At the Northern Greenhouse we accept Eftpos, Visa and Mastercard. We unfortunately do not take Diners or American Express.

Yes, for guests who bring their own laptops, we have FREE WIFI available in certain areas of the hostel. You may gain access through a secure password which can be obtained from hostel reception. For those without a laptop, you are entitled to 30 minutes of free internet access per day on the guest computer terminals.

Check in time is after 12pm for those who have booked a dorm bed, and after 2pm for those who have reserved an apartment. You are welcome to leave your luggage in our luggage storage room and hang around on our entertainment decking, use the kitchen, access the WIFI or explore tropical Cairns.

Photo identification is required on check in (passport, driver’s licence or I.D card are all acceptable).

Check out is 10am.

Expecting a love letter? You can receive mail at our address:

Northern Greenhouse
117 Grafton Street
Cairns, Australia 4870

We hold mail for up to 30 days.

The earlier the better as we wouldn’t want you to miss out. Remember, high season is May to October so best that you book as soon as you know of your travel plans. 

No. However, taxis are located outside the domestic terminal and the fare will cost you approximately $20 to the Northern Greenhouse, total journey time is only 15 minutes.
Alternatively, catch the Sun Palm shuttle bus also located outside the domestic terminal. Let the bus driver know that you are staying at the Northern Greenhouse and you will be dropped right outside our hostel. The fare is $12 one-way.