Gilligan's Backpacker's Hotel & Resort

Huge and central, Gilligan's is a loud, proud, party-hardy flashpacker resort, where all four- to 10-bed dorms have bathroom and most have balcony. Higher-priced rooms come with fridge and TV. Good on-site restaurant and fab lagoon pool. Gilligan's mammoth bar/club is synonymous with 'having a big one' in Cairns-speak. Pickup central.