Cairns Backpackers and cheap drinks
Cairns Sharehouse for backpackers is a 5 minute stroll from the Cairns backpacker clubs, backpacker bars and cheap backpacker restaurants of Cairns, so when a study done by UNSW on backpackers drinking their way around Australia was released, the backpackers staying at Cairns Sharehouse decided to check out the drinking habits of backpackers currently staying in Cairns and conducted their own cheap drinks study in Cairns!!
The perception was that backpackers did a lot of drinking while they are travelling across Australia and this has been well and truly supported by the new research released. Forty per cent of backpackers reported drinking five or more times a week when in Australia, compared to only just over 20% when they were at home. UNSW interviewed backpackers in Cairns and also Sydney backpackers for this study.
Having lived in Cairns for nearly 20 years the Cairns sharehouse crew were totally surprised, in fact amazed to hear that a "wide spectrum of behavior" was revealed from virginal teetotalers to "binge drinking ... and some having quite a lot of sexual partners" – The Cairns sharehouse crew were amazed as we didn’t think there were any teetotal backpackers in Cairns!
It was not all good news though as some backpackers in Cairns say that “in Cairns for backpackers the drinks are too cheap”
Two backpackers in cairns (French backpackers I might add!) who faced court on drunk and disorderly charges blamed the cheap drinks in Cairns and backpackers for putting them there. The backpacker grapevine has it that the "free champagne for the ladies" night got a bit out of hand (we did warn you they may have been French). I guess it’s cheaper to get drunk in Cairns than it is to see a movie, with Cairns backpacker pubs and cheap backpacker restaurants fuelling the fun in Cairns with $1 drinks and two-for-one specials.
Whilst Cairns Central Sharehouse can in no way condone excessive drinking or the rush of a one night backpacking romance, we are both close enough to be able to view or participate in the action of these claims and yet at the same time we are just far enough away for you to be able to still get your 8 hours of peaceful uninterrupted sleep so you are fit and ready for work the next day.
