Kuiyam Hostel (AHL)
This Hostel provides short-term accommodation in Cairns for Indigenous people who are starting employment, awaiting housing or in town for other reasons.
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- Facilities & Activities
- Proximity
- Recreation Clubs
- Services Facilitated
- family rooms
- double beds
- single rooms
- disabled access
- barbeque
- lounge room
- TV
- homework stations
- children’s playground with equipment
- 2 outdoor gazebo areas
It is a 5 minute walk to:
- Centrelink
- shopping centres
- cinemas
- bus/rail terminals
- primary and secondary schools
- Cairns Private Hospital
- Cairns Base Hospital
- Cairns Esplanade (where there is Muddy’s Children Playground and Splash Seafood Restaurant)
- Cairns 24 Hour Medical Centre
- 3 km to Cairns TAFE
- 5 km to domestic/international airports
- 15 km to James Cook University
Sports available:
- table tennis
- basketball
- rugby league
- AFL
- tennis
- netball
- swimming
Hostel facilitates resident access to the following services:
- Centrelink – for information on: ABSTUDY, Newstart, Rental Assistance and BasicsCard (You are eligible for a BasicsCard if you are on Income Management. The card is reusable and PIN protected and allows you to spend your income managed money at approved stores and businesses through the EFTPOS system)
- Queensland Health – Patient Transport Scheme
- Wu-Chopperen Medical Centre for medical and dental appointments
- HUB – Homeless Assistance
- JobFind (A national company providing a free recruitment service for employers and jobseekers)
- NEATO (Queensland Employment Service provider for employers and job seekers)
- ITEC (north Australian employment service provider)
- Mission Australia
- Quigley Street is a night shelter service
- Dija Meta is an aged care Hostel
- Cairns Legal Aid for free legal assistance
- Ozcare – Qld Family and Housing Assistance
- Centacare – Homeless and Emergency Relief Assistance
Contact Details
Category:
Multi Purpose
Address:
162 Grafton Street, Cairns, 4870, Qld
Phone:
(07) 4051 6466
Fax:
(07 4051 6469
Hostel Name Origin:
‘Kuiyam’ is a mythical figure in Aboriginal and Islander history. The stories tell of a man named Kuiyam who owned magical spears that protected him in many battles. Eventually, when he was without these weapons, on a hillside overlooking a village he suffered several fatal wounds. It is said the area where the battle took place even today remains an area of stunted growth with bushes that have blotches of red said to be the blood of Kuiyam.
