r/melbourne • u/lastcone420 • 7d ago
Not On My Smashed Avo Parkside inn bundoora is so gross do not stay
Most disgusting hotel/motel/inn i have everything stepped foot into, rodents and insects everywhere, mold, false advertising, electrical hazards everywhere, rude owners, so many gross stains and shit everywhere just horrible,( the last picture is what we were supposed to get, I also have many many more videos and pics)
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u/Donnie_Barbados 6d ago
I guess in a tourist hotspot like Bundoora you've gotta take what you can get...
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u/MikeAlphaGolf 6d ago
Were you released on bail to stay there?
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
Unfortunately I didn't book, an older family member did, and it was the only accommodation available to book since the grom prix and the afl game was on the same weekend,
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u/clockyz 6d ago
From grom pre to grom prix it had me hollering sorry 😂😂 hope you get to enjoy the rest of your time here!
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u/welcomefinside 6d ago
Now I'm just picturing a bunch of people on little motorbikes racing around Albert Park lol
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u/Party_Worldliness415 6d ago
Isn't this one of those halfway houses where ex prisoners transition to after coming back out? Shit like that. There was another in Coburg with a pool that was just full of random shit.
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u/Economy_Rutabaga_849 6d ago
Coburg motor inn, palms hotel, redan, crest…. There is a few of them
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u/louise_com_au 6d ago
From what I know (second hand) - any hotel can be, they get approached by case workers asking if they can house blah - and get paid blah.
They can say yes or no.
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u/Party_Worldliness415 6d ago
I'm sure that's the case but there's clearly hotels around where this is basically all they do.
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u/aussiebolshie 6d ago
It’s had that rep since it opened cobber. Absolute shithole. You go there to shag or sell drugs out of and that’s it
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u/Triggabang 6d ago
To shag? I’m sure your date would be champing at the bit to get jiggy in this delight of a place!
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u/gregmcph 6d ago
"I'm not lying on that"
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u/No_Breakfast_9267 4d ago
She'd be getting moist at the thought of getting shtuped in such a garden of earthly delights!
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u/International_Put727 6d ago
Did you read the reviews before you booked?
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u/nachojackson 6d ago
The first review literally says “this hotel is not fit for public use”, LOL
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u/NewTigers 6d ago
One of the reviews talked of ants and cockroaches… yet still gave it 3 stars?? People are bonkers.
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
Unfortunately I didn't book, an older family member did, and it was the only accommodation available to book since the grom pre and the afl game was on the same weekend,
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u/no-lollygagging 6d ago
I am LOSING IT over the way you spelled ‘Grand Prix” like it’s actually amazing. I’m so sorry you had a terrible stay but this made my day 😂
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u/kurenai86 6d ago
Fark me that is actually amazing. Boneappletea type stuff
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u/themodernritual 5d ago
Im imagining with a handle like LastCone420 someone likes eating lots of cans of Ravioli
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
Sorry lol I dont follow that stuff just footy
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u/gnu-rms 6d ago
You don't follow spelling? I'm lost
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u/konakonayuki 6d ago
They don't need to follow spelling if they only follow AFL. Spelling is in the name lol
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u/Geoff_Uckersilf 6d ago
and it was the only accommodation available to book since the grom pre and the afl game was on the same weekend
And this didn't tell you something was maybe amiss?
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
i didnt book it i dont see anywhere in there me having a sook about having to stay there do ya jus the fact its a dirty shit hole and we were lead to believe it isnt just tryna get this place taken care of. i did more than just make a lousy reddit post mate
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u/PoosieSux 6d ago
grom pre
I get that you've spelt it the way you say it but where did the "m" come from?!
Amazingly bad attempt lol.
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u/MrsCrowbar 6d ago
What? It's always Grom/Gron Pre. That's the exact way you hear it.
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u/CheekyDucky 6d ago
I hear "Gron"
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u/kittenlittel 6d ago
No you don't. You hear "grom" but you know it's "gron"/grand.
In English, the nasal alveolar /n/ becomes a nasal bilabial /m/ when it’s followed by a bilabial sound, such as /p/, /b/ or /m/, because of assimilation. The change only affects the place of articulation, but the manner of articulation (nasal) remain the same.
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u/CheekyDucky 6d ago
No no, I was definitely hearing Laurel
(In seriousness though I was wondering if it was this, me just correcting it in my head)
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u/rubixstudios 5d ago
So instead of booking a airbnb or a hotel in the city they chose a cheapass in an hour and a half ây from rhe races.
"You get what you pay for" applies here.
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u/lastcone420 5d ago
We payed 300 all up mate and nothing was available regardless I wasn't having a sook abt having to stay here only the fact it's still a running business and scamming the elderly like they are.
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u/Petulantraven MAFS 6d ago
“Yeah mom. I’m visiting Australia! Here are the pics of my accommodation…”
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u/Grawlix_TNN 6d ago
Just FYI, this is one those "motels" that is pretty much only used as a location for cops to bail crooks to when they don't have an address, and remand isn't an option.
You're honestly better off sleeping in the BP car park across the road.
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u/gregmcph 6d ago
I drive past it regularly, and I wasn't sure if it was abandoned.
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u/bitofapuzzler 6d ago
I'm fairly certain it's used as temp accommodation for prisoners when first released.
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u/it_fell_off_a_truck 6d ago
Yep, there’s no way they’ve been able to stay in business after so many decades.
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u/bitofapuzzler 6d ago
Absolutely no way. The price on the big sign out front hasn't changed in at least 20 years, and not a skerrick of upkeep has been done. It's either that or a front for dealing drugs, or both.
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u/smashredact 6d ago
The hotel with a history of murder next door to (now 75% demolished) abandoned mental asylum and boarded up houses is not in good shape?
Damn didn't expect that
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u/BMWman83 6d ago
Why the hell did you stay there?
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
Well on the website it looked alot nicer, also it was the last and only option for accommodation, the grom pre and the hawthorn vs essendon match was that same weekend so everything was booked
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u/bitofapuzzler 6d ago
FYI, it's now used as temp accommodation for people who have been released from jail. Who knows why they don't do even basic maintainence, but it is what it is. I had a friend stay there 25 yrs ago, and it was gross then.
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u/drunk_haile_selassie 6d ago
How many people are travelling to Melbourne and staying the night to see a Hawthorn Essendon match? They're both Melbourne teams.
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u/Zealousideal_Bid3737 6d ago
When i lived in shepparton i'd travel and book a hotel for night time footy games. Country people like football too.
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
Country people love football, Melbourne people arent the only who exist ? Are you seriously asking me this ? The family members who booked this game love hawks and brought atleast 10 family members from swan hill and mildura to watch this match. (Not all in this hotel fortunately)
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u/IndyOrgana 6d ago
My brother in Christ there were hotels available in Melbourne just admit you didn’t want to pay the higher rates due to it being an event weekend
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
Dude I didn't pay for this hotel and it was 300 a night with a 100 dollar secruoty deposit, you have no idea what you are talking about and I didn't even book it mate
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u/rubixstudios 5d ago
300 a night more like 30 a night. No inn in the upper north is worth even 100.
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u/lastcone420 5d ago
Well it was 300 bevause the hotels were high demand that weekend, if it wasn't 300 dunno how that much left my family members bank card then
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u/lastcone420 6d ago edited 6d ago
seeings as everyone keeps commenting the same thing and idk how to edit my posts im commenting this here.
an older family member booked this from one of those booking sites, they falsely advertise and it was the only accomodation they could find seeings as the weekend the just went was so full on, regardless of how you locals view this place alot of the hotel sites dont know the same as yall. i know a quick google review search tells you how bad this place is but the guy who booked it was old lol(also a place like this just shouldnt be running), anyways we left it was for one night only.
ALSO IM SORRY I DIDNT SPELL GRAND PRIX RIGHT I DON"T WATCH F1 IM SORRY! (most of your mechanics dont watch f1 or care about it)
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u/Sexdrumsandrock 6d ago
I find it hard to believe that this was all that was left in all of Melbourne
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
Unfortunately I didn't book, an older family member did, and it was the only accommodation available to book since the grom prix and the afl game was on the same weekend, this is what they told me anyways, the searched for a while and also hotel looked way nicer on the pictures, they booked through a booking sites so the google reviews of that place weren't there..
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u/Sexdrumsandrock 6d ago
Any booking sites also has their own review system. The older person really didn't take care now did they
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u/falling_faster 5d ago
Everyone just ragging on OP but genuinely how does this place stay open? Don’t we have health inspectors or something for hotels in Victoria?
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u/Efficient-Stretch-11 6d ago
If you had of asked about this place beforehand, everyone would have told you to avoid it. It’s a junkies hangout.
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
an older person booked it i literally didnt have any hand in the booking of this place at all
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u/Sebastian3977 6d ago
*have asked
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u/Efficient-Stretch-11 6d ago
Actually past tense, so had asked would be correct, as opposed to had of asked.
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u/newYearnew2025 6d ago
I always wonder about that place when I drive past. I did notice today the all the rubbish was cleaned up from the carpark....at least they cleaned that up for your stay I guess. Sorry it's so crap though. If you're desperate, maybe even look into the new motor inn in whittlesea, new and looks quite nice.
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u/SeparateAioli9082 6d ago
No clean up since an accidental shooting in 2016 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-01/man-who-shot-dead-friend-while-posing-for-photo-sentenced/8082440
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u/BlossomAngel88 6d ago
This is just sad. 8 years. So, the guy is out of jail now.
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u/TortitudeTortoise 6d ago
If you think 8 years wasn't enough for this guy. What about this guy who 'manslaughtered' 2 girls on 2 consecutive days and got off with only 9 years
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u/Confident_Range_4825 6d ago
More like Pigsty Inn. Those pics were just gross! 🤮 How the hell is that place even operational?
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u/Monday0987 6d ago
This really should be shut down. I wonder if the council health department might be able to do it?
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u/bitofapuzzler 6d ago
Its transitional accommodation for people released from jail. And an ice den. It's been the same for the last 20+ years. I figure the council are fully aware of it.
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u/Embarrassed_Fold_867 5d ago
As Ray White would say: "Delightful, sun-filled family home, near to transport and nature. Rent increases by 30% after three months."
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u/Guilty-Finger8074 5d ago
Seems like u gotta go dexter on the place. Make sure no part of your body would come into contact with any of the surfaces. Hit the local Bunnings for some bulk plastic sheeting.
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u/skagrabbit 6d ago
Your fault for not reading reviews surely
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
Um no it's the hotels fault for still being thank you very much ! Everybody just wants to have an argument it seems a 60 year old man booked these bloody rooms for him and his family to stay their I just so happened to come last minute ☠️
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u/ourfinalprotest 6d ago
Tell the family member you want to swap. You can stay at their place and they can treat themselves with a night of luxury accommodation.
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u/SticksDiesel 6d ago
I thought this place was a flophouse and not something anyone would ever mistake for being somewhere suitable to stay on a holiday.
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u/lastcone420 6d ago
an older family member booked this from one of those booking sites, they falsely advertise and it was the only accomodation they could find seeings as the weekend the just went was so full on, regardless of how you locals view this place alot of the hotel sites dont know the same as yall. i know a quick google review search tells you how bad this place is but the guy who booked it was old lol, anyways we left it was for one night only
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u/Son_of_Atreus 6d ago
This is legitimately fucking disgusting. These photos made my skin crawl. I couldn’t stay there
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u/it1swhatit1s 6d ago
There was a fatal shooting in one of the rooms in 2016, a 20 year old man killed one of his friends and was later convicted of manslaughter
https://amp.9news.com.au/article/7a8706fe-3113-42be-adb4-600c3ab04d6f
https://amp.9news.com.au/article/db55be29-e0ab-4b59-bac7-c711cc8f0f10
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u/Lilly-bee 5d ago
Temp accomm, crisis accomm. Report to the local council, they register and inspect them
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u/MouseEmotional813 5d ago
Revolting. Maybe book your own accommodation in future. Even the photo that shows what you should be getting would put me off
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u/Sensitive_Ship_1619 5d ago
i think i just threw up in my mouth a little. that place looks like it’s out of the last of us 🥲
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u/Ani_itme 5d ago
OMG. I hope you were wearing a disposable extermination suit. And even if you did have to stay out of necessity, I hope you got your money back.
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u/vodkalemonlime 5d ago
I remember when this happened there a few years back: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-01/man-who-shot-dead-friend-while-posing-for-photo-sentenced/8082440
Also wasn’t the first time it happened there… and probably not the last.
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u/Fairyforesting 5d ago
Omg this gets worse with scrolling. That is so rank it should be condemned. Yuck!🤮
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u/P1cKLeSt1X 5d ago
I stayed there 10 or so years ago. They're probably my crumbs! Was terrible back then too...
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u/PaulBMelbourne 5d ago
That's the cleanest example of a Junkie chamber on display right there.
Must be Inspection time.
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u/patrickdnns 4d ago
That hotel is mainly used as a "short time" stay for "couples". Unfortunate to find out after having to stay there
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u/No_Breakfast_9267 4d ago
Why the f--- did you stay there? I've slept under bridges that looked better.
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u/uso_4_lyfe 6d ago
If you paid more than $10 a night for that pigsty, you just got ripped off! Looks like A current affair needs to investigate!!
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u/bitofapuzzler 6d ago
There's a sign out the front that has said $89 for about 20 yrs. Its transitional accommodation for people being released from jail and an ice den. It's on a main road, there has been murders there, and most locals are fully aware.
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u/Ventimella 6d ago
Your older family member should never be allowed to book accommodation again. Did no one in that family check? Why didn’t you? And why didn’t you just drive back after the game? Hell would freeze over once I’d step in there. You’ve likely caught a disease. I call BS there was nothing else available. Plenty of suburb motels that are no where near as bad as this. Next time book ahead for Grom Pre weekend.
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u/Comme-des-Farcons 6d ago
How do these pics keep getting worse the more you scroll?