The Old Swan Barracks Backpackers

Reviews about The Old Swan Barracks Backpackers

• 1 / 5

  By Yashwanth Bhat
  Horrendous horror experience at this hostel between 3 April and 5 April 2011. I stayed at this hostel for 5 days between 1 April and 5 April 2011 with Irish backpackers. Perhaps it was 3 April 2011 I had dinner and fell asleep. It was a deep sleep as if I was en route hell with a Gothic horrific, terrorizing devil dragging me with his rope tied as death knot around my neck. I don't remember how long was I asleep but I began trembling and shivering conversing and arguing with this devil to leave me alone. But, when the devil refused to budge to my persistent request, I began chanting Hindu Gayatri Mantra in self-defence vociferously. When I woke up shocked with that trauma, I found my Irish roommates flabbergast with what they witnessed. I was shocked in horror that I forgot to ask them what they saw that night. I felt that hostel was haunted because I knew of ghost activities in the city of Perth thanks to Akash Patel, my former Australian housemate, introducing me with details about a haunted house in the suburb of Crawley in Perth near The Swan River when we lived together at Unit 9, 149 Fairway, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. Until Akash told me about haunted houses in Perth, I never knew, enquired, and/orbdiscussed about Ghosts in Perth or any other supernatural activities around the world. Akash Patel was deft in voodoo of Jabalpur. He volunteered to make me knowledgeable about black magic. I never used or use or will use voodoo spell on anybody. Akash shared U.S. TV series Supernatural illegally downloaded videos from Torrent that his cousin Mihir Patel got him. Until then, I was oblivious to Ghosts, spirit, and black magic. It's such a pathetic experience that I endured because of Akash Patel who misused my knowledge and skills to disgorge me from Australia and himself become an Australian citizen. Today, he's married to his Gujarati wife and lives happily in Australia as gifted black magician with full knowledge of Australian Government. He is a highly skilled employed rich Australian while I suffer in India unemployed since forced to return to India in January 2011. Akash controls Indian and Australian politics from his Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal Australian headquarters. Weird, but true! It's up to readers to believe this or not because I never dabbled into Australian and Indian politics let alone getting serious with trying my fortune with politics of either nation. All I remember is I expressed orally to Akash Patel at a wooden bench outside UWA's School of Mechanical Engineering on one late night when he took me for an after dinner walk that I would love to become an Australian citizen when I am legally eligible to become one. The truth is I returned to India as Australian Permanent Resident while Akash Patel became Australian citizen when he genuinely wished to return to India after he successfully finished his Master of Oil and Gas Engineering. Incredible, Indian-Australian Gujju Patel! Hats off to you Akash Patel, your family, your friends, your mates, your batchmates, and Governments of India and Australia for jointly pulling off victory from my life torturing me for your to achieve excellent lives for yourselves! Congratulations!
  March 26, 2017
• 5 / 5

  By Novtina Dangeubun
  I like the place. Really helped me when in the midnight i was looking for the place i stay and they open 24hr.
  Close to the city!
  The room is small but fair enough for the price.
  The bathroom is clean.
  The staffs were helpful
  and I forgot and left my souvenir bag in the room and just realized 1 week after i checked out. When i contacted the hostel, they found my bag and gave back to me!!
  Thank you very much!!
  February 11, 2017
• 3 / 5

  By Alistair Prescott
  The Old Swan Barracks Backpackers is located in Northbridge,a stonesthrow from the Perth Cultural Centre Precinct. It is as it says it is. Old old late1800's barracks restyled to be a very unique kind of accommodation. The bar & the restaurant are very Colonial in a very Historical part of Perth...
  December 07, 2016