Berri.

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Not a destination on everybodies itinery. It was planned to be a 5 day pit stop enroute to Ayers Rock but was elongated into 2 months!!!!...

All the guide books say that you should see everything in Australia before coming here as you wont want to leave, i just thought that was a devious marketing scheme aimed at squeezing more $ out of tight arse backpackers! but i was pleasently surprised to see that their write-up was spot on!

This Hostel is slap-bang in the middle of nowhere, and is like an oasis!. Where every night is a saturday night. It has tree houses, hammocks a swimming pool, outdoor bbq area for the saturday night bbq's and free wine!, a gym, sauna, tennis and beach volleyball court, football pitch, Tv/Video Lounge, Games room for the alcoholics, free internet and the weather is great and the nourishing atmosphere is rich and unique, but what makes it so difficult to leave is not the facilities but the people you meet and friends you make. I met some fantastic people here (Berri 6 you know who you are) and loved my 2 months living here. Its does'nt really cost much to stay either and if you want to, you can either plonk your arse down on a hammock and laze the day away listening to the sounds played on the grounds or you can earn your keep by working in the many surrounding vineyards picking whatever fruit is in season!. I had the pleasure of picking grapes (when i could dragged out of bed usually at 5am!) and i would have loved it if it were'nt for those F'ing flies! Anyone who has been to Australia will agree that Australian flies are just evil & darn right nasty. They drive you nuts. They are the only life form on earth i have felt serene pleasure killing (Not that i've killed anything else). Anyway Berri Backpackers is a great place to stay (wiggo the owner has created probably the best hostel in Oz and even has a houseboat with sauna, speedboat for wake boarding and a big kitchen which he uses to take out his backpackers out on a weekend trip along the murray river every fortnight) and have a unique experience in South Australia, i hightly recommend it. I found it extremely hard to leave, infact i had about 3 leaving parties,

*Driving to work at sunrise
*Saturday BBq's
*Sunday moments in the games room
*Friday happy hour at Berri Hotel
*Lazing by the pool with a beer
*Pete the small man who lived in a van
*Table tennis Tournaments
*Desmus meridius maximus Hideous
*The pool table shagging whinging scouse
*The classic video shop! (Moonwalker oh!!)
*Berri club free pool
*Genetics the Movie
*Berri 6
*Bong van.

Wicked!!!!

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Photos

Dress $5 Salvation army shop. Blue Steel: Priceless.
I can explain honest, this guy bet me $50 that i .....oh whats the use.

SA Vineyard 45oC + !!
Earning my keep, picking grapes. But to be honest i spent most of my time eating & throwing them...

5 of the The Berri 6
Cans of VB and Hotdogs - The way Breakfast should always be.

On the Houseboat Cruising Along The Murray River SA
The next person that says i look gay in that t-shirt gets an e-virus!!!

Comments

[anonymous]

Hideoues
- Billy

[anonymous]

Hideous Maximus Derillious Hideous
This is the place where we earned our stripes. Happy days. - Billy

[anonymous]

The time is gone......
My first visit in Berry was in october 2004... I can say just one things Bellissimooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo For WIGG THE VIKING. Still to be yang and be happy......... Bye BYE Ciao Ciao da Roberto. - Roberto from Italy

[anonymous]

Pete
Is Pete the small man who lived in a van the same Peter who lived in the teepee when I was there in 2001? By Berri Backbackers is as great as everyone says - George

[anonymous]

the berri mob
hello to a;; that was there 2004 dec-may hello liam tia jasper, mark, frenchie, pete, katie,kat, matt, sam, marie, owen, juso, mari, marie,norwigian girls and boys, willyman scouse, craig toby lenard and everyone else the list is too long to mention. the house boat trip was great the beer great the work umm well was alright but berri was a experince i wont forget take care and keep in touch with everyone u met

[Cammy (scottish Mafia)]

Fantastic
Everything everyone says is true. It is such a cool place that is only found by luck or word of mouth. When you do find it you will never regret it and probably spend the rest of your life there!!! Love to everyone we saw there and hope we'll be back one day.

[neil (HULL)]

brill!
had a great time in berri. best place to chill out and do nothing in aus after spud picking and banana humping up in atherton. cant wait to go bck

[paul kemp]

Miss berri!
Hello! i'm a previous backpacker who stayed at this HOLIDAY RESORT! it's one of the best places i stayed in australia. I met so many great people there, who i still think of now. planning my next trip in april and hoping to go back to australia for a holiday around may time. i will deffinatly be go back to BERRI BACKPACKERS! wiggo... keep up with the tasty BBQ! geez i miss your food.

[Chris + Ellen]

one of the Berri 6 reporting in. i managed to get myself a German (there were loads at the time) while i was there. Top resort. hope it is still half price down at the hotel on a friday. everyone who goes leaves with the best of memories. 1:50 Hello Katrin - Ellen

[marta, federica & sven]

April 2005
Hellooo! we actually met in Berri backpackers in 2005 and we are still talking and dreaming about our time there...:) the plan was to stay just a month and we ended up staying 4months!it was just brilliant ,fantastic, great! greetings to wiggo, karol, helena,danny, jeff, william, matteo, jesus, roxanne, pierre, mariska, heiko, till, nadine, ludo, zenji,the scottish mafia, nancy,henrike, anita, dr phil etc etc hope to see you all one day there again:)

[Guy]

old School
I was there way back in '93. Have very happy memories. Glad to see the place is still going strong and pleasing so many. Wiggo rocks!