Cooinda Gardens on Hamilton Island by HIHA

Absolutely beautiful, great views. Clean and really good beds

Needed a few more kitchen items which they bought to us

Amazing apartment with a fabulous outlook! Enough space for the group to spread out or enjoy a game of cards around the table! Beds were comfy and most bedrooms had a fan as well as aircon! Kitchen had most of the items you would need. Island Blue bus stops about 150m from the driveway.

It is quite a way from the main town area and one buggy means a lot of to and fro trips for everyone to get down town if you miss the bus when you are a group of 8! Something to consider is larger coffee mugs as the existing cups were small and meant a lot more coffees than normal.

Spacious property, which had everything we needed. Plenty of bedrooms and bathrooms (although, there was only four of us staying there). It was extremely clean. The location was fabulous and the views to die for. The golf buggy was a necessary addition (saved the expense of hiring one). We loved our stay.

There was some building work taking place a few doors down (within the complex), which was noisy at times and created a lot of dust. It would have been great, if the pool was heated. Whilst we did visit in the winter - the water was so cold, we were unable to use it. Additionally, the wording on Booking.com explained that it was a private pool - giving the impression that it was for the sole use of the property we had rented. It was a shared pool (and with the building work - not very private!)

the location

The room and bathroom at the back of the apartment smelt like vomit. I got the so called manager who got the cleaner to scrub the carpet with something that didn’t help. The bathroom floor still had vomit smeared on it and they refused to clean it. I had to sleep in another room with my daughter. I washed the bathroom floor MYSELF with a god damn tea towel. The gas cylinder for the bbq ran out half way through cooking our first meal. There was no milk provided for our first night and the property manager said “ah it’s only a couple of milks”. There were no instructions on how to operate the oven or TV. we had to get someone back for both occasions. There was no fry pan. we had to cook bacon in a saucepan. I had to get the pool cleaners to come and scoop a dead rat out of the pool. There was no jug for water. The whole place needs a good overhaul. Paint work chipped. all fly screens were broken. every single one. we couldn’t have the windows open. It was very disappointing for $4500 for 5 nights. we would never stay here again. I’m sorry to say we were very disappointed.