ACCOMMODATION NEEDS for Toowoomba,
Qld, Queensland, Australia,
Untypical and diverse accommodation places in Toowoomba.
FOUND EXCELLENT WEB SITE FOR CHEAP Toowoomba accommodation.
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SUMMARY OF CHEAPEST PLACES.
Toowoomba Hotels: $78 page 1. $36 page 2. $3 Cecil Van Pk page 3. $16 for a room Dalby page 4. $65 Eastgate (newest hotel) page 4. $69 Garden City page 4. $57 Jeffreys fora Unit near Kmart. Jolly Swagman $18 page 5. Carnarvon $24 page 8. Toowoomba Motor Village $45 page 9.
House of Nathan - a Christian home for pregnant women
The founder of the House of Nathan, is Beth Elliot who has a home for pregnant women in Toowoomba. Many of the women who come to Beth are homeless or in an abusive relationship, and desperately need help. Beth's own motivation comes from having been pregnant herself at the 15 years old and the child was adopted out.
The maximum is three women with no restrictions on how long they can stay. The organisation receives only occasional funding - Beth and her volunteers do not get paid. Life plans are worked out in regards to education etc.. If the women are self harming, Beth will pull them into line. House of Nathan 4636 6801 or [email protected]. (Date of update- May 2007)
Settlers Inn at James and Ruthven St has $30 a night rooms that are quite clean with shared bathroom. April 2004 price.
Metropole Hotel opposite Dick Smith on Ruthven St and is $25 a night for single bed. Shared shower and kitchenette. Hardly room available. At Oct 2005 price is $120 /wk.
Coachmans Hotel is $50 or $55 a night for singles, $60 or $65 for double / two people. A week is 10% off. Top of Range. April 2004 4 Burnage St 46393707
Shiloh have a house for males and it's nice. Short term/ temporary/ long term. Visit their church.
Tudour House on the Range near Weis's for really nice proper motel accommodation is $65 a night but if you ask for their rock bottom rate which can be $55. 2002 price.
National Hotel at 59 Russel St. Accommodation is shared back packer style (2 beds in one room) with signs saying "Take valuables with you" and is about $100 a week.
Shared accommodation is offered by the Salvation Army. Cost is about $65/week. Own bedroom. Shared facilities like any other shared accommodation house but it’s fully furnished. Several houses were newly built after the sale of the West St hostel. There is a 3 month minimum stay. They do NOT offer short term accommodation. (Hostels of multiple beds are no longer run by the Salvation Army in Toowoomba. This is a national trend to move away from Hostels and more toward shared accommodation as the administrators said they did not like people moving frequently from one town to the next.)
CENTRECARE SCHOOL AGE "AT RISK" ACCOMODATION. The Catholic church run a house for teen age school going girls. School counselors often refer. There are four beds which turn around on a short term basis until better accommodation is found.
For a much wider selection, see the Tourist Information Centre.
EMERGENCY accommodation
IDEAS.
Helidon caravan park has cheap always accessible caravans and tent areas that
are cheaper than Toowoomba.
Plenty of houses for rent 1 hour outside of Toowoomba - see local newspapers
or agents in the small towns like Tara.
INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED HOUSE FOR MEN ages 19- 70. JOSHUA HOUSE. Run by Garry and Della Steen who go to Range Christian Fellowship in Blake St.
LONG TERM ACCOMMODATION for the "partly-abled females" is available on a waiting list. Fay McBeath is partly financed by a partner and runs Grace House (Graceland) (supported accommodation for the aged and disabled) at several houses including Geddes St, Bridge St, Bracker St for principally females only. Craft classes are held.
TEEN CHALLENGE NEW LIFE CENTRE. Bedford St , Toowoomba
Accommodation for 16 - 30 year old men with addiction or other life controlling problems. Participants are required to be willing to deal with all problems and need to participate in a Christian based program for spiritual development. A bus takes some to Assembly of God Spring St Toowoomba and a few get to go to an outside home bible study group.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS IN SYDNEY - THIS MODEL IS RELEVANT TO THE WORLD.
MEN’S EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION IN SYDNEY.
"Mission Australia Centre" - Surry Hills. 19 Denham St Surry Hills NSW 2010 Tel: (02) 9356 0600
"Mission Australia Centre" has accommodation for 40 homeless men for up to 3 months. Everyone is waiting to see if this will work. Cost $7 million. Used to be "Campbell House" in inner city Sydney for 25 years (circa 1980) which the incoming director described "Campbell House" as having "smelt and felt bad". She said "Campbell House had up to 110 beds per night. Most clients were about 55 years old and had alcohol problems. In 2007 the homeless person has changed into someone about 32 years old with drug related problems with mental health issues. Now they have music studio which makes CD’s and art studio so paintings are made." Prime Minister John Howard visited in Sep 2005. There is a dentist surgery there. Centre only takes homeless people who have not been on streets for less than 4 years when there is a chance to break the cycle. Mission House have a requirement where men do classes called SMART or "Self Management and Recovery Training". Permanent accommodation through government housing typically is sought for clients. As much as possible, jobs as well. If you get caught with drugs inside then centre rules demand that you leave straight away.
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