Winging It Travel Podcast · Wednesday, September 9, 2026
The speaker describes their experience living in Urban Central Hostel in South Melbourne for three months as a long-term guest. They initially secured accommodation by paying cash for extra weeks after paying for the first week upfront, due to receiving regular pay from their new job.
“So I moved into Urban Central Hostel in South Melbourne. Now managed to drum up enough cash to pay for a week, then agreed to pay cash for the remaining weeks in the distance because I was getting paid from my job. They were very kind to do that for me. And I was a bit more of a medium long-term stay there.”
“I lasted three months in Urban Central because it just got too much for me. I was probably a bit fed up with the noise, a bit bit of light sleeper. So I didn't sleep that well. I didn't have earplugs back in those days. And the lack of space.”