Stayed at the HI Darling Harbour three times during the last half year - whenever IC was prohibitively expensive.

But, I shortened my first stay to one night and had 1 night stays thereafter as the location is not ideal when needing easy access, rooms are outdated, particularly the mattress and work desk (no power plugs).

Git upgraded every time to corner room with nice view of the harbour but if one needs to simply sleep and work, that's not really something I can appreciate.