Woman's hotel room trashed by cockatoos on holiday island: 'Everything is f**ked'
The woman captured on video the disastrous aftermath she found after her hotel room mistake.
A Melbourne woman holidaying on Hamilton Island has warned others not to make the same mistake she did, after some boisterous cockatoos turned up for the welcoming party.
Sharing the now viral footage online, Ellie panned through the disastrous "aftermath" of her and her friend's room at the Reef View Hotel on the popular Whitsundays island in Queensland.
"They told us ‘don’t leave the doors open’ because the cockatoos will come in and s**t on everything and guess what we did... we left the f**king [balcony] doors open," she said on Tuesday on TikTok.
"Our beds and everything we own is f**ked. I think this is some sick joke."
"Don’t leave your doors open in Hamilton because the cockatoos will get in and eat your food."
Ellie also shared that besides the cockatoos ransacking the place and mysteriously going through the mini bar (which they will be charged for), her bikini bottoms were nowhere to be found. Though hours later she spotted them on the hotel car park roof.
"Goodbye to that bikini," she said in the comments.
Social media users react to woman's warning
The video has since garnered more than 1.3 million views, and may comments including people sharing similar experiences.
"This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day," one person said. "Cockatoos are such menaces," another joked.
"We left our door slightly open while having a nap and woke up to one flying out with our keys," a third person said.
"Haha this happened to us literally on Saturday in the same hotel!!" another said.
The native cockatoos have proved problematic on Hamilton Island for years. Between November, 2014 and May, 2016, 35 sulphur crested cockatoos were culled at Hamilton Island due to “overpopulation” and “unsustainable damage to the natural environment”, 9News reports.
The cockatoo is an iconic emblem of Australian wildlife, with the smart, native bird living up to 80 years of age. They get around in large flocks, often sized between 50 to 100 birds, closely living together over several decades.
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Woman thanks Reef View Hotel staff for their service
Ellie also gave the staff a shout out, thanking them for how they dealt with the incident she felt "so bad" for.
"I appreciate the staff so much, because it's our fault we left the [balcony] door open," she said in an update video. "They literally send out a wildlife warning everyday."
"We asked the cleaners for supplies to use and cleaned everything we could, and are very grateful for the cleaners who did an amazing job."
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