Riverstone Backpackers
Reborn as a bijou backpackers, this cleverly refitted old house has an enviable kitchen, comfortable lounge and a stylish landscaped yard (with pizza oven). It's a true home away from home.
Reborn as a bijou backpackers, this cleverly refitted old house has an enviable kitchen, comfortable lounge and a stylish landscaped yard (with pizza oven). It's a true home away from home.
Tucked behind the showgrounds (with a courtesy bus into town), Cairns' best hostel is a haven of tropical gardens strung with hammocks, with a pool table, board games and a chilled vibe that makes it easy to stay longer than planned...
Wellington's best hostel wins points for fantastic communal areas including two big kitchens and dining areas, games room, reading room and dedicated movie room with high-tech projector...
The best of Perth's hostels has a great position (close to the Northbridge scene without being in the thick of it), friendly staff and high housekeeping standards. Granted, it's a bit pricier than most, but it's well worth it.
A couple of streets back from the beach, this beaut old terrace (1879) is Adelaide's budget golden child. Fan-cooled rooms maintain period details and are bunk-free...
Once you enjoy the rainforest views from the broad verandah or listen to the flying foxes from a hammock, it’s easy to see why this hostel is always popular. A tranquil, engaging atmosphere pervades this renovated weatherboard house...
With beach-funk decor, tropical poolside and an ultra laid-back vibe, this is the ultimate surf retreat...
This hippie hilltop hostel has dorms in old train carriages...
These attractively furnished, wooden-floored cabins are arranged around a swimming pool and set in koala-populated bushland dotted with Asian sculpture. There’s a bush kitchen with BBQs and a ramshackle games shed with pool table. Fabulous.
Spankingly modern and groovy, this is a purpose-built hostel with an excellent downstairs bar and restaurant (mains $9 to $29). Upstairs there’s a rooftop deck, small pool and barbecue area. It’s family run and extremely welcoming...
Any qualms about the unhostel-like prices will be shelved the moment you head up to the roof terrace of this singular, custom-built YHA and see Circular Quay laid bare before you. All of the rooms, including the dorms, have private bathrooms...
In a great location behind the dunes, this relaxing hostel has a wide verandah, small and tidy dorms, a nice communal kitchen and a cosy lounge area. Bright, spacious en-suite rooms are next door in the lodge.
Architect-designed wooden cabins are set amid peaceful scrub inhabited by koalas and kookaburras at this friendly, well-run place. There’s a welcoming lounge area and kitchen and the owners offer dune surfing and other day trips. Equally fabulous.
Even if you're not on a budgetthis three-million-dollar, architect-designed hostel is an outstanding place to stay...
A well-managed backpackers in a colourful, high-ceilinged Victorian house. It’s a little out of the centre, but has bonuses including free internet, DVDs, hammocks, barbecues, spa and nightly chocolate pudding! Free breakfast May to November.
This top-notch, clean and well-run hostel was refurbished in 2009, and now has a rooftop pool and sundeck with river views. Rooms range from three- to 10-bed dorms, and there’s a cafe-bar on site where you can meet other travellers...
This heritage-listed house has pressed-tin walls, comfy bunks, a new shower/toilet block and an enthusiastic owner/manager who sometimes takes guests on three-day camping/surfing trips to Crowdy Bay National Park ($195)...
This clean place, with a good kitchen and hanging-out areas, is near the surf beach and the bus stop. Pick-ups by arrangement or let the staff know if you're arriving late.
Tinbilly has a clean, modern interior and excellent facilities. The popular bar is one big party place – with live bands, DJs and open-mic nights.
With its leafy beer garden, madly popular with travellers and locals alike, and great poolside area, Annie's is a lively place to hang out any night of the week. This is only a problem if you actually enjoy sleeping...
This is one of the most welcoming hostels we encountered in Adelaide. It's set up in an attractive sandstone building with 140 years of history behind it, and the owners use its old timber character and stained glass to warm, friendly effect...
The Old Countryhouse features two separate villas with handmade wooden furniture, a reading lounge and a lovely garden filled with native ferns. It’s slightly further out than other hostels, but still only 1km east of Latimer Sq...
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