from $28 per night

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Riverstone Backpackers

Reborn as a bijou backpackers, this cleverly refitted old house has an enviable kitchen, comfortable lou...

from $16 per night

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Tropic Days Backpackers

Tucked behind the showgrounds (with a courtesy bus into town), Cairns' best hostel is a haven of tropica...

from $18 per night

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Yha Wellington City

Wellington's best hostel wins points for fantastic communal areas including two big kitchens and dining ...

from $33 per night

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The Emperors Crown Backpackers

The best of Perth's hostels has a great position (close to the Northbridge scene without being in the th...

from $27 per night

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Glenelg Beach Hostel

A couple of streets back from the beach, this beaut old terrace (1879) is Adelaide's budget golden child...

from $32 per night

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Bellingen Yha Backpackers

Once you enjoy the rainforest views from the broad verandah or listen to the flying foxes from a hammock...

from $24 per night

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Komune

With beach-funk decor, tropical poolside and an ultra laid-back vibe, this is the ultimate surf retreat...

from $23 per night

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Solscape Eco Retreat

This hippie hilltop hostel has dorms in old train carriages...

from $36 per night

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Samurai Beach Bungalows Port Stephens Yha

These attractively furnished, wooden-floored cabins are arranged around a swimming pool and set in koala...

from $30 per night

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Yamba Yha Backpacker Beach Resort

Spankingly modern and groovy, this is a purpose-built hostel with an excellent downstairs bar and restau...

from $50 per night

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Sydney Harbour Yha

Any qualms about the unhostel-like prices will be shelved the moment you head up to the roof terrace of ...

from $33 per night

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Cervantes Lodge

In a great location behind the dunes, this relaxing hostel has a wide verandah, small and tidy dorms, a ...

from $18 per night

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Melaleuca Surfside Backpackers

Architect-designed wooden cabins are set amid peaceful scrub inhabited by koalas and kookaburras at this...

from $29 per night

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Apollo Bay Eco Yha

Even if you're not on a budgetthis three-million-dollar, architect-designed hostel is an outstand...

from $22 per night

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Sequoia Lodge Backpackers

A well-managed backpackers in a colourful, high-ceilinged Victorian house...

from $33 per night

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Brisbane City Yha

This top-notch, clean and well-run hostel was refurbished in 2009, and now has a rooftop pool and sundec...

from $24 per night

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Port Macquarie Backpackers

This heritage-listed house has pressed-tin walls, comfy bunks, a new shower/toilet block and an enthusia...

from $28 per night

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Yha Wandarrah Lodge

This clean place, with a good kitchen and hanging-out areas, is near the surf beach and the bus stop...

from $22 per night

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Base Brisbane Uptown (Formerly Tinbilly)

Tinbilly has a clean, modern interior and excellent facilities...

from $20 per night

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Annie's Place

With its leafy beer garden, madly popular with travellers and locals alike, and great poolside area, Ann...

from $24 per night

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Annie's Place Adelaide

This is one of the most welcoming hostels we encountered in Adelaide...

from $29 per night

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The Old Countryhouse

The Old Countryhouse features two separate villas with handmade wooden furniture, a reading lounge and a...