Blue Mountains
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Australia
Best in Blue Mountains
Best in Australia
The Flying Fox
Punk Score
95%
AMAZING
Best hostels in Oceania
Fun/social-ranked hostels across Oceania, merged city by city into one ranked list using the best available social evidence.
Explore destinations in Oceania on the HostelPunk map
countries
cities
Sydney — among the highest recent hostel demand levels in this listMelbourne — high recent hostel demandCairns — moderate recent hostel demandGold Coast — moderate recent hostel demandBrisbane — moderate recent hostel demandAuckland — moderate recent hostel demandNoosa — moderate recent hostel demandByron Bay — moderate recent hostel demandAirlie Beach — moderate recent hostel demandPerth — moderate recent hostel demandChristchurch — moderate recent hostel demandMagnetic Island — low recent hostel demand
Through the filter
We read reviews on Hostelworld, Booking.com, and Google Maps and flag two things right on the cards: bed-bug reports, and reviews that read bought or incentivized. The bed-bug detector is the Punk AI Language Model, a small in-house classifier.
No bed bug reports found in OceaniaTop hostel cities in Oceania
Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.
Sydney
Australia
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Zen Harmony House
Goated
331 reviews
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Wake Up! Bondi Beach
Very Good
2190 reviews
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Mad Monkey Coogee Beach
Good
1167 reviews
Wanaka
New Zealand
Nadi
Fiji
Top hostels overall in Oceania
Port Macquarie
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Australia
Best in Port Macquarie
2nd best in Australia
Beachside Backpackers
Punk Score
93%
GOATED
Yasawa Islands
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Fiji
Best in Yasawa Islands
Best in Fiji
Barefoot Manta Island
Good vibes, bad bugs
96%
Bed bugs detected
Grampians
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Australia
Best in Grampians
3rd best in Australia
YHA Grampians Eco
Punk Score
93%
TINY SAMPLE
Magnetic Island
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Australia
Best in Magnetic Island
4th best in Australia
Summer House Magnetic Island
Punk Score
93%
AMAZING
Byron Bay
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Australia
Best in Byron Bay
5th best in Australia
Wake Up! Byron Bay
Punk Score
93%
GOATED
Yasawa Islands
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Fiji
2nd best in Yasawa Islands
2nd best in Fiji
Barefoot Kuata Island
Good vibes, bad bugs
93%
Bed bugs detected
Yasawa Islands
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Fiji
3rd best in Yasawa Islands
3rd best in Fiji
Octopus Resort
Punk Score
96%
AMAZING
Abel Tasman National Park
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New Zealand
Best in Abel Tasman National Park
2nd best in New Zealand
Adventure Inn Marahau
Punk Score
90%
VERY GOOD
Raglan
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New Zealand
Best in Raglan
3rd best in New Zealand
Raglan Backpackers and Waterfront Lodge
Punk Score
91%
VERY GOOD
Wanaka
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New Zealand
Best in Wanaka
4th best in New Zealand
Adventure Wanaka Hostel
Punk Score
90%
VERY GOOD
Agnes Water - Town of 1770
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Australia
Best in Agnes Water - Town of 1770
Backpackers @ 1770
Punk Score
92%
VERY GOOD