Best hostels in Oceania
Fun/social-ranked hostels across Oceania, merged city by city into one ranked list using the best available social evidence.
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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
Wellington
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New Zealand
4th best in Wellington
Hotel Waterloo & Backpackers
Punk Score
18%
GODAWFUL
Alice Springs
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Australia
5th best in Alice Springs
Mercure Alice Springs Resort
Punk Score
18%
GODAWFUL
Rainbow Beach
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Australia
2nd best in Rainbow Beach
Pippies Beach House Rainbow Beach
Punk Score
17%
GODAWFUL
