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Hostels in Australia
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Hostels in Australia are by far the best places to stay when you are travelling Down Under. Most importantly hostels in Australia are much less expensive than hotels, which is important if you are on a tight budget. The infrastructure in Oz for backpackers is generally superb all-round and it is undoubtedly one of the easiest and most hassle-free countries to travel on a gap year or career break. There are many hostels in Australia to choose from - about 140 of the hostels in Australia are run by the YHA (Youth Hostel Association of Australia) with the rest of the hostels in Australia being privately owned.
Aside from offering an inexpensive place to sleep when you are backpacking Down Under, hostels in Australia can prove extremely useful in many other ways. Hostels in Australia are the best places to meet other like-minded travellers. When you stay in hostels in Australia you are bound to meet some great people, many of whom you will probably hook up with in order to work and travel around Oz. Hostels in Australia are also the best places to find out about things like jobs and rooms that might be available in shared houses. There is a real ‘travellers' grapevine' in hostels in Australia and most hostels in Australia usually have notice-boards where people can put up job adverts. Many hostels in Australia even employ backpackers in return for their accommodation and a basic wage, so it is always worth asking at one if you happen to be looking for work.
Many hostels in Australia ‘meet and greet' backpacker buses when they arrive in to bus stations - particularly the ‘Australia Bus Passes - Oz Experience' buses. Staff from hostels in Australia hold up signs advertising their particular hostel and offer free shuttle buses to the hostel. As there are so many hostels in Australia competition between them is fierce, which is good news for people looking for backpacker hostels. The healthy competition helps keep the prices of hostels in Australia down and also makes it less important to book ahead. If you are travelling to a remote area or small town with just one hostel, it is advisable to book ahead, but the number of hostels in Australia in larger towns means you can normally safely get away without doing so. Many hostels in Australia will also help you organise local activities. For example if you are visiting Fraser Island you will need to get a ferry there from Hervey Bay. Most hostels in Hervey Bay will help out with arranging the things you will need to hire for Fraser Island, such as a 4x4 jeep and all of the necessary camping equipment.
The choice of hostels in Australia in larger cities such as Sydney is immense. Your first experience of hostels in Australia is likely to be in Sydney, (as most travellers arrive in to Australia there), so it is worthwhile considering before you arrive what type of hostel you would like to stay in. Which hostels in Australia you choose in a big city like Sydney should depend on the type of neighbourhood you prefer. The majority of hostels in Sydney are located in the King's Cross area, which is central and excellent for nightlife - but can get a little noisy. A quieter but very pleasant alternative, with plenty of cafes and shops, a little further out from central Sydney is the Glebe area. Some travellers choose to head to a hostel much further out of the city in order to be by a beach - with Coogee and Bondi being particularly popular beach hostel locations.
All of Real Gap's team of expert travel advisers have been on a gap year and most of them have travelled around Australia. If you have any questions regarding hostels in Australia, or anything else regarding taking a gap year Down Under for that matter, give one of them a call.
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