Hotel luxury, hostel budget

Byron Bay YHA

Byron Bay is a luxe location for a getaway – especially if you’re lucky enough to nab a room at the sparkly new YHA. A massive makeover has been completed this summer, adding an entire new wing full of ensuite rooms, a lush pool courtyard area and brand new modern facilities to the property.

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Sydney Harbour YHA

With an exclusive location in the historic Rocks precinct overlooking Sydney Harbour, you only need to stroll through the neighbourhood – past upscale neighbours like the Shangri-La and the Four Seasons – to realise that this glam-packers offers champagne views on a goon budget.

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Adelaide Central YHA

With plenty of spacious private rooms smack bang in the middle of Adelaide, this modern property helps you save some extra coins to splurge on all the gourmet food and drink South Australia has to offer. Grange, anyone?

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Fremantle Prison YHA

Accommodation in a converted prison is the sort of thing you’d expect from some European boutique hotel that’s as dear as it is designy, but you can spend the night in a cell – or one of the former guards’ cottages – for a fraction of the cost with YHA in the Wild West.

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Melbourne Central YHA

Drop a pin right in the middle of Melbourne’s inner city and it’ll land somewhere mighty close to this modern property, which features a trendy ground-floor common area as well as scenic rooftop space perched high above the culture capital of the country.

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Port Elliot Beach House YHA

Formerly the Arcadia Hotel, this grand sandstone guesthouse was converted into a modern, fully equipped hostel in 2010, featuring stacks of comfortable ensuite rooms, well-appointed common areas, and a spacious balcony that enjoys panoramic views of Port Elliot’s serene Horseshoe Bay.

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