Top 10 Backpacker Bars/Clubs in Australia...

Mixing with other backpackers will be one of the biggest parts of your backpacking trip around Australia. With this in mind you are going to be doing a fair bit of socialising. This is the Backpacker Pages guide to ten of the best backpacker bars and clubs in Oz.

1. Side bar (Sydney) – Situated just across the road from Sydney central station and underneath Wake Up backpacker hostel the Side Bar is busy most nights and has a great backpacker atmosphere.
   
   
2. Three Monkeys (Sydney) – Also based in Sydney the three monkeys’ boasts three floors with live bands rocking the third floor every week. The ice bar on the second floor is also an interesting touch.
   
   
3. Wool Shed (Cairns) – Cairns premier backpacker bar/club the woolshed has cheap food and drinks and after the food service has finished the tables double up as dancing stages.
   
   
4. Cheeky Monkeys (Byron Bay) – Byron’s most lively bar/club this place gets packed with backpackers every night and with cheap drinks and prizes to be won it’s a fun night out.
   
   
5. Scruffy Murphy’s (Sydney) – Sydney’s largest Irish bar, although a little out dated this place attracts hundreds of people for its live bands.
   
   
6. Sports bar (Cairns) – Cheap drinks and numerous pool tables pulls in the crowds seven nights a week.
   
   
7. Shenanigans (Cairns) – Centrally located this Irish bar is good for a few quiet drinks and to meet other like minded backpackers.
   
   
8. The Brass Monkey (Perth Australia) – One of Perth’s most famous bars this place boasts three bars with a great selection of beers from all over the world.
   
   
9. Isobar (Hobart) – Very hip place attracting the young and the beautiful this swanky place has a good selection of drinks and boasts a club upstairs to dance until the early hours.
   
   
10. Beaches (Airlie Beach) – One of the busiest bars on the strip and attached to a great hostel you can party at this open air bar and till the early hours and then just roll into bed.

With some of the most incredible locations in the world, you won't want to go back to your local pub when you get home. It's just not the same without a beach 20 feet away or a bar made of ice. These backpacker bars are some of the best that Oz has to offer, make sure you experience them all (in moderation of course).

If you own a backpacker bar or club that you think should be listed in this section, contact us and we'll consider your request. We have writers travelling around Australia all year round, perhaps we'll pop in and check out the facilities.