Backpacking Bendigo, backpacker hostels, accommodation and budget travel information

If you are planning to backpack Bendigo, then this page provides information on what backpacker hostels are available here. The page also provides a description of Bendigo, information on how to get here and contact details of the local visitor information centre.

The discovery of gold at Ravenswood in 1851 brought thousands of diggers to the Bendigo diggings. Due to the fantastic wealth mined from the region, mining companies poured a lot of money into building works in the town and today many fine examples of Victorian buildings still stand. You can also discover the city's golden heritage at the restored Central Deborah gold mine.

Bendigo
Courtesy Tourism Victoria

Bendigo Chinese Gardens
Courtesy Tourism Victoria

Today Bendigo has a population of 88,000 and is the commercial and financial centre of the old Goldfields Region. There are many tourist drives in and around Bendigo to the goldmining centres, and the city is only 1 ½ hours drive northwest of Melbourne.

The Fleece Inn YHA
139 Charleston Rd
Bendigo, VIC 3550
Phone (03) 5443 3086