Bondi may have lost out to Manly on Tripadvisors rankings of the top 10 best beaches for 2024, but not all is lost for the world-famous beach. Aside from being deemed the best beach in the world for people-watching by the travel experts at Lonely Planet, Bondi has recently been named the most Instagrammed location in Australia with over 1.93 million posts. In fact, four of the top 5 most photogenic locations in the country are right here in Sydney. The Sydney Opera House followed Bondi in second place with Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Darling Harbour rounding out the top 5. Bondi surprisingly almost doubled the Sydney Opera House’s hashtag count of 1.05 million posts.
Australia’s top 10 most Instagrammed locations
The Great Barrier Reef was posted on Instagram 1,031,200 times while the Harbour Bridge got 683,400 posts to its name and the buzzy waterside precinct of Darling Harbour followed closely with 678,100 posts. Popular dining spot and Instagram-favourite The Grounds of Alexandria also made the list at number 9.
Here are the top 10 most Instagrammed locations around the country with the number of hashtags.
- Bondi Beach, New South Wales — 1,934,100
- Sydney Opera House, New South Wales — 1,047,400
- Great Barrier Reef, Queensland — 1,031,200
- Sydney Harbour Bridge, New South Wales — 683,400
- Darling Harbour, New South Wales — 678,100
- Uluru, Northern Territory — 494,200
- Twelve Apostles, Victoria — 266,500
- St Kilda Beach, Victoria — 221,900
- The Grounds of Alexandria, New South Wales — 120,300
- Whitsunday Islands, Queensland — 120,100
Hyams Beach with its sparkling white sand and views for days made it to number 11 just barely missing out on the top 10. Other NSW spots that made the top 25 include natural wonders like the Blue Mountains, Figure 8 Pools, Camel Rock and Wedding Cake Rock. The study was conducted by NZCasinoClub based on the number of hashtags for each location on Instagram.