Top 20 Travel Influencers in Australia on Instagram (Aug 2026)

We found 42 travel influencers in Australia on Instagram. These creators use "travel" in their Instagram bio and have audiences concentrated in Australia. Here are the top 20, ranked on engagement rate, audience quality and reach, not follower count alone.

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Ranked by engagement rate, audience quality and reach

Updated August 31, 2026

  1. 1Honey Badger instagram profile photo

    Honey Badger

    @nickbadger

    Never corner a Honey Badger. Aussie Rugby. Travel. Adventure. On the burst! Management: @alwayshuman

    Mid-tierAustralia
    Followers450K
    Engagement rate0.81%0.2x page median
    Suspicious followers17.4%Moderate
    Average reel plays48.8KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Honey Badger's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia61%
    United Kingdom10%
    New Zealand6.3%
    United States of America4.8%
    South Africa3.4%

    Audience gender

  2. 2Sivan Heyns instagram profile photo

    Sivan Heyns

    @sivanheyns

    4WDs, Travel & Fitness @bushdoof_ @studiovita.co

    Mid-tierAustralia
    Followers122K
    Engagement rate3.85%1.2x page median
    Suspicious followers18.4%Moderate
    Average reel plays61.5KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Sivan Heyns's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia70%
    United States of America13%
    New Zealand2.3%
    Canada1.3%
    Venezuela0.9%

    Audience gender

  3. 3Alex Pendlebury instagram profile photo

    Alex Pendlebury

    @alpendlebury

    Presenter | Nutritionist Fam •Fitness •Outdoors☀️•Travel •Fashion Ambassador @mercedesbenzberwick 📧Matthew @chadwickmodels .com BScFood&Nutrition

    Mid-tierAustralia
    Followers120K
    Engagement rate1.32%0.4x page median
    Suspicious followers20.8%Elevated
    Average reel plays237KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Alex Pendlebury's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia85%
    United States of America3.4%
    United Kingdom1.5%
    Indonesia0.8%
    New Zealand0.8%

    Audience gender

  4. 4Jon Wyeth instagram profile photo

    Jon Wyeth

    @jon.wyeth

    📧: talent@neuralle.com Travel, food n weird stuff, trying to see it all. YOUTUBE ⬇️

    MicroAustralia
    Followers94.5K
    Engagement rate2.25%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers16.6%Moderate
    Average reel plays161KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Jon Wyeth's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia77%
    United States of America3.2%
    United Kingdom2.7%
    New Zealand2.3%
    India1.6%

    Audience gender

  5. 5Lewis Pullman instagram profile photo

    Lewis Pullman

    @lewispullman_

    Aussie hitchhiking the world 🌏 Raw travel & real human connection Changing your perspective, one place at a time!

    MicroAustralia
    Followers75.1K
    Engagement rate8.51%2.6x page median
    Suspicious followers12.7%Moderate
    Average reel plays110KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Lewis Pullman's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia92%
    United States of America3.0%
    Italy0.5%
    Thailand0.5%
    Vietnam0.5%

    Audience gender

  6. 6George Nield 🤍 instagram profile photo

    George Nield 🤍

    @georgewnield

    Training | Racing | Travel Next: cycling world champs📍🇯🇵 @lskd athlete 📧demi@everi-body.com @meridabikesaus @garminau @thepedla…

    MicroAustralia
    Followers52.7K
    Engagement rate3.06%At page median
    Suspicious followers20.8%Elevated
    Average reel plays21.8KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    George Nield 🤍's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia65%
    United States of America12%
    United Kingdom2.6%
    Italy1.8%
    Brazil1.6%

    Audience gender

  7. 7sierra instagram profile photo

    sierra

    @sierrajeh_

    fashion, f1, travel 🏎️ ✈️ 📍 London 📧 sierra@velocetalent.gg

    MicroUnited Kingdom
    Followers50.4K
    Engagement rate6.73%2.1x page median
    Suspicious followers16.7%Moderate
    Average reel plays19.9KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    sierra's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia66%
    United States of America8.4%
    United Kingdom5.0%
    Philippines2.6%
    Canada2.3%

    Audience gender

  8. 8WHERES LOZ instagram profile photo

    WHERES LOZ

    @lauren.mackenziee

    🌏 Aussie girl travelling the world 🌺 nature & bucketlist travel 👇 TRAVEL WITH ME

    MicroAustralia
    Followers47.4K
    Engagement rate2.31%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers15.8%Moderate
    Average reel plays53.6KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    WHERES LOZ's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia86%
    United States of America3.8%
    Indonesia2.6%
    United Kingdom2.0%
    Singapore0.9%

    Audience gender

  9. 9Jono Fren instagram profile photo

    Jono Fren

    @jonofren21

    🎥📺: Travel Guides Series 1-10 @travelguides ✈️🌍: The Fren Family @thefrenfamily 📋: Mgmt: Claire @cmctalent 💖: @dani.fren21 💍 👕👖:…

    MicroAustralia
    Followers45.9K
    Engagement rate4.14%1.3x page median
    Suspicious followers15.3%Moderate
    Average reel plays54.3KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Jono Fren's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia82%
    New Zealand8.6%
    United States of America3.3%
    Indonesia1.3%
    United Kingdom0.8%

    Audience gender

  10. 10Neelam | Melbourne | Travel, Food & Stay instagram profile photo

    Neelam | Melbourne | Travel, Food & Stay

    @wanderfulvibes

    📍 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 | 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚🦘 ✈️ 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥, 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐬, 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐬 👒 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥…

    MicroAustralia
    Followers41.4K
    Engagement rate3.33%At page median
    Suspicious followers17.5%Moderate
    Average reel plays58.7KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Neelam | Melbourne | Travel, Food & Stay's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia65%
    India12%
    United States of America2.4%
    Indonesia2.0%
    Sri Lanka1.5%

    Audience gender

  11. 11Ben Little | Travel Storyteller instagram profile photo

    Ben Little | Travel Storyteller

    @benjamin.little_

    Australia’s most extraordinary stays. Found it. We’re staying here.

    MicroAustralia
    Followers35.6K
    Engagement rate2.35%0.7x page median
    Suspicious followers16.7%Moderate
    Average reel plays38.9KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Ben Little | Travel Storyteller's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia71%
    United States of America11%
    United Kingdom2.3%
    Canada1.6%
    New Zealand1.1%

    Audience gender

  12. 12joy shi instagram profile photo

    joy shi

    @joy_.shi

    becoming my own dream girl + sharing university life, fashion & travel 💌˚⋅ 📧 collabs: joyshi.media@gmail.com from sydney 🇦🇺✈️ @_esade fall…

    MicroAustralia
    Followers27.8K
    Engagement rate4.47%1.4x page median
    Suspicious followers23.4%Elevated
    Average reel plays18.2KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    joy shi's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia68%
    United States of America11%
    Japan1.7%
    China1.6%
    Philippines1.6%

    Audience gender

  13. 13Dorian Calleja instagram profile photo

    Dorian Calleja

    @dorian_calleja

    🌍 Food • Fitness • Travel 🏠 Melbourne & Gold Coast based ✈️ @travelguides Season 2-11 💼 DM @limeagency_au for collabs 🤪 @kevdorianteng

    MicroAustralia
    Followers22.5K
    Engagement rate3.22%At page median
    Suspicious followers15.7%Moderate
    Average reel plays12.7KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Dorian Calleja's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia80%
    New Zealand6.7%
    United States of America4.6%
    United Kingdom1.2%
    Italy0.6%

    Audience gender

  14. 14Shayla Jay instagram profile photo

    Shayla Jay

    @itsshaylajay

    come get lost with me 🗺️ travel | life | food currently: south korea 📧 contact@shaylajay.com.au TT: shaylajay(345k)

    MicroAustralia
    Followers20.5K
    Engagement rate15.12%4.6x page median
    Suspicious followers23.2%Elevated
    Average reel plays90.8KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Shayla Jay's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia66%
    United States of America17%
    United Kingdom3.1%
    New Zealand1.8%
    Canada1.4%

    Audience gender

  15. 15Food Mood | Jason Vaughan instagram profile photo

    Food Mood | Jason Vaughan

    @foodmood

    Food, vino, recipes + travel ~ Based in Sydney, Australia —Follow my next trips: Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo ↯ Food Guides in Story Highlights ↯

    MicroAustralia
    Followers15.3K
    Engagement rate3.11%At page median
    Suspicious followers17.0%Moderate
    Average reel plays8.6KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Food Mood | Jason Vaughan's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia57%
    United Kingdom13%
    United States of America8.4%
    Canada1.6%
    India1.6%

    Audience gender

  16. 16Brandon · The Points Wanderer instagram profile photo

    Brandon · The Points Wanderer

    @thepointswanderer

    📍 PERTH • editor at @pointhacksau • points and travel, food, deals, theatre and more ✈🍸🇦🇺 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 / 𝟭𝟱% 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗲𝗦𝗜𝗠𝘀 👇🏻

    MicroAustralia
    Followers14.2K
    Engagement rate2.49%0.8x page median
    Suspicious followers13.7%Moderate
    Average reel plays55.0KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Brandon · The Points Wanderer's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia77%
    United States of America4.2%
    United Kingdom2.2%
    Indonesia1.7%
    Japan1.4%

    Audience gender

  17. 17EDEN GRAY | F2F PT & Online Coach instagram profile photo

    EDEN GRAY | F2F PT & Online Coach

    @edn_fit_

    World Gym Stafford Show up 1% better daily Fitness•health•travel•Balance ⚖️ @nexussportsnutrition - EDEN15 1:1 coaching application form ⬇️

    MicroAustralia
    Followers13.7K
    Engagement rate199.12%Outlier, verify before using
    Suspicious followers18.0%Moderate
    Average reel plays392KPer video post

    Audience gender

    Audience location

    Australia86%
    New Zealand4.8%
    United States of America3.3%
    Japan1.5%
    Indonesia0.9%
  18. 18Juliaxeats | Food & Travel ✨ instagram profile photo

    Juliaxeats | Food & Travel ✨

    @juliaxeats

    📍London ✈️ Italy, Croatia, nyc 📸 Food & Travel | 💡Content Creator | UGC 💌 juliaxeats@gmail.com

    MicroAustralia
    Followers11.7K
    Engagement rate3.13%At page median
    Suspicious followers13.5%Moderate
    Average reel plays5.7KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    Juliaxeats | Food & Travel ✨'s engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia54%
    United States of America20%
    Canada4.6%
    United Kingdom3.9%
    China2.5%

    Audience gender

  19. 19MELBOURNE MAKEUP ARTIST instagram profile photo

    MELBOURNE MAKEUP ARTIST

    @makeupbyroshnaa

    Bridal & Event Makeup Artist Western suburbs, Melbourne | Travel DM for bookings Makeupbyroshna@outlook.com

    MicroAustralia
    Followers11.7K
    Engagement rate3.82%1.2x page median
    Suspicious followers15.3%Moderate
    Average reel plays18.0KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    MELBOURNE MAKEUP ARTIST's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia89%
    United States of America2.0%
    Thailand1.2%
    Indonesia1.2%
    United Arab Emirates1.0%

    Audience gender

  20. 20kelly 🇮🇩🇦🇺🇨🇳 instagram profile photo

    kelly 🇮🇩🇦🇺🇨🇳

    @kellyfeasts

    only recommending things i genuinely like food | travel | shop | 🇮🇩 girlie in sydney (mentally in 🇨🇳) 💌 links & contact deets ↓

    MicroAustralia
    Followers10.5K
    Engagement rate6.83%2.1x page median
    Suspicious followers15.5%Moderate
    Average reel plays15.0KPer video post

    Engagement rate benchmark

    kelly 🇮🇩🇦🇺🇨🇳's engagement rate benchmarked against this niche's real distribution.

    Audience location

    Australia66%
    Indonesia8.9%
    United States of America5.5%
    Japan2.8%
    New Zealand1.8%

    Audience gender

Benchmarks

Top travel influencers in Australia: engagement and audience benchmarks

The median and ranges across this ranking, so you can tell a genuinely strong travel creator from an average one.

42creators indexed38.5Kmedian followers3.28%median engagement17.2%avg suspicious followers

The top travel influencers in Australia run a median engagement rate of 3.28% and average 17.2% suspicious followers. Treat 3.28% as the bar a strong travel creator in Australia should clear; below it, you are paying for reach, not attention.

The best travel influencers in Australia here span 17 nano or micro and 0 macro accounts, covering both cost-efficient gifting and broad-reach launches. Audiences concentrate in Australia (100%), skewing female at 60%.

How this list is built. These are Instagram creators who describe themselves using terms like travel, travel blogger, wanderlust in their own bio and whose audience is concentrated in Australia. 42 accounts matched. We rank them on a blend of engagement rate, suspicious-follower share and reach, then publish the top 20. Figures are a snapshot taken on Aug 2026 and are frozen between refreshes, so the order you see is the order everyone sees.

Where their audiences are

Australia100%

Follower tiers in this ranking

Nanounder 10K
0
Micro10K to 100K
17
Mid-tier100K to 500K
3
Macro500K+
0

Combined audience gender

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FAQ

Travel influencers in Australia: common questions

How do I find travel influencers in Australia?

Three approaches work. You can search local hashtags and location tags manually, which is free but slow and biased toward whoever posts most. You can ask your existing customers who they follow. Or you can filter an index: Leewou holds 42 travel influencers in Australia and lets you narrow by follower range, engagement rate, audience country and suspicious-follower share in one query. The 20 on this page are the top of that set, and the rest are in the app.

Who are the top travel influencers in Australia right now?

On this ranking, Honey Badger (@nickbadger), Sivan Heyns (@sivanheyns), Alex Pendlebury (@alpendlebury). The ordering blends engagement rate, audience quality and reach rather than follower count alone, which is why a smaller account can outrank a larger one. Data was last refreshed in Aug 2026.

What counts as a good engagement rate for travel creators?

Use the set you are actually buying from as the benchmark, not a global average. Across these travel influencers in Australia, the median engagement rate is 3.28% at a median of 38.5K followers. Anything meaningfully above that median is doing better than its peers at the same size; anything well below is worth a second look before you pay for reach.

Are these follower counts real?

Not entirely, and that is true of every Instagram list. Across this group, an average of 17.2% of followers show signs of being fake or inactive. We publish that figure on every card instead of hiding it, so you can discount reach estimates before you negotiate. Anything above 30% is worth auditing manually before you commit budget.

Can I see contact details and full audience data for these creators?

Not on this page: it is a public preview. Inside Leewou you get the full audience breakdown (age, gender, country, city, interests, credibility), historical growth, content performance and email unlocks, plus the ability to save creators to shared lists and monitor their campaign posts. The trial runs 14 days with no card required.

Search 42 travel influencers in Australia

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