Self-isolation and social distancing can be tough when you are staying in a dorm.

“We are in a room with I think 14 people and you don't really have the chance to stay away from people because there's so many people in one tiny room,” she said.

James Boggott, from Leeds in England felt the same.

“It's a bit concerning. It's not the best place you want to be when something like this is going around. The minute anyone starts coughing or sneezing and stuff, you kind of give them a bit of a look,” he said.

Charlotte Urban, an 18-year-old from Germany, has been backpacking across Australia for seven months and is now weighing up whether to stay or leave.

“At first, I was trying really hard not to panic because for me, it's like, I can't do anything anyway. But by now, I'm kind of getting more worried because it's getting more dire.”

Others are leaving because casual hospitality work has dried up.

Danish backpacker Clara Ahlefendt, 19, was hoping to stay in Melbourne and work, but is now leaving the country on Thursday.

“I don't think it will be that easy to get a job nowadays. Which sucks,” she said.

Similarly, Charlotte Kennedy from Newcastle in England is heading to Adelaide to do farm work because of a lack of job opportunities.

“I didn't know whether to fly home or not. I've been spending all week trying to work but I can't find any jobs because of the coronavirus,” she said.

She’s hoping COVID-19 doesn’t have the same impact in Australia, as it has in Europe so she can stay, and so does Mr Boggott.

“I think it'll all blow over in a few months. I hope it does. And then yeah, I'll just go from there. But yeah, I intend on staying.”