Dogs in Kimberley region

I think there's a lot of aerial baiting done up there - recall seeing signs at a few places a few months ago.

Hi there. Just returned from 2 and a half months in NT and Kimberly/ Pilbara with our dog. We had serious issues with ticks, tho not the paralysis tick, we think. Dog got very sick, nearly died, cause unknown, so cannot help you with diagnosis. Something like gastro or even Pancreatitis, the vet said. Also, many places where dogs not allowed, especially Broome. Ranger at Bungles Bungles summed it up "Dogs don't seem to like it up here, they just get sick and die" (he owns a dog, and leaves it at Kununurra while he's working). And then there's the National Parks. And bait signs all over the place.
So a recent and heartfelt response: think twice, my friend. You may regret it, for your sake and for the dog's sake as well.

We met a lovely young couple travelling with 3 well behaved dogs. Although bush camping was their preference, they stayed at a number of other places that allowed dogs. As they were unable to takes dogs on the Mitchell Plateau, they had to opt for a plane flight over the falls from Drysdale River Station.

Motherhen

We found in WA very few caravan parks would take our dog, however most motels we tried were happy to have the dog as long as he was quiet and stayed in the vehicle at night.
Some even had no dog signs up.
We found only one place in Coober Pedy (Motel ) and were happy to stay a few nights.
We have since brought a caravan and can free camp.
We never let him out of sight and now that we have a shade cloth ground cover for the van, he stays on that to avoid ticks and any other nasties. He sleeps inside the van at night.

G'Day Phill,
Yer we have done a bit of caravanning and camping North and south of Perth and there are plenty of places that accept dogs ie, Cervantes CP, Jurien Bay CP , Sandy Cape Recreational Park 13km North Jurien Bay , Port Denison Top Tourist Park , Horrocks Beach CP , Denham CP Shark bay and South there are a couple that I know of Dwellingup Lane pool Reserve and Nannup Caravan Park.
But if you do you research you will definitely find places . We will be travelling Australia Next year with 2 dogs so it is good to know the places that you can go.
Hope that this helps.
Cheers
Craig

We just got back today from up that way. We left our dogs behind this time, they've been over there before, because we were warned about the baiting. It was a good decision as we saw numerous warning signs, We did a lot of our trip on the dirt, the Tanimi was very bad, and bush camped most of the way. They would have had to be in muzzles more than I was prepared to put them through.
Geoff