dog friendly places to tour

Good on you taking your friend along - we travel with our two old Jack Russells and wouldnt have it any other way. We never feel restricted as there is always a way around if there is something we want to visit which doesnt allow dogs - sometimes just takes some asking. Having a pair of well trained, quiet dogs helps heaps as we can easily leave them in the caravan and are often told by others they didnt even realise they were there. We DONT take them into camping spots that dont allow dogs I hasten to add.

We are currently 8 months into our around Australia trip and have found many fantastic free spots to stop.Calliope River near Gladstone is lovely and at the moment its probably as far south as we can get without being rained out. LOL. I am sure others will be able to make suggestiions.

Happy travels and dont forget the doggy bags LOL

Sue
WA

Which way do you want to go?

If you go west from Brissy you could try spots like Mitchell (Fisherman's Rest just west of Mitchell) which is a lovely spot. Eulo is another nice riverside camp area. Yowah to do some fossiking has a great rest area in the heart of town. Chinchilla wier, Lesley dam out of Warwick ect ect. All these spots are on two major highways west of Brissy. You could easily go out on one and come back on the other as a round trip.

The book Camping with Dogs would be a great buy if you plan to camp with the pooch more often. In my opinion they do not restrict you too much unless you want to go into N.P.

Cheers, Trevor.

We are about to set off in the van for several months with the dog on board. We have purchased a copy of the traveller's bible "Camp 5". It has 3500 sites around Australia which includes all sites that will accept dogs. Many sites are free and some have a small fee. Have spoken to others who have used the book and they found it to very helpful.
Enjoy the extra company that the pouch gives us all.

Roberttbruce,

I would suggest that you have a look at the Land Rover Club of ACT(click here) they have an excellent camping guide that you can access on line for free, or purchase the CD, when you pick a state, go to the far right column and you will find the pet friendly camping locations.

Click on the site an it will give you all the details, co[ordinates ad directions, including photos.

Good luck

a huge thanks for all who answered this post...

im going to try the western route Trevor has suggested and along the way pick up the dogs 5 guide...

and i don't care how good a guard dog it is proving to be, there is nooooooo way i am going to make gravy to go on its dinner.... lol... i think im in for a lot of fun...

many thanks again....