Taking the family pet dog

by Janet
(Canungra)

We are hoping to travel outback later in the year with our four kids in a camper trailer. We would love to take our dog but don't know if that would be sensible ie: do many camp grounds allow dogs etc. We are very aware of keeping her away from wildlife and cleaning up after her.
Thank you for your informative site,
Janet

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Taking the family pet dog

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Travelling Australia with dogs
by: Birgit

Hi Janet,
That question is a bit too general to answer. It really depends where exactly you want to go and what you want to do.

Buy the way, I just did a search and a related question has been asked before:
Camping in Oz with a dog

Also see:
Pets at Uluru

You can't take dogs into any national parks and most accommodations and caravan parks do not allow dogs.

But there are always options and alternatives and if you dig around on Google you will find books about travelling with dogs that list all those dog friendly places.

I personally would not want to take my dog anywhere, it's just too restrictive with all the hiking I do and the long stays in national parks. But other people feel they just wouldn't be able to enjoy anything without their furry friends.

Taking the Dog around Oz
by: Anonymous

We went around oz in 2004 with a German Shephard and yes we did miss out on some National Parks but we had no trouble finding caravan parks the Racq book lists most of the parks that take dogs. Our dog was well behaved and could be left with he caravan so we could leave him for up to 4 hours which gave us the opportunity to see most things that we couldnt take him along too.