Berrigan Motel

The Berrigan Motel sits on Stewart Street in the heart of the Riverina irrigation country, a quiet single level motel that guests pick for the warm rooms, the golf course outlook and the sense that the town actually stops for the night. Berrigan is a proper farming service town, close to the Murray River crossings and the water sports country of the southern NSW lakes, and the motel's guest book reads like a record of people travelling between the Riverina and the Victorian border.

Rooms come up as a good size with comfy beds, there is a pool for hot afternoons, and staff recur in guest notes as helpful without fuss. It is straightforward country motel comfort: no theme, no pretence, just a warm room after a long day of driving or working the district.

Dogs at the Berrigan Motel

Per the motel's own page, pets are part of the family here, with select pet friendly rooms available as long as you give notice when booking.

Aggregator listings add the detail, reporting a pet fee of about AU$40 per stay and a possible deposit, and those amounts are worth confirming direct when you ring through. The notify at booking step is the important one: pet rooms are a subset of the motel, and a phone call the day before is the difference between a bed for the dog and a detour.

The golf course outlook earns its keep with a dog: specific rooms open straight onto the course side, so early mornings run to a sniff walk along the grassed edges away from the highway, with the green stretch working off a day in the car. Regulars ask for rooms near the ends of the block, away from the office thoroughfare, so late arrivals do not stir a settling dog.

Riverina heat is the other planning item: Stewart Street pavement gets scorching by mid morning in the warm months, so longer walks run at dawn or after sunset and stay on the grass. Town is close enough that an evening loop past the sporting grounds fits before dinner without any driving.

While you're out there

The border country has decent published coverage once you cross into Victoria: Country Home Motor Inn leads the Shepparton listings within an easy drive, Cofield Wines at Wahgunyah pairs a cellar door with river flat drives, and Wahgunyah River Track gives the dog a proper leg stretch beside the Murray. Statewide planning lives in the NSW dog friendly stay guide.