Janaki Farm House

Janaki Farm House is a farmstay at 154 Scotts Road in Binjura, high country between Nimmitabel and the Bombala district in the state's south east. The property reads as a proper farm experience: a spacious farmhouse, a barbecue area and a fire pit for cold Monaro evenings, hosts described as helpful, and dark skies you only get hours from the highway.

Families use it as a base for the Snowy Mountains drives, anglers pass through on the way to the rivers, and travellers crossing between the Tablelands and the far South Coast overnight here.

Binjura sits on a wind scoured ridge, and guests who know the property pack a coat for the dog as well as themselves. Afternoon southerlies come straight across the hill, and nights drop hard even in summer.

Dogs at Janaki Farm House

The reported practice, drawn from platform listing data rather than the property's own site, is that pets are allowed for an extra charge of AU$150 per pet per stay, with service animals exempt, and the Stayz listing reports dogs allowed with a limit of one dog up to 10 kg.

The farm's own website publishes no pet policy, so treat those platform figures as the working picture and confirm the arrangement with the host when booking. Farmstay rules around livestock and working dogs usually run stricter than a city pet policy.

The house yard is enclosed: the wider acreage is open bush and farmland, with kangaroos and wallabies moving along the tree lines. A scent driven dog can be a kilometre into the scrub before you notice, so the yard is the off lead space and the rest of the block stays on lead country.

Tank water supplies the property, and regulars bring their own drinking water for the dog as well as themselves. After a frosty winter morning, check between the toe pads, because burrs and ice balls pack up tightly on the high country ground.

Worth knowing

Binjura is a locality, not a town, so arrive stocked up: the nearest real shops are a drive away and the Monaro weather turns quickly. Phone coverage can be patchy, and winter nights drop well below zero, so the fire pit is not decoration.

Night noise is the other adjustment. Farm dogs, cattle bells and wildlife in the tussock can set an alert barker off after dark, and the silence carries a long way up here.

While you're out there

For a proper dog day out in the region, Tathra Beach Off Leash Area on the far South Coast is the published stand out within reach of a day trip. Wider trip planning sits in the NSW dog friendly stay guide.