Broadwater Resort - WA Tourism Awards 2025 Gold Winner

Broadwater Resort sits on Bussell Highway at 11 Holgate Road between Busselton and Dunsborough, with direct frontage to Geographe Bay, and it is a proper resort that happens to take dogs rather than a motel with a pet exception. It took gold at the WA Tourism Awards in 2025, and its pet program is run with the same seriousness: a canine welcome pack with a bed, blanket and bowls is waiting in your villa when you arrive.

Dogs at the Broadwater Resort

Dogs stay in selected pet-friendly units, typically the 2-Bedroom Beachfront Villas and 3-Bedroom Resort Villas, and you must declare your dog when booking so the right villa gets allocated. The resort's pet policy sets the fee at $38 per dog per night plus a $200 refundable bond per stay, with a maximum of two pets per unit. Dogs must be on a lead in all resort public areas, cannot be left unattended indoors or on the grounds, stay out of the pool area, and need a towel-off after the beach before coming inside. Blackout periods apply, including Christmas, the January school holidays and Easter, so this is a stay for the quieter months.

Pepsi: The sand is literally out the front. Morning walk along the bay before anyone else is up, then back for breakfast.

The vibe

Villa-style accommodation spread across resort grounds, with a 25-metre pool, day spa, gym and putting green for the two-legged guests. Reviews rate it highly and the setting reads resort rather than roadhouse, which is rare for dog-friendly stays on this coast. It suits owners planning a low-season trip; a last-minute school-holiday booking will not work, because that is exactly when the pet policy closes.

Worth knowing

The beach access is the drawcard, and the City of Busselton designates stretches of the Broadwater, Abbey and Marybrook shoreline as dog exercise areas where dogs can run off-lead under effective control. The Busselton and Dunsborough foreshores are on-lead, and the jetty and playgrounds are off limits. Check the signage at your access point, because zone boundaries along Geographe Bay change beach by beach.

Close by with the dogs

If the resort is full or out of budget, Sandy Bay Holiday Park is in the same suburb and RAC Busselton Holiday Park sits near the Abbey beach access. In Dunsborough, Breakky & Brew is a solid post-walk breakfast stop.

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