Carter's Cabins

Carter's Cabins is not a cabin park or holiday stay in the usual sense. Based on Avondale Road in Cooranbong, it hires out portable cabins that are delivered to your own property across Lake Macquarie, the Central Coast, the Hunter Valley and Newcastle. If you are chasing a weekend away with the dog, this is not that; if you need an extra room at home, it may be.

Dogs at the cabins

No pet policy is published anywhere on the business website or its listings, so there is nothing to verify either way. The cabins are 2.4m by 3.6m with an 800mm deck, steel framed, fully insulated and lockable, running on 240v power with two power points and a ceiling fan. Hire runs from $100 per week on a minimum three month contract, with a $300 bond and a delivery fee from $300, so treat it as a semi permanent room rather than accommodation you book for a trip. If you are weighing it up for a dog, call the operator directly on the number listed on the website and ask what their rules are before committing.

Close by with the dogs

Cooranbong itself has proper dog-friendly options nearby: the Avondale Dairy Walk for a leg stretch, and the farm cottages at Creekside Estate on Mount Faulk Road are the actual pet-friendly stay in this pocket of Lake Macquarie. The coffeehouse in town covers the morning run.