Greenacres Motel

Greenacres Motel sits on Federation Avenue at Corowa, a Murray river town where the Rutherglen wine country starts just over the water. The motel is built for both overnighters and slow stays: a pool, camp kitchen, BBQ area and fire pit around the grounds give evenings somewhere to go without driving back into town. It suits wine-country travellers who want motel convenience without giving up the outdoor cooking space you normally only get at a holiday park.

Dogs at the Greenacres Motel

Per the motel's own site, pets are catered for in dedicated room types: a Pet Friendly King Room, a Pet Friendly Queen Room and a Pet Friendly Family Room, plus a Pet Friendly Golf Escape package that folds a round at the local course into the booking. Booking platforms also report dogs of any size in those designated rooms at no additional fee, with an off-leash area on site, which lines up with the room types the motel itself lists. Book by room type, not by hope.

The grounds do the quiet work: a few acres of mature trees and lawn set back from Federation Avenue, with the pet rooms taking easy outdoor access at ground level. Guests returning with dogs talk about a relaxed, unfussy welcome from hosts who run a dog-friendly operation by choice, and rooms that stay clean despite the four-legged traffic. Regulars book direct with the motel, because ground-floor pet rooms and arrival timing get handled faster with the on-site team.

The trade-offs are the standard ones for a motel of this shape: no fenced private yards off the individual rooms, so the lead goes on outside the door, and shared spaces need a close-managed dog when non-pet guests are around. Pet-friendly room inventory also runs tight around regional golf events and holiday weekends. The Pet Friendly Golf Escape package is the local workaround, with the Corowa Golf Club three minutes up the road.

The vibe

Guests keep coming back to the same things: spacious rooms, quiet nights and a standard of cleaning that stands out at this end of the price range. The fire pit and camp kitchen turn the grounds into a proper evening venue, and the BBQ area earns its keep during wine-country weekends. The pool rounds out the summer case for the place.

While you're out there

The wine country is the reason you are here. Campbells Wines is one of the Rutherglen names with real history behind the cellar door, and across the river Cofield Wines pours with the water in view. The Wahgunyah river track is the flat, easy leg-stretcher walk for the dog between tastings.

More options across the state are in the NSW stays guide.