Kingston Lobster Motel

The Kingston Lobster Motel sits on the Princes Highway at Kingston SE, the lobster port of the Limestone Coast, and it works as both a highway overnight and a base for the town's jetty and beach life. The rooms have been renovated through, with visitor notes flagging the showers, the beds and the modern fit out, and there are EV charging stations on site for the electric road trippers.

Dogs at the Lobster Motel

Per the motel's own site, pet friendly rooms are offered among the renovated stock, so this is a designated rooms arrangement rather than a whole property policy. Ask for a pet friendly room when you book, since not every room takes pets, and confirm conditions directly because the site publishes no room level pet rules or fee.

The pet rooms sit with grass close to the door, which is the detail that matters on a highway overnight: a midnight leg stretch without crossing the car park. Travellers report the motel takes dogs and cats and that the pet rooms book fast in peak season, so a long weekend or summer trip needs the room locked in early. Keep a lead on around the back of the property, where paddock country starts and stock can be at the fence line.

Make a day of it

Kingston SE's landmarks are the giant lobster, the jetty and the long beaches either side of town, and the town works well as the overnight split between Adelaide and Mount Gambier. The Lobster Motel's walking distance position means the dog can come on every town trip without the car.

Pushing on south, the Mount Gambier Blue Lake Holiday Park is a caravan park continuation for the next leg, and the Mount Gambier off leash dog area gives the dog a proper run on arrival. Inland, the Coonawarra strip is a short detour with Raidis Estate among the cellar doors that take dogs. More dog friendly stays in SA are listed for the Limestone Coast and beyond.