Kangaroo Country Caravan Park

Kangaroo Country Caravan Park sits at 59741 Bruce Highway, Midgee, about 10km south of Rockhampton on five acres of sub-tropical bushland. It is a practical highway stopover with a genuinely broad pet policy: dogs are welcome on caravan and camping sites, outside the cabins, and even inside the designated pet-friendly cabins, which puts it ahead of most parks on this stretch of the Bruce.

Dogs at the Kangaroo Country Caravan Park

The park's own rates and facilities pages set the terms clearly. Dogs stay free on caravan and camping sites, and free outside the cabins. To bring a pet inside a pet-friendly cabin costs $10 per night per pet, and that applies to the super deluxe one and two-bedroom cabins. Dogs stay on lead within the park at all times, and you bring your own bedding, food and water bowls because none are supplied. There is no online booking: call the park on 07 4921 1799 to reserve and to confirm the cabin pet fee for your dates.

Max: Train noise is a recurring theme in guest reviews here. If your dog is sound sensitive, ask for a site as far from the rail corridor as possible when you call to book.

The place

It caters to large rigs: trucks, buses, fifth wheelers and boats, with drive-through sites that make parking a long combination straightforward. There is a bird aviary on site, clean amenities, and open grassed space for exercising a leashed dog. Reviews run to a 3.3 average across more than 130 ratings, with clean cabins, working fridges and good beds praised against the trade-off of noticeable train noise from the adjacent rail line.

Close by with the dogs

Into Rockhampton, Cousins On William and Blank Cheque Trading Co. are both worth a stop, and the city has off-lead options including Berserker Leash Free Dog Park for a proper run. If Midgee is full, Southside Holiday Village and Discovery Parks Rockhampton are the other dog-accommodating parks around the city.

Best for road trippers running big setups along the Bruce Highway who want a stop where the dog costs nothing on a site, or $10 a night to sleep inside the cabin with you.