Coffs Windmill Motel Corporate & Family

Coffs Windmill Motel Corporate & Family sits on four acres of landscaped gardens at 168 Pacific Highway in North Boambee Valley, about five minutes from Coffs Harbour Airport. It is a practical highway motel with 42 ground-level rooms, and a limited number of those are designated pet-friendly rooms, which makes it a straightforward stop for travellers working the Pacific Highway coast with a dog in the back seat.

Dogs at the Coffs Windmill Motel

Dogs are permitted only in the designated pet-friendly rooms, so the booking has to state you are bringing one. The pet rooms are ground-floor units with direct parking outside the door, which saves any lobby navigation after a long drive. Luxury family apartments are off-limits to pets, and the policy is enforced with real numbers: a $400 cleaning penalty applies if a pet is found in a non-pet room, and a $100 fee applies if you fail to clean up after your dog. Pets must never be left unattended, either in the room or in the vehicle. Confirm the current pet rate with reception when booking, as the surcharge is set per stay and can change.

The vibe

This is casual, functional country motel territory rather than a resort. Rooms span family configurations, kitchenette units and accessible rooms, all with reverse-cycle air conditioning, flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi, and the gardens give you a genuine strip of grass for morning and last-thing toilet runs. On-site dining is at Em's Windmill Kitchen, and there is a pool on the property for the humans. Recent guests of the pet rooms report they arrive clean and supplied with pet bowls.

Getting there and parking

The motel fronts the Pacific Highway and is accessible from both directions, with free private parking directly in front of each ground-level unit. The Coffs Harbour town centre and Jetty precinct are a short drive north.

Close by with the dogs

For off-lead exercise, Boambee off dog lead beach is the nearest shoreline option, a short drive east. A sit-down breakfast or lunch with the dog at an outdoor table works at The Secret Garden Cafe in Boambee, and the Coffs Creek Walk and Cycleway makes an easy on-lead leg stretch. If the Windmill is booked out, Reflections Coffs Harbour - Holiday Park also takes dogs with water frontage on Coffs Creek.

More options are on the New South Wales pet friendly stays guide and the North Boambee Valley destination page.