Whitsunday Palms Motel

Whitsunday Palms Motel sits on the Bruce Highway at 216 Proserpine's edge, and it is one of the few conventional motels in the Whitsundays region that takes dogs in rooms. The renovated rooms are well presented and the property wraps around a gorgeous garden, with a convenient location for anyone heading to Airlie Beach or the Whitsunday coast who would rather not pay resort prices for the privilege of having a dog along.

Dogs at the Whitsunday Palms Motel

Dogs are accommodated in rooms on prior arrangement, and guests have stayed with small dogs inside. The important step is phoning management before you arrive on 07 4945 1868 to confirm a pet-friendly room is free and to register your dog; turning up unannounced with a dog is not the way this motel works. Pets are expected to be clean, well behaved and responsibly managed on the grounds. Fees and size limits are not published, so settle them on that same call.

Max: this motel is your realistic in-room option in Proserpine, but only if you call first. Most of the town's motels hold a firm no-pets line, so availability in the pet rooms matters.

The motel

Guests single out the big rooms, comfy beds, welcoming staff and the garden, which gives a dog somewhere green to do their business off the highway. Proserpine makes a practical base for the Whitsundays: Airlie Beach is about 25 minutes east and the Proserpine airport is close by.

Getting there

The motel fronts the Bruce Highway on the edge of the Proserpine town centre, an easy stop for northbound or southbound travellers on the A1, with shops and pubs of Proserpine within a couple of minutes' drive.

Close by with the dogs

For a leg-stretch on the way through, the Cannonvale Dog Exercise Area sits just off the Airlie Beach road, and Rufus and Co Cafe in Airlie Beach is a dog-friendly coffee stop. If the pet rooms are full, Reef Gardens Motel is the other Proserpine option to ask, and Discovery Parks - Airlie Beach takes dogs down at Jubilee Pocket.

More options are on the dog friendly stays in Queensland page and the Proserpine guide.