Gladstone City Caravan Park

Gladstone City Caravan Park is an older, no-frills caravan park in South Gladstone that takes dogs on powered and unpowered sites and keeps some cabins aside for pets. It is a practical overnight for road-trippers with the van, the tent or a cabin booking, minutes from the Gladstone CBD rather than out on the highway.

Dogs at Gladstone City Caravan Park

Dogs are generally permitted on both powered and unpowered sites, and a number of cabins are set aside as pet-friendly, some with shady verandas. The park tends to prefer small-to-medium dogs, and pet fees are not fixed across bookings. None of these details are set in stone, so call the park before you book and confirm your dog, the specific site or cabin, and the charge. Keep the dog on a lead around the park grounds and clean up as you go; that is standard practice in a park with permanent residents mixed among travellers.

Worth knowing

Set expectations at the budget end: reviewers praise the friendly managers and clean amenities but point to an ageing site with some potholes, and the deluxe cabins draw the better feedback than the older stock. Treat it as a functional base rather than a destination park. The park's own website has been offline at times, so phoning ahead is doubly sensible; the park's contact number is 07 4979 1305.

Getting there and parking

The park sits in South Gladstone, a few minutes' drive from the Dawson Highway into the city centre, with drive-through access for big rigs at most sites. The South Gladstone shops and Toolooa Street cafes are close by for supplies.

While you're out there

Webb Park Fenced Dog Park in West Gladstone is the town's dedicated fenced off-lead park, a short drive away for a proper run. Tondoon Botanic Gardens is worth a look but dogs are prohibited there apart from assistance animals, so do not plan it as a walk. For coffee, Grounded Society is in the same suburb, and if you keep rolling toward the coast, Tannum Sands Dog Beach and Discovery Parks - Tannum Sands are the dog-friendly options south of town. More Queensland dog-friendly stays cover the wider region.

Call ahead, take a powered site near the newer cabins, and it does the job as a cheap, central Gladstone stop with the dog aboard.