Glenaire Apartments(Strahan)

Glenaire Apartments at Pontifex Street is the second half of the Glenaire collection in Strahan on Tasmania's west coast. The Pontifex Street units are the Southlander and the Elizabeth, both fully self contained apartments on the quiet side of town, a few minutes from the harbour front where the Gordon River cruises and the West Coast Wilderness Railway depart. The Southlander is a one bedroom unit with a sofa bed, while the Elizabeth is the larger three bedroom option that sleeps a bigger travelling party.

Dogs at the apartments

Per the Glenaire website itself, the property is pet friendly Strahan accommodation, with the site's own title and metadata advertising pet friendly apartments and the hosts welcoming pets across the Glenaire units. That venue sourced claim carries more weight than an aggregator listing, but the site promotes the welcome rather than publishing a detailed policy page, so the practical details are worth locking in when you book: which of the Southlander or the Elizabeth suits your dog, any fees, and whether the fenced areas around the units are secure for your dog's particular escape skills.

Guest feedback across the Glenaire properties notes the grounds are open between the units rather than fenced off, so a lead or tether is the safe default outside. The quiet residential street does mean low-traffic morning walks, and the back lanes run down toward the foreshore without touching the main road.

While you're out there

Strahan's village is compact: the foreshore boardwalk along Macquarie Harbour is an easy on-lead walk, the shops and pubs keep outdoor seating where dogs are tolerated, and the famous ocean beach south of town is wide open space for a proper run. Keep the lead on near the dunes in the warmer months, when shearwaters nest in the sand and the ground is thick with burrows. The Hogarth Falls walk in People's Park starts near the centre of town; check current dog access for that track before you go as the park has mixed rules across its sections.

Elsewhere on this site for the region, the Penguin Beachfront Apartments are a published beachfront alternative on the north west coast, and the full list of dog friendly stays in Tasmania covers the rest of the state.