Weldborough Hotel

The Weldborough Hotel is a classic Tasmanian country pub on the Tasman Highway at Weldborough, in the north east between Scottsdale and the Bay of Fires coast. It is famous among travellers for two things: a beer garden under huge ferns and blackwoods, and a free camp anywhere campsite behind the pub that has made it a fixture on the motorbike and Lap of Tasmania circuits. Rooms upstairs and the pub below make it a genuine stay as well as a stop, and the coin operated hot showers and clean facilities get regular praise from campers.

Dogs at the pub

Per BringFido, dogs of any size are allowed for no additional fee, and and the camp anywhere campsite permits pets kept on a leash. Booking platforms add that pet friendly stays are limited to designated rooms arranged in advance, with dogs supervised and not left alone in the room. Community reports consistently describe dogs welcome in the beer garden, by the wood heater and around the campground, and there is a resident pub dog on site to meet arrivals.

The pub's own website does not state a written pet policy, so all of this is reported practice rather than confirmed house rules; treat the welcome as likely but worth a quiet word at the bar on arrival, especially about the inside-the-pub areas where food is served. If you are riding or driving on without staying, the beer garden with water bowls on request is the easy stop with the dog.

While you're out there

Weldborough Pass, just up the highway, is one of Tasmania's great rainforest drives through myrtle and tree ferns, and the pass summit has picnic ground walks under the canopy. The North East Tasmania Rail Trail at Scottsdale is the nearest published walk on this site, about forty minutes north, and the Bay of Fires beaches are an hour east through St Helens where the Paddy's Island off lead dog beach sits on Georges Bay.

If you are working the north east circuit, Wynyard Showgrounds and other pet friendly stops across the state are catalogued in the full list of dog friendly stays in Tasmania.