Yandina Caravan park

Yandina Caravan Park is a practical, family-run park within walking distance of the Yandina town centre on the Sunshine Coast's hinterland edge. Dogs are welcome, but only on the park's tourist caravan and powered sites, so this is a stay for travellers with their own van, camper or tent rather than anyone wanting a cabin.

Dogs at the Yandina Caravan Park

Pets are restricted to the tourist caravan and powered sites, both slabbed and grassed, and must be on a physical lead and with their owner at all times on park grounds. No pets of any kind go inside the cabins or villas, and the park's terms are blunt about it: finding a pet in a cabin can end the booking immediately, without refund, plus cleaning and damage fees. Guests are liable for any damage their pets cause. No pet surcharge is listed on the park's terms, with standard site rates applying, but ring ahead to confirm current rules, site availability and any size limits before you book.

Pepsi: book a slab or grass powered site by name and say you have a dog. The terms give the park the right to terminate on the spot for a cabin breach, so there is no room for a booking mix-up here.

The park

Facilities cover a camp kitchen with a kitchenette, a BBQ area and clean amenities, with cabins reserved for non-pet guests. Reviews note helpful on-site managers and ongoing renovations, and overall ratings sit in the middle band, so treat it as a well-located practical stop rather than a resort. Walking distance to town is the real selling point for a dog traveller: Yandina's town centre, cafes and the Saturday markets are all a leashed stroll away.

Close by with the dogs

Several Yandina cafes take dogs at their outdoor tables, led by Gun Cotton Coffee Roasters on Railway Street, which welcomes leashed dogs at its street-side tables and doubles as a serious specialty roastery. The town's fenced dog park gives a proper off-lead run a short drive from the park. For day trips, the Maroochy River and the Sunshine Coast's dog beaches are within easy reach.

Yandina's dog park covers the off-lead run, Gun Cotton Coffee Roasters is the morning stop with the dog on the lead out the front, and At Odds Cafe is another town option for a sit-down break.