Wanderers Retreat was pet-friendly before it was fashionable: treehouses and cottages tucked into a pocket of coastal forest at Boat Harbour, where your dog gets a holiday too and the trees above occasionally hold a wild koala. Guests rate it 4.4 stars across 247 reviews.
★ 4.4 · 247 Google reviews (correct at the time of writing, July 2026)
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The stay
The treehouses put you at canopy height among the gums; ground-level cottages add fenced-in space for four-legged guests. Spas on the deck, kookaburras at the rail, and One Mile Beach’s surf five minutes down the road.
Around Port Stephens
One Mile and Samurai beaches are minutes away, the Stockton dunes and Nelson Bay’s dolphin fleet fill the day trips — with Kookaburra Farmstay nearby if the kids outvote the dog — and Seal Rocks is under an hour north.
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