Off-leash dog beaches in Australia
Off-leash beaches are precious – many beaches ban dogs, or only allow them at certain times or seasons. Always check the signs before you let go of the lead.
255 places across 68 council areas.
New South Wales (116)
- Lady Robinsons Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Aslings Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Bar Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Beares Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Haywards Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Keiths Pinch Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Lions Park Jiguma Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Merimbula Main Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Moorehead Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Southern Cuttagee Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Tathra Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Tura Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Urunga Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Belongil Beach South 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Brunswick Heads Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- New Brighton Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- South Golden Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Tallow Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Budgewoi Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Ettalong Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Forresters Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- MacMasters Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- North Avoca Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- North Shelly Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Patonga Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Pearl Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Putty Beach Road Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- The Entrance North Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Umina Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Wamberal Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Brooms Head Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Iluka Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Pippi Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Bar Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Barlings Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Bengello Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Boatshed Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Broulee Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Bullengella Lake Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Cemetery Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Circuit Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Coila Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Congo Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Corrigans Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Denhams Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Duesbury Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Durras Main Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Garden Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Handkerchief Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Jemisons Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Joshs Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Kianga Main Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Kianga Reef Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Long Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Main Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Maloneys Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Malua Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Mystery Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Narooma Main Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- One Tree Beach North 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Plantation Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Potato Point Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Pretty Point Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Rosedale Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Sunshine Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Surf Beach Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Surfside Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Tomaga River Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Wallaga Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Wimbie Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Back Creek Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Crescent Head Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Grassy Head Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Hat Head Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Main Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Stuarts Point Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Bombo Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Jones Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Werri Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Booragul Foreshore 🕒 All times
- Foreshore Reserve 🕒 All times
- Hams Beach 🕒 All times
- Nine Mile Beach 🕒 All times
- Redhead Beach 🕒 All times
- Clifton Gardens Reserve 🕒 Grass: All day Monday – Friday; before 9am and after 4pm on weekends and public holidays. Beach east of the jetty: weekdays only, seasonal hours
- Sirius Cove 🕒 All day Monday – Friday; before 9am and after 4pm on weekends and public holidays
- Spit Reserve (East) 🕒 Grass: at all times. Beach & water: All day Monday – Friday; before 9am and after 4pm on weekends and public holidays
- Spit Reserve (West) 🕒 Grass: all times except Saturdays 8:30am – 2:30pm. Beach & water: All day Monday – Friday; before 9am and after 4pm on weekends and public holidays
- North Valla Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Valla Beach Lions Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Avalon Beach Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Great Mackerel Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Mona Vale Beach 🕒 Time restrictions apply – check the signs
- Sandy Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Dunbogan Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Grants Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Lighthouse Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Nobbys Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- North Shore Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- North Shore Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Rainbow Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Rocky Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Washhouse Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Memorial Park Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- The Jetty 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Greenhills Beach dog off-leash area 🕒 4pm–10am (daylight saving), 3pm–10am (rest of year)
- Horderns Beach dog off-leash area 🕒 Time restrictions apply – check the signs
- Silver Beach dog off-leash area 🕒 No time restrictions (council page)
- Dreamtime Beach (leash-free section) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Pottsvile Beach (South) (leash-free section) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- South Cabarita Beach (Maggies Beach) (leash-free section) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- South Kingscliff Beach (leash-free section) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Little Austinmer Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- McCauleys Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Robertson Park and Beach 🕒 Between 3:30pm – 10:30am (except during organised public events)
- Rose Bay Foreshore 🕒 At all times
Victoria (33)
- Sandown Street Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Peterborough Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Eastern Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Foreshore Reserve 🕒 Off-leash (supervised)
- Western Beach 🕒 Conditional Off-Leash 'Supervised' Area
- East Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Killarney Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- South Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Elwood Beach (Beach F) 🕒 No dogs on beach between 1 Nov-31 Mar
- Marina Point Reserve 🕒 All times
- Pier Road Beach (Beach A) 🕒 All times
- Port Melbourne Beach (Beach C) 🕒 All times
- Sandridge (Beach D) 🕒 All times
- Sandridge 3 🕒 No dogs on beach between 1 Nov-31 Mar
- Station Pier Beach 🕒 No dogs on beach between 1 Nov-31 Mar
- West Beach (Beach B) 🕒 All times
- Narrows Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Sandy Point Dog Off Leash Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Aireys Inlet Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Anglesea Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Beachcomber Lane Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Fairhaven Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Fishermans Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Jan Juc Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Lorne Beach North 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Louttit Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Moggs Creek Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Rocky Point Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Shelly Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Torquay Surf Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Whites Beach Foreshore Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Northern Beaches 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Golden Beach Township 🕒 Unknown – check signage
Queensland (16)
- Holloways Beach Dog Exercise Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Biggera Waters Foreshore 🕒 5am-8am and 4pm-7pm
- Labrador Foreshore 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Mallawa Sports Complex 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Marine Stadium Main Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Paradise Point Foreshore 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Rockview Public Park, Southern Palm Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Salk Oval Parklands 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Tallebudgera Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- The Spit 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Beachmere dog off-leash area (dog off-leash beach) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Queens Beach North (dog off-leash beach) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Woorim Beach (south) (dog off-leash beach) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Ballinger Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Benwell Road Park 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Pallarenda Dog Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
Western Australia (34)
- Emu Point Marina Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Middleton Beach – Surfers Beach to Firth St (Emu Point) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Flinders Bay Caravan Park Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Gnarabup Back Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Gracetown Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Prevelly Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- City Beach Ovals 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- North Floreat Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- South City Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Park Beach Close Dog Park 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Dalyellup Beach North 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Rich Road Stratham North 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Cottesloe Northern Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Cottesloe Southern Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Hansen Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Jurien Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Ronsard Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Lights Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Peaceful Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Prawn Rock Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Beach Street Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Gillbert Fraser Oval 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Leighton Beach (North) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- South Beach (North) 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Hillarys Dog Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Avalon Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Dawesville Beach Ocean Side 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Falcon Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Halls Head Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Madora Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Madora Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- San Remo Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Silver Sands Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Mosman Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
South Australia (51)
- Goolwa Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Horseshoe Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Middleton Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Fisherman Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Alexanders Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Ceduna Sailing Club Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Denial Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Shelly Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Smoky Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Thevenard Slipway Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Thevenard Wharf Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Little Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Sheringa Recreational Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Waterloo Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Long Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Pinks Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Wyomi Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Long Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Hallet Cove Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Port Germein Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Aldinga Beach Exercise Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Maslin Beach Exercise Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- O'Sullivan Beach / Christies Beach Exercise Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Port Noarlunga South Beach Exercise Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Seaford / Moana Beach Exercise Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Sellicks Beach Exercise Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Snowdens Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Back Beach North Precinct Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Back Beach South Precinct Area 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Redbanks Beach North Precinct 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Redbanks Beach South 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Port Lincoln Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Boatswain Point Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Hoopers Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Long Beach North 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Long Beach South 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Nora Creina Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- West Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Sceale Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Sheoak S Beach Reserve 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Surfers Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Tumby Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Beachport Centennial Park 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Carrickalinga Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Fishery Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Morgans Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Myponga Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Normanville and Lady Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Pebble Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Rapid Bay Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Second Valley Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
Tasmania (4)
- Old Beach Dog Park 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Clarks Beach, Coningham 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Howden Foreshore Areas 🕒 Unknown – check signage
- Tyndall Beach 🕒 Unknown – check signage
Northern Territory (1)
- Dinah Beach Oval 🕒 Time restrictions apply – check the signs