Out & About

Within the George Town municipality there are many great places to exercise your furry companions both on and off-lead.

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Within the George Town municipality there are many great places to exercise your furry companions both on and off-lead.

Regular exercise helps to keep your dog happy and healthy, helps to strengthen the bond between you and your dog and can help to reduce stress and nuisance behaviours such as barking, digging and jumping.

However, under the Dog Control Act 2000 there are areas where dogs are not allowed,

When out and about, below are some important questions to keep in mind.

  • Do I understand the term “effective dog control in a public place”? This is when my dog is in a public place (only those that have been designated as ‘off lead’ areas in accordance with a Dog Management Policy), and is to be restrained on a lead of no more than two meters in length.
  • Do I use a lead at all times on a public street or footpath in a town?
  • Do I have the registration tag on the dog’s collar?
  • Have I considered placing a tag with dogs name and a contact phone number on the collar, just in case?
  • Do I carry a doggie bag when in public?
  • Do I know where to find Council doggie bags?
  • Do I pick up after my dog at all times.
  • Have I considered how inconsiderate it is to leave a doggy mess for someone else to step in or clean up?
  • Do I realize that even though I know my dog, it does not mean that others will have the same comfort around its potential behaviour?
  • Do I understand that not all people are “dog” people, some people are afraid of dogs, and I need to take this into account when out and about particularly when the dog is off the leash?
  • Have I considered that children and young people, are often afraid or intimidated by dogs. Sometimes simply the size of a dog bearing down on them can be terrifying.
  • Each end, and at the middle of Esplanade North 
  • Lagoon Beach – both ends 
  • Perrin Drive 
  • Old Coast Road Low Head
  • East Beach-both entrances 
  • Low Head Pilot Station
  • Regent Square-both ends of Cimitiere St 
  • White St-Pipeclay Bay
  • White St Park
  • Esplanade South near Ewington Street
  • Esplanade South near bowls club
  • Dog Park at Sports complex 
  • Crn Macquarie & Main Street – pump track 
  • Main Street outside Star of The Sea
  • Bellingham Boat Ramp 
  • Bellingham Outside Hall 
  • Bellingham Outside Public Toilets 
  • Beechford Recreation Ground 
  • Beechford Esplanade Near Bridge 
  • Hillwood recreation ground and at public toilets 
  • Lulworth end of Beach Street 
  • Lulworth Boat Ramp of Seascape Drive 

Did you know we have dedicated OFF LEAD Dog Exercise Areas in our Municipality?

They include:

  • Monument public reserve (south of Cimitiere Street)
  • York Cove and Rivulet parklands (excluding the playground and walking track)
  • Designated Dog Park (Sports Complex)
  • East Beach, east of Cimitiere Creek.
  • Beechford Recreation Ground (south of the tennis court only)
  • Hillwood grassed area on the corner of Hillwood Jetty Road and Craigburn Road

Lagoon Beach & Pilots Bay Beach exercise areas are not permitted from December 1st to March 31st each year except before 9.00am and after 6.30pm.

(does not apply to guide/hearing dogs)

I understand that I cannot take my dog into PROHIBITED PUBLIC PLACES, including

  • On school and crèche grounds
  • Into shops and shopping centres (unless to a pet shop, vet, or the like),P
  • Public pool grounds
  • On a playing area of a sports ground
  • Within ten metres of a children’s playground

This also includes these George Town municipality locations:

  • George Town Cemetery
  • Penguin Rookery except within the Low Head Road Reservation
  • Wildlife Sanctuary, from North Esplanade George Town to the South end of Lagoon Bay, with exception of the walking track where dogs must remain on lead at all times.
  • Weymouth - The triangular section of bush land located North of Major Street and East of Smith Street
  • Hillwood Football oval
  • Lefroy Cemetery
  • Alford Cemetery Pipers River
  • National Parks, Reserves and Foreshores, unless signposted otherwise.

I can take my dog to the following ON LEAD DOG EXCERCISE AREAS

  • The York Cove Walking Track in George Town
  • Regent Square, north of the Memorial Hall
  • Sports Complex (excluding playing areas)
  • East beach, starting from the western end and extending east to Cimitiere Creek
  • Lagoon Beach BBQ area
  • Bellingham recreation area
  • Hillwood sports Ground (but not on the playing surface)

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