Can dogs go on Altona?
Altona, Hobsons Bay City Council.
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The rules are written below.
Altona Beach between Romawi and Mount Streets: no dogs 10am to 9:30pm from 1 November to 30 April. On a leash at all other times. Altona Dog Beach is a different stretch.
Romawi Street to Mount Street
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Council says dogs are restricted from Altona Beach between Romawi and Mount Streets from 10am to 9:30pm from 1 November to 30 April, seven days a week. At all other times, dogs must be on a leash. This tool treats the restricted hours as no dogs on that sand, because the page contrasts them with “at all other times, dogs must be on a leash.”
- 1 November to 30 April
- 10:00am–9:30pm: no dogs. Outside those times: on a leash.
- 1 May to 31 October
- All day: on a leash.
Altona Beach - between Romawi and Mount Streets. Dogs are restricted from these beaches from 10am to 9.30pm from 1 November to 30 April. At all other times, dogs must be on a leash.
Source: Hobsons Bay City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
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Dog off-leash locations — Hobsons Bay