Where do the Black Rock, Barwon Coast dog rules come from?

City of Greater Geelong. Barwon Coast dog control zone map, December 2023. Checked 27 October 2026.

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Can dogs go on Black Rock, Barwon Coast?

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The rules are written below.

This status is only for Access 30W to 34W. Each stretch below has its own status.

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Bellarine Black Rock, not Bayside’s Black Rock. Access 30W to 34W is off leash all year. Access 27W to 30W is prohibited all year. Access 34W to 36W uses the same timeshare as 15W to 27W.

This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.

Access 30W to 34W

The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.

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Dogs are permitted off leash under effective control all year between 30W and 34W.

All year: All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.

Council’s words

30W to 34W. Dogs permitted off leash under effective control all year.

Source: City of Greater Geelong page, checked 27 October 2026.

Access 27W to 30W

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Dogs are prohibited all year between 27W and 30W.

All year: All day: no dogs.

Council’s words

27W to 30W. Dogs prohibited all year.

Source: City of Greater Geelong page, checked 27 October 2026.

Access 34W to 36W

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Between access 34W and 36W, from 1 December to 28 or 29 February, dogs must be on a leash from 7pm to 9am and are prohibited from 9am to 7pm. From 1 March to 30 November they are permitted off leash under effective control, excluding the Easter weekend. The zone map lists this stretch in the same timeshare column as 15W to 27W.

The order also uses these summer times on the Easter weekend. The map does not list which days that covers. This tool uses Good Friday to Easter Monday, which is the public-holiday long weekend, and says so on the status. Check the signs if you are there over Easter.

1 December to the end of February, and the Easter weekend: 9:00am–7:00pm: no dogs. 7:00pm–9:00am: on a leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
1 March to 30 November, excluding the Easter weekend: All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.

On Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday this tool uses the peak times. The Barwon Coast map says “Easter weekend” and does not list the days.

Council’s words

34W to 36W. Dogs must be on leash between 1 December to 28/29 February and Easter weekend from 7pm to 9am and prohibited from 9am to 7pm. Dogs permitted off leash under effective control from 1 March to 30 November (excluding Easter weekend).

Source: City of Greater Geelong page, checked 27 October 2026.

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Barwon Coast manages this coastal Crown land. The City of Greater Geelong enforces the December 2023 dog control orders. Access numbers (7W, 15W and so on) are the zone boundaries on the Barwon Coast map.

The map pin is a guide at -38.2894, 144.4486. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.

Greater Geelong: (03) 5272 5272.

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