Can dogs go on Blackmans Bay?
Blackmans Bay, Kingborough Council.
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Get directionsRules can change at short notice. Always check the signs at the beach and the council's page before you go.
The rules are written below.
This status is only for Southern end. Each stretch below has its own status.
The southern end of Blackmans Bay Beach stays restricted to dogs at all times. The rest of the beach is not given a completed declaration in the pages that could be read.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
Southern end
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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On 4 December 2023 Council agreed to keep the southern end of Blackmans Bay Beach restricted from dogs at all times. The proposed off-lead area south of the stormwater outlet was not adopted.
- All year
- All day: no dogs.
Council has agreed to keep the southern end of Blackmans Bay Beach restricted from dogs at all times.
Source: Kingborough Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Blackmans Bay Beach outside the southern end
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The October 2018 notice was an intention to declare restricted beaches, not the completed declaration. The 4 December 2023 news and the engagement page do not restate a ban for this stretch. The Dog Management Policy PDF was not retrieved: the dogs page and the news URL returned no document. There is no live status for this stretch.
notice is given of Council’s intent to declare the following areas
Source: Kingborough Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Also on the council page
- The pin is a guide to the suburb, not the signed boundary.
The map pin is a guide at -43.0060, 147.3260. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog Management Policy, Kingborough Council, 4 December 2023