Can dogs go on Deception Bay foreshore?
Deception Bay, City of Moreton Bay.
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The rules are written below.
This status is only for Beach between Wallin Avenue and Joseph Crescent. Each stretch below has its own status.
Deception Bay beach between Wallin Avenue and Joseph Crescent is off leash. The foreshore footpath between those streets is a trial: off leash before 8:00am and after 4:00pm, and on a leash at other times.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
Beach between Wallin Avenue and Joseph Crescent
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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Dogs are able to be exercised off leash along the beach between Wallin Avenue and Joseph Crescent. The footpath beside it has different hours.
- All year
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Dogs are able to be exercised off leash along the beach between Wallin Avenue and Joseph Crescent.
Source: City of Moreton Bay page, checked 27 October 2026.
Foreshore footpath, Wallin Avenue to Joseph Crescent
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The foreshore footpath between Wallin Avenue and Joseph Crescent is off leash before 8:00am and after 4:00pm daily. Dogs must be on a leash at all other times, including when entering and leaving the footpath. The page says council is currently trialling these arrangements.
- Trial hours, every day
- 12:00am–8:00am: off leash. 4:00pm–midnight: off leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
Foreshore footpath area between Wallin Avenue and Joseph Crescent, before 8:00 AM and after 4:00 PM daily. Dogs must be on a leash at all other times, including entering and leaving the foreshore footpath area.
Source: City of Moreton Bay page, checked 27 October 2026.
Also on the council page
- The page says the footpath hours are a trial. Information sessions in September and October 2025 are not encoded as a rule change.
The map pin is a guide at -27.1890, 153.0330. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog parks and beaches, City of Moreton Bay