Can dogs go on Middleton?
Middleton, 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 South of the stormwater pipe. Each stretch below has its own status.
South of the stormwater pipe is an off-lead area. The rest of Middleton 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.
South of the stormwater pipe
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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South of the stormwater pipe is listed as an existing off-lead dog exercise area. The engagement page marks proposed additions with an asterisk. This stretch is not an asterisk.
- All year
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Middleton Beach (south of stormwater pipe only)
Source: Kingborough Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Middleton Beach north of the stormwater pipe
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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 -43.2280, 147.2620. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog Management Policy, Kingborough Council, 4 December 2023