Can dogs go on Nutgrove?
Sandy Bay, City of Hobart.
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The rules are written below.
This status is only for Nutgrove Beach, outside the Lipscombe Avenue stretch. Each stretch below has its own status.
Nutgrove Beach is off lead from 6pm to 10am in daylight saving and from 3pm to 10am otherwise. The Lipscombe Avenue stretch is on lead all day.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
Nutgrove Beach, outside the Lipscombe Avenue stretch
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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Dogs are permitted off lead between 6pm and 10am during daylight saving, and between 3pm and 10am at all other times. Dogs are permitted on lead between 10am and 6pm during daylight saving, and between 10am and 3pm otherwise. The Lipscombe Avenue stretch is excluded from these hours.
- Daylight saving: off lead 6:00pm to 10:00am
- 6:00pm–10:00am: off leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
- Standard time: off lead 3:00pm to 10:00am
- 3:00pm–10:00am: off leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
Dogs are permitted off-lead between 6 pm and 10 am during daylight saving time and between 3 pm and 10 am at all other times.
Source: City of Hobart page, checked 27 October 2026.
Lipscombe Avenue entrance to the eastern side of Nutgrove Park
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Nutgrove Beach between the western entrance adjacent to Lipscombe Avenue and the access on the eastern side of Nutgrove Park is an on-lead area at all times.
- All year
- All day: on a leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
Nutgrove Beach between western entrance (adjacent to Lipscombe Avenue) and access on eastern side of Nutgrove Park.
Source: City of Hobart page, checked 27 October 2026.
Also on the council page
- Hobart uses Australia/Hobart daylight saving, the same dates as Melbourne. At 10:00am the off-lead hours have ended.
The map pin is a guide at -42.9020, 147.3480. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog exercise areas, City of Hobart