Can dogs go on Ocean Grove to 13th Beach timeshare?
Ocean Grove, City of Greater Geelong.
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The rules are written below.
Access 15W to 27W: from 1 December to the end of February, and on the Easter weekend, no dogs 9am to 7pm and on leash 7pm to 9am. Off leash the rest of the year.
Access 15W to 27W
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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Between access 15W and 27W, 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 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.
15W to 27W. 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.
Also on the council page
- 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 -38.2754, 144.4922. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Greater Geelong: (03) 5272 5272.
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