Can dogs go on Paradise Point foreshore?
Paradise Point, City of Gold Coast.
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The rules are written below.
This status is only for Parklands foreshore, northern platform to The Sovereign Mile bridge. Each stretch below has its own status.
The foreshore beside Paradise Point Parklands, between the northern platform and The Sovereign Mile bridge, is off leash. The swimming area east of the footpath is prohibited.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
Parklands foreshore, northern platform to The Sovereign Mile bridge
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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The register designates Paradise Point Foreshore, The Esplanade, the foreshore adjacent to Paradise Point Parklands between the northern platform and The Sovereign Mile bridge, as a dog off-leash area, map 129, resolved 30 July 2019.
- All year
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Paradise Point Foreshore, The Esplanade, Paradise Point, the foreshore adjacent to Paradise Point Parklands between the northern platform and The Sovereign Mile bridge.
Source: City of Gold Coast page, checked 27 October 2026.
Swimming area east of the footpath
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Paradise Point Swimming Area, The Esplanade, is prohibited: east of the footpath, north to the stormwater pipe protruding into the Broadwater and south to the Ephraim Island Bridge, map 194, resolved 5 April 2013.
- All year
- All day: no dogs.
Paradise Point Swimming Area, The Esplanade, Paradise Point, but limited to the area east of the footpath.
Source: City of Gold Coast page, checked 27 October 2026.
Also on the council page
- The pin is a guide to the suburb. The red or green line on the register map is the boundary.
The map pin is a guide at -27.8680, 153.3920. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
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