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Can dogs go on Portsea Back?
Portsea, Mornington Peninsula Shire.
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The rules are written below.
Portsea Back Beach is on the Bass Strait coast between Flinders and Portsea. Parks Victoria national park. Dogs are prohibited all year.
Portsea Back Beach
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The Shire says the Bass Strait coastline between Flinders and Portsea is managed by Parks Victoria as part of Mornington Peninsula National Park and Point Nepean National Park. These parks are dog prohibited at all times of the year. Council does not manage them.
- All year
- All day: no dogs.
The Bass Strait coastline between Flinders and Portsea is managed by Parks Victoria and is part of the Mornington Peninsula National Park and the Point Nepean National Park. These parks are dog prohibited at all times of the year.
Source: Mornington Peninsula Shire page, checked 27 October 2026.
The map pin is a guide at -38.3524, 144.7212. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dogs on the Peninsula — Mornington Peninsula Shire