Can dogs go on Ricketts Point?
Beaumaris, Bayside City Council.
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The rules are written below.
This status is only for McGregor Avenue to Beaumaris Yacht Club. Each stretch below has its own status.
Ricketts Point is five stretches, each with its own summer and winter status. Dogs are prohibited on the intertidal rock platforms at all times. The July 2025 proposal was not adopted.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
McGregor Avenue to Beaumaris Yacht Club
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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Off leash at all times, all year. This is one of the three all-year off-leash beaches named by Council.
- All year
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Ricketts Point – McGregor Avenue to Beaumaris Yacht Club (All times).
Source: Bayside City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Fourth Street to McGregor Avenue
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Council’s August 2025 statement lists the current rule, and the 20 August 2025 update says those beach rules are staying. In summer, 1 November to 31 March, dogs are prohibited from 10:00am to 7:30pm and must be on a leash from 7:30pm to 10:00am. In winter, 1 April to 31 October, dogs must be on a leash at all times. Dogs stay off the intertidal rock platforms.
- 1 November to 31 March
- 10:00am–7:30pm: no dogs. Outside those times: on a leash.
- 1 April to 31 October
- All day: on a leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
Ricketts Point North Marine Sanctuary (Fourth St - McGregor Ave) Beaumaris. Summer (November to March) 10am to 7.30pm - Dogs prohibited. 7.30pm to 10am - Dogs must be on leash. Winter (April to October) Dogs must be on leash at all times.
Source: Bayside City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Yacht Club ramp to Beaumaris Life Saving Club
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Council’s August 2025 statement lists the current rule for the stretch from the disabled ramp at the southern end of the Beaumaris Yacht Club car park to Beaumaris Life Saving Club, and the 20 August 2025 update says those rules are staying. In summer, dogs are prohibited from 10:00am to 7:30pm and must be on a leash from 7:30pm to 10:00am. In winter, dogs must be on a leash at all times.
- 1 November to 31 March
- 10:00am–7:30pm: no dogs. Outside those times: on a leash.
- 1 April to 31 October
- All day: on a leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
From the disabled ramp at the southern end of the Beaumaris Yacht Club car park to Beaumaris LSC. Summer (November to March) 10am to 7.30pm - Dogs prohibited. 7.30pm to 10am - Dogs must be on leash. Winter (April to October) Dogs must be on leash at all times.
Source: Bayside City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Beaumaris Life Saving Club to Dalgetty Road
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Council’s 23 July 2025 statement lists the current rule, and the 20 August 2025 decision says those rules are staying. In summer, dogs are prohibited from 10:00am to 7:30pm and permitted off leash from 7:30pm to 10:00am. In winter, dogs are permitted off leash and must always be under effective control. The beach-chooser page has one bullet that says “after 7.30am”. The statement’s current column, and the chooser’s dog-free list, say 7.30pm.
- 1 November to 31 March
- 7:30pm–10:00am: off leash. Outside those times: no dogs.
- 1 April to 31 October
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Council page lists 7.30am; we read it as 7.30pm, matching the other beaches. Check the signs.
Ricketts Point South Marine Sanctuary (Life Saving Club to Dalgetty Road). Summer (November to March) 10am to 7.30pm - Dogs prohibited. 7.30pm to 10am - Dogs are permitted off leash. Winter (April to October) Dogs are permitted off leash and must always be under effective control.
Source: Bayside City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Dalgetty Road to the Sea Scouts boat ramp
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Council’s August 2025 statement lists the current rule, and the 20 August 2025 update says those rules are staying. In summer, dogs are prohibited from 10:00am to 7:30pm and must be on a leash from 7:30pm to 10:00am. In winter, dogs must be on a leash at all times.
- 1 November to 31 March
- 10:00am–7:30pm: no dogs. Outside those times: on a leash.
- 1 April to 31 October
- All day: on a leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
Ricketts Point South Marine Sanctuary (Dalgetty Rd - Sea Scouts boat ramp). Summer (November to March) 10am to 7.30pm - Dogs prohibited. 7.30pm to 10am - Dogs must be on leash. Winter (April to October) Dogs must be on leash at all times.
Source: Bayside City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Intertidal rock platforms
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Dogs are prohibited on all intertidal rock platforms in the Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary at all times, in summer and in winter. This is the current column of the 23 July 2025 statement. The 20 August 2025 decision made no change, and said Council would ask Parks Victoria for signs on these platforms. The same column does not mention seagrass.
- All year
- All day: no dogs.
Dogs are prohibited on all inter-tidal rock platforms within the Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary at all times.
Source: Bayside City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Also on the council page
- Summer times are taken from Bayside’s beach chooser page. A direct download of that page returned HTTP 403 on 27 October 2026, so the wording is from the council URL as indexed that day. From 1 April to 31 October, the 1 April 2026 notice says access changes and points to the walking map, without clock times. The 20 August 2025 statement publishes current winter times only for the named stretches of Ricketts Point, and records that Council is making no changes to those rules. A line in that statement about “consistency with other Bayside beaches” does not name those other beaches, so it is not applied here. Outside summer, beaches without a published winter clock still say check with council.
- The 23 July 2025 statement’s current column prohibits dogs on all intertidal rock platforms in the sanctuary at all times. That column does not name seagrass. Council’s 20 August 2025 decision made no change to the current beach rules.
The map pin is a guide at -37.9892, 145.0284. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
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