Can dogs go on Roches?
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The rules are written below.
This status is only for Bambra Street south to Mays Point. Each stretch below has its own status.
Roches Beach has three rules: south of Bambra Street is summer-restricted, Bambra Street north to the reef is on lead, and north of the reef towards Seven Mile Beach is off lead.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
Bambra Street south to Mays Point
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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Roches Beach from Bambra Street south to Mays Point is restricted: no dogs from 10:00am to 6:00pm from 1 December to 1 March, and off lead at all other times.
- 1 December to 1 March
- 10:00am–6:00pm: no dogs. Outside those times: off leash.
- 2 March to 30 November
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Roches Beach (from Bambra Street south to Mays Point).
Source: Clarence City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Bambra Street north to the reef opposite 11 Kirra Road
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Roches Beach from Bambra Street north to a point opposite 11 Kirra Road, from reef to reef, is an on-lead area.
- All year
- All day: on a leash. Outside those times: on a leash.
Roches Beach, from Bambra Street, north to a point opposite 11 Kirra Road (from reef to reef).
Source: Clarence City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
Reef at 11 Kirra Road, north towards Seven Mile Beach
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The 1 December 2025 summer notice lists Roches Beach from the reef adjacent to 11 Kirra Road, north towards Seven Mile Beach, as an off-lead area. It is not in the restricted list.
- All year
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Roches Beach (from the reef adjacent to 11 Kirra Road north towards Seven Mile Beach).
Source: Clarence City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
The map pin is a guide at -42.8980, 147.4880. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog exercise areas, Clarence City Council