Can dogs go on Rocky Bay?
North Fremantle, City of Fremantle.
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The rules are written below.
This status is only for Rocky Bay Reserve, Harvest Road Beach to the district boundary. Each stretch below has its own status.
Rocky Bay Reserve is an off-lead exercise area. The beach opposite the Rule Street car park is prohibited.
This beach is published as more than one stretch. Read the one that matches the signs in front of you.
Rocky Bay Reserve, Harvest Road Beach to the district boundary
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
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Rocky Bay Reserve, bounded on the south by Harvest Road Beach, on the north by the northern district boundary, on the east by the Swan River and on the west by the reserve boundaries, is a dog exercise area, which means off lead, except during an authorised event. The beach opposite the Rule Street car park is a separate prohibited area.
- All year
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
An exercise area is on a lead while a Council authorised activity, function or sporting event, including team training, is being held. This clock cannot see events.
Rocky Bay Reserve Being that area of the reserve bounded on the south by Harvest Road Beach, bounded on the north by the northern district boundary.
Source: City of Fremantle page, checked 27 October 2026.
Beach opposite the Rule Street car park
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Rocky Bay Beach, the beach bordering the Swan River opposite the Rule Street car park, North Fremantle, is a dog prohibited area. Rule Street at 36 Rule Street is listed separately and is subject to agreement with the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, so it is not given a status.
- All year
- All day: no dogs.
Rocky Bay Beach The beach area bordering the Swan River opposite the Rule Street carpark, North Fremantle.
Source: City of Fremantle page, checked 27 October 2026.
Also on the council page
- This is the adopted Council Policy, amended 24 June 2026 (C2606-10), next review 24 June 2030. It is not the April 2026 draft. A dog exercise area in this policy is an off-lead area. Any other public place the City manages is on a lead, unless it is prohibited.
- The pin is a guide to the suburb, not the signed boundary.
The map pin is a guide at -32.0280, 115.7600. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.