Can dogs go on Shelly?
Opossum Bay, Clarence City Council.
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Shelly Beach at Opossum Bay, from Bangor Road to Icehouse Bluff, is off lead all year.
Bangor Road to Icehouse Bluff
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Shelly Beach, Opossum Bay, from Bangor Road to Icehouse Bluff, is listed as an off-lead area under effective control. It is not in the 1 December to 1 March restricted list.
- All year
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Shelly Beach, Opossum Bay (from Bangor Road to Icehouse Bluff).
Source: Clarence City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
The map pin is a guide at -43.0020, 147.4100. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog exercise areas, Clarence City Council