Can dogs go on Short?
Sandy Bay, City of Hobart.
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The rules are written below.
Short Beach and Errol Flynn Reserve, Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay, is an off-lead exercise area. The page does not publish a clock.
Short Beach and Errol Flynn Reserve
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Hobart lists Short Beach and Errol Flynn Reserve, Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay, under off-lead exercise areas. No hours are published for this reserve.
- All year
- All day: off leash. Outside those times: off leash.
Short Beach and Errol Flynn Reserve, Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay.
Source: City of Hobart page, checked 27 October 2026.
The map pin is a guide at -42.8950, 147.3320. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog exercise areas, City of Hobart