Can dogs go on Williamstown?
Williamstown, Hobsons Bay City Council.
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The rules are written below.
Williamstown Beach, between the Life Saving Club and Sebastian Beach Grill & Bar: no dogs 10am to 9:30pm from 1 November to 30 April. On a leash at all other times.
Life Saving Club to Sebastian Beach Grill & Bar
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Council says dogs are restricted from Williamstown Beach between the Life Saving Club and Sebastian Beach Grill & Bar from 10am to 9:30pm from 1 November to 30 April, seven days a week. At all other times, dogs must be on a leash. This tool treats the restricted hours as no dogs on that sand, because the page contrasts them with “at all other times, dogs must be on a leash.”
- 1 November to 30 April
- 10:00am–9:30pm: no dogs. Outside those times: on a leash.
- 1 May to 31 October
- All day: on a leash.
Dogs are restricted from these beaches from 10am to 9.30pm from 1 November to 30 April every year, seven days a week. At all other times, dogs must be on a leash. Williamstown Beach - between the Life Saving Club and Sebastian Beach Grill & Bar.
Source: Hobsons Bay City Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
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Dog off-leash locations — Hobsons Bay