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Hobart dogs live by the Derwent — off-lead Sandy Bay beaches and headlands by day, quirky beer gardens by night.
6 places6 categories4 neighbourhoods3 with an off-leash area
6 places, each checked against the venue's own information
Neighbourhoods covered: Battery Point, Sandy Bay, Hobart, West Hobart.
No photo yetA small, sheltered sandy beach on Hobart's Sandy Bay foreshore, officially listed as an off-lead exercise area along with the adjoining Errol Flynn Reserve. Calm water and poop-bag dispensers make it a locals' dog favourite.
No photo yetA grassy headland reserve on the Sandy Bay foreshore with views across the Derwent, part of the 1.6 km Sandy Bay Foreshore walk. It is officially designated by the City of Hobart as an off-lead dog exercise area.
No photo yetA legendary Battery Point bakery-cafe famous for its scallop pies, croissants and pastry cabinets. Dogs are welcome at the street tables out front, or grab takeaway and eat in a nearby park.
No photo yetA light-filled brunch cafe near Sandy Bay beach serving benedicts, burgers, waffles and excellent coffee. Dogs are warmly welcomed in the covered, heated outdoor dining area and even get their own menu items.
No photo yetA quirky craft-beer bar tucked behind Salamanca in a heritage sailmaker's cottage, with an old Scania school bus as bar seating and a big beer garden out the back. The beer garden is a well-known dog hangout, open late every day.
No photo yetA 139-hectare bushland reserve on the slopes above West Hobart with a network of walking trails, a frog pond and mountain views. Its eastern trail network between the Forest Road car park and Poets Road is designated off-lead at set times.
Leash rules, off-leash hours and whether dogs are allowed inside are set locally and change without notice. Each listing here says what the venue or the responsible authority publishes, and the listing page links to the page we checked, so you can confirm the current rule before you set out. Outside a signed off-leash area, keep the dog on a lead.
No venue can pay to be listed or to rank higher, and no listing carries an invented rating or a stock photograph standing in for the real place. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will re-check it.
Harbour beaches that are off-leash around the clock, and pubs that let dogs sit inside at the bar.
Half a park set aside for off-leash running, a brewpub with treats behind the bar, and a five-star pet staycation.
A large fenced off-leash reserve on the harbour, park cafes with umbrella tables, and a dog bar with its own menu.
The capital's most popular off-leash surf beach, a brewery bar with a Polaroid wall for visiting dogs, and a hotel with a room made for them.
Council foreshore dog areas on Moreton Bay, a brewery garden under the Story Bridge, and a riverside hotel with a published Pooch Package.
Six designated off-leash surf beaches, a dog-swimming beach at The Spit and breweries that welcome pups in the beer garden.
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