Dogs in Public Places

Dogs off-leash zones
Dogs on-leash zones
Dog free zones
Note before lodging a complaint

Dogs off-leash zones

There are several locations across the Gladstone Region that cater specifically for dog owners wishing to exercise or walk their dogs off-leash. Dogs are permitted off-leash in the following parks throughout the region:

Webb Park, Palm Drive, Gladstone (a dedicated fenced off-leash dog exercise park)
William Miskin Park, 13 Morgan St, Gladstone
Bunting Park, Bloomfield Street, Calliope (a dedicated fenced off-leash dog exercise park)
Cashin Park, The Oaks Road, Tannum Sands
Canoe Point, Canoe Point Rd, Tannum Sands
Sandpiper Park, Parkside St, Tannum Sands
Seventeen Seventy/Agnes Water SES Grounds located on Captain Cook Dr, Seventeen Seventy
Agnes Water Beach, north of the ‘Agnes Water Beach Marker - SS1 - Surf Club Avenue' beach access point
Chinaman's Beach, Agnes Water - April to October each year ONLY (non turtle nesting season)
Boyne River Foreshore from Wyndham Park Carpark to the Lilleys Beach
Dog Agility Area – Memorial Park Bororen
Chapman Park, 3 Taragoola Road, Calliope

Dogs must be under controlled supervision at all times in off-leash areas and must be on a leash at all other times in public areas.

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Dogs on-leash zones

Council has recently adopted changes to Subordinate Local Law No.2 (Animal Management) 2011, to allow dogs on leash only at the following locations:

Barney Point Park, Prince Regent Esplanade, Barney Point, Gladstone
Friend Park, Friend Street, Barney Point, Gladstone
Springs Beach to Northern Boundary of Deepwater National Park, Agnes Water - April to October each year ONLY (non turtle nesting season)

All public spaces that are not designated as off-leash or prohibited are on-leash areas

Dog free zones

There are numerous dog free areas across the region where dogs are prohibited from these public places. On-the-spot fines can be issued to dog owners who do not comply or who fail to pick up after their dogs. Dogs are prohibited in the following locations:

Barney Point Beach (bathing reserve), Gladstone
Anzac Park, 44 Tank Street, Gladstone
Tondoon Botanic Gardens, Gladstone
Tannum Sands Beach up to The Oaks Rd Beach entrance / start of Canoe Point reserve (Area of bathing reserve and foreshore marked on map in schedule 6 of Subordinate Local Law 2)
Millennium Esplanade, The Esplanade, Tannum Sands including footpaths within the Esplanade
Springs Beach to Northern Boundary of Deepwater National Park, Agnes Water - November to March each year ONLY (during turtle nesting season)
Chinaman's Beach, Agnes Water - November to March each year ONLY (during turtle nesting season)
Agnes Water Main Beach (bathing reserve, known as the area south of Tom Jeffrey Park beach entry)

Dog free zones also include all parks and reserves in a local government controlled area within 10 metres of the following:

Any playground apparatus provided for the use of minors
A designated playground area
A barbecue or other cooking facility
Equipment which is provided by the local government for use by the public for the purpose of physical exercise.

Note before lodging a complaint

Residents wishing to lodge a complaint about potential breaches to the local law due to dogs being present in prohibited public spaces are encouraged to provide photographs in support of their claim. However, Council can only use the photographs for planning dog compliance patrols; photographs cannot be used to issue fines to individuals.

If the “Public Space” (any land that is open to the Public) is not stated within the local law as either on/off leash or prohibited it is an “on-leash area”.

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