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Dog friendly days out

Where the dog is welcome, on and off the lead.

Every one of them

Berry·NSW

Berry main street

Queen Street: bakeries, pubs, homewares and the donut van everyone queues at.

Under $25 · An hour · Step free

Callala Beach·NSW

Callala Beach

The long, quiet beach on the northern shore of Jervis Bay, looking back across the water at Beecroft Peninsula. Off-leash dog area on the restricted hours.

Free · Half a day

Vincentia·NSW

Collingwood Beach cycleway

The shared path behind Collingwood Beach at Vincentia. The dog is welcome on a lead here, which the beach itself is not.

Free · An hour

Huskisson·NSW

Huskisson Beach

The town beach, facing into the bay rather than the ocean, so it is flat on the days the surf beaches are not.

Free · Half a day

Huskisson·NSW

Huskisson waterfront walk

A flat, sealed path along the bay from the town centre past Moona Moona Creek. Good with a pram.

Free · An hour · Step free

Hyams Beach·NSW

Swim at Hyams Beach

The white sand beach Jervis Bay is famous for, with water shallow and clear enough for small kids.

Free · Half a day

Kiama·NSW

Kiama Blowhole

A sea cave that fires a plume of water over the walkway when the south-easterly swell is running.

Free · An hour · Step free

Kiama·NSW

Kiama Coast Walk

Around 20km of headland and beach track. Do the Kiama to Minnamurra leg if you only want a morning.

Free · A day

Vincentia·NSW

Nelsons Beach

The beach below Plantation Point at Vincentia, and one of only four around Jervis Bay where dogs are allowed off the lead.

Free · An hour

Port Macquarie·NSW

Port Macquarie Coastal Walk

Nine kilometres of headland, beach and rock platform from Town Beach to Tacking Point Lighthouse.

Free · A day

Shoalhaven Heads·NSW

Seven Mile Beach

A long flat beach between Gerroa and Shoalhaven Heads, with a national park behind it.

Free · Half a day

Sydney·NSW

Ride a Sydney Harbour ferry

The cheapest harbour cruise in the city, because it is public transport. Manly is the long one.

Under $25 · Half a day · Step free

Terrigal·NSW

The Skillion, Terrigal

A short steep walk up a grass headland for the best view on the Central Coast.

Free · An hour

Hervey Bay·QLD

Urangan Pier

An 868 metre timber pier out into the bay, built for the sugar trade and now for fishing and sunrises.

Free · An hour · Step free