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Central Coast Bushwalk

North Shelly Beach Dog Walk (1.2km) Return

1.2km return dog friendly coastal walk with rock platforms, steep steps, and off leash beach area.

At a glance

Distance
1.2km return
Ascent
60m
Dogs
Yes, off leash
Toilets
Yes
Parking
Yes
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North Shelly beach is dog friendly and is an off leash area.

Click on the map, it is powered by open street map and shows you where the dog area is. You can click on the navigator icon to show your current location to find the closest dog friendly beach, park or reserve.

Walk directions

  1. Start, Bombora V Carpark: -33.366043, 151.492881 Google Maps Link
  2. Walk to the end and explore the rock platform there: -33.36399376897684, 151.49927616119388 Google Maps Link
Panoramic Toowoon Bay cove with long shadows stretching across the sand
This is a beautiful little walk, it is dog friendly and feels far away, there is a shower in the carpark as well. Kids will love the rock platforms at the end. The steps up are quite steep.
Hazy pastel sunset over the shoreline with a lone walker on the sand
Rock platform at low tide with people exploring pools near North Shelly
Sandy beach curving toward a headland with swimmers in the surf
Grassy dune headland with pine trees overlooking the beach at North Shelly
Golden sunset light reflecting on wet sand along the shoreline
Wide panorama of an empty beach with footprints stretching toward a headland
Sandstone rock platform carved with tidal channels at North Shelly Beach
Rock platform at sunset with a walker and dog paw prints in the sand
Two rows of whitewater waves breaking along the North Shelly coastline

Dog Walks

Pearl Beach Arboretum

Strickland Arboretum

The cover of A Cornucopia of Central Coast Walks: watercolour wildflowers, including a waratah and orchids, on a bright yellow background

The book

33 dog walks in the book

A Cornucopia of Central Coast Walks has a dog section with 33 walks your dog can come on, from the beaches at Forresters, Pearl Beach and Patonga to the trails at Strickland and Mt Alison. Each one has a map and numbered directions.

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The cover of The Bush Wee: a girl with red bunny ears and a starry blue dress peeks out from behind a tree beside a waterfall

A picture book

A picture book for little walkers

The Bush Wee is my read aloud picture book for children aged 2 to 7. A little explorer sets off on a big walk in the Central Coast bush, then realises there is no toilet for miles. Along the way it teaches real bush skills, like which soft leaves make good toilet paper.

See the picture book
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This walk is on Darkinung country. Good Architect acknowledges the Darkinung people as the Traditional Custodians of this land and we pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging. Darkinjung Land Council.