Dog Restricted Areas

Certain areas of our parks, such as playgrounds, picnic areas and sporting fields, are set aside for use by other members of the community.

Dogs are not allowed within 2.5m of the perimeter of any play spaces, permanent BBQs and any organised public or sporting event, whether on or off lead.

Dogs are also prohibited from entering a number of environmentally sensitive areas. There locations are detailed in the following table.

Wetlands	Description	Reason
Koonung Creek	Constructed wetlands adjacent to Koonung Creek	Maintain and protect significant environmental values
Box Hill Miniature Railway	Fencing already in place to restrict dog access	Protect existing usage
Box Hill Gardens	Ornamental lake in garden setting	Protect the ornamental lake
Surrey Dive	Storm water-fed lake in park setting	Maintain safety around the established picnic area
Kalang Park	Wetland billabongs adjacent to Gardiners Creek	Maintain and protect significant environmental values
Blackburn Lake Sanctuary	Melbourne Water retarding structure and wetlands on inlets	Maintain and protect significant environmental values
Buckanbe Park	Old farm dam	Maintain and protect significant environmental values
Bellbird Dell Reserve	Small wetland on barrelled creek alignment, rock edged vinyl lined ornamental ponds on barrelled creek, constructed water body at bridge	Maintain and protect significant environmental values
Morack Billabongs	Billabongs set down adjacent to Morack Public Golf Course and Dandenong Creek	Maintain and protect significant environmental values
Yarran Dheran	Ponds on old tip site and at top car park	Maintain and protect significant environmental values
Campbells Croft	Wetland, old billabong chain adjacent to Dandenong Creek	Maintain and protect significant environmental values

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Wetlands

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Reason