Melbourne for Dogs
Melbourne for Dogs
Melbourne's best dog-friendly destinations
ISBN: 9781921874826In Melbourne For Dogs, local author and dog owner Julie Mundy provides the ultimate list of Melbourne’s best dog-friendly beaches, parks and walks. Featuring over 700 off-lead parks and 50 beaches, along with a comprehensive suburb-by-suburb index listing, you’re sure to find the perfect doggy destination somewhere close to home. Find out whether parks are fenced, where the nearest parking is and whether off-lead times apply. Take your family and enjoy other park facilities, such as playgrounds, BBQs and picnic areas. This guide also provides the perfect companion from those who want to venture further afield, listing over 40 regional parks where dogs are welcome — including parks where you can even go camping with your four-legged friends. For those seeking to get fit, this guide also includes nine of Melbourne’s best dog-friendly walks, with full-colour maps, photos, walk distances and walk grades.
By Julie Mundy
Imprint: WOODSLANE PRESS
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 196
- Location map
- Foreward by Hugh Wirth, President RSPCA Victoria
- How to use this book
- Responsible dog ownership
- Central Melbourne
- Melbourne West
- Melbourne North
- Melbourne East
- Melbourne South
- Dog-friendly walks in and around Melbourne
- Discovering Melbournes regional parks
- Lost dogs and council pounds
- Dog obedience training
- Social dog groups
- Dog day outs and events
- If you have to go away
- Victorian Domestic Animals Act
- About the RSPCA
- About the author (and her dog)
- Index
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Author Bio
Julie Mundy is the author of a number of guidebooks including Melbournes Best Bush, Bay and City Walks. A keen walker, together with her trusty co-author, Indie the Spoodle, Julie has explored the many beautiful off-lead parks, beaches and walks that Melbourne has to offer. Julies walking blog can be found at www.walksmelbourne.com