Fitzroy Gardens Dog Off Leash Area

Fitzroy Crescent, South Hobart TAS, 7004


Fitzroy Gardens is a very picturesque park with lots of trees and green lawn providing plenty of space recreational activities. The Gardens are filled with roses, rhododendrons and mature copper beeches, elm, oaks, and plane trees. The Gardens is in two levels, with steps leading down to a smaller but (in autumn) often spectacular section of the gardens. This site was originally a landfill and was later considered as a site for Hobart's Museum and Zoo before being laid out as Garden Crescent Reserve in the early 1900s. The Gardens offer a playground, shade trees, toilets, seating, picnic facilities, water tap, doggy bag dispenser and bins. Dogs are permitted off-lead from 7pm to 9am during daylight savings time and between 3pm and 9am at all other times. Dogs are permitted on-lead between 9am and 7pm during daylight savings time and between 9am and 3pm at all other times.