Pets at Bawley

Can we bring pets?

We allow a maximum of 2 dogs at a separate nightly tariff that is less than you would pay for boarding kennels. See tariff tab for current tariff. Dogs are permitted inside but not on furniture or on carpeted bedroom floors so if your dog uses furniture please bring a rug.Dogs can be off-leash on our property but must be very well-controlled to avoid offending other guests and the hunting of wildlife and reptiles. Droppings must be picked up. Cormorant and Oystercatcher have dog yards at rear, other cottages have tie-up points. Please ensure your dogs are protected from the possiblity of paralysis tick poisoning, a fatality risk in all NSW coastal areas.

Can we take our dog to the beach?

Yes but limits apply.

Cormorant beach is the only legal 24-hour per day off-leash beach nearby. 

On all other beaches above high tide, except those in front of the ANU and in National Parks, dogs are permitted only "on leash". This means they must be under effective control. In reality our beaches most of the year are thinly populated and most dogs are let off physical leashes but owners are required to have them under effective control. Fully leashed supervision is definitely required at busy times because that is whenpeople are most likely to be concerned and when rangers are busy. On National Park (north of Willinga inlet and Murramarang) and ANU (north of Kioloa) beaches dogs are prohibited unless physically leashed and on the hard-sand area (technically below mean high-water mark). We particularly ask our guests to comply with the spirit of the laws because in our area from August to April every year critically endangered hooded plovers use the upper beach areas for breeding. Many locals co-operate to help protect these birds. The eggs and chicks (which take 5 weeks to fledge) are beach-bound and very vulnerable to predation by foxes, goannas, snakes, crows, rats and dogs. At least we humans can control our dogs.