Where can I exercise my dog?
ALL dogs need and love daily exercise, but where can dogs just be dogs? There are several areas throughout Otago created specifically as dogexercise areas or where they are allowed off their leash. Some of these include:
In Dunedin, dog parks are located at: Rotary Park — Highcliff Rd, Waverley; Forrester Park — Norwood St, Normanby; Cemetery Rd — East Taieri (includes a small dogpark); Shand Park — Green Island (includes a small dogpark); Wakari Rd — Wakari; Kew Park — Forbury
Corner.
There are dozens of other dogexercise areas in the Greater Dunedin area, a comprehensive list is available on the council’s website.
Alexandra: The Alexandra Pines, State Highway 8; The Linger and Die, between Rivers St and the Manuherikia River; Town Belt between State Highway 85 and the Manuherikia River.
Clyde: Sunderland Street Road Reserve; true left bank of the Clutha River between Clyde Bridge and Dunstan Hospital; vacant land at northern end of Clyde Golf Course and Dunstan Hospital.
Cromwell: Victoria Park Reserve, Alpha St; plantation area adjacent to transfer station, Bannockburn Rd; plantation area, between Pearson Rd and Bannockburn Rd.
Naseby: vacant land, Channel Rd forest block, off Lomond St and Killarney St.
Ranfurly: vacant land, corner Alexander St and Charlemont St.
Roxburgh: vacant land, Cheviot St, below the bridge.
Pisa Moorings: Dustin Park, Pisa Moorings, south of the playground.