Canberra Dog Walks

This super dog friendly walk includes oodles of extended and safe off leash opportunities. The route is only about 5km, but we do have some uphill walking during the first third of the walk!

Once we cross the road at the shops, this walk boasts extensive off-leash periods for our furry friends. We'll take the hill towards the Barton Hwy slowly, so we don't lose anyone, and there is a road to cross half way up, as a good place to pause for any puffers.

We then walk parallel to (but away from) the Barton Highway through a wide park, which includes a small incline again, with a good sized mud puddle for those dogs that love the stuff.

Then it's a short section through Giralang neighbourhoods, with the humans back on leash please, before we meander across the off leash Giralang playing fields and back to Kaleen Plaza via the path or large storm drains.

This walk is mostly on dirt tracks, with some paved paths and walking over grass.

This super dog friendly walk includes oodles of extended and safe off leash opportunities. The route is only about 5km, but we do have some uphill walking during the first third of the walk!

Once we cross the road at the shops, this walk boasts extensive off-leash periods for our furry friends. We'll take the hill towards the Barton Hwy slowly, so we don't lose anyone, and there is a road to cross half way up, as a good place to pause for any puffers.

We then walk parallel to (but away from) the Barton Highway through a wide park, which includes a small incline again, with a good sized mud puddle for those dogs that love the stuff.

Then it's a short section through Giralang neighbourhoods, with the humans back on leash please, before we meander across the off leash Giralang playing fields and back to Kaleen Plaza via the path or large storm drains.

This walk is mostly on dirt tracks, with some paved paths and walking over grass.

An ultra pretty pocket of off-leash nirvana! This is what our dogs would say if they could talk. For our dogs, the walk is entirely off leash (dependent on doggie interactions of course).

For the humans, there are thick stands of attractive shady trees, information boards about early settler history, and the security of knowing the area is bordered by high net fencing on one side and the creek and high banks on the other.

Located in Palmerville Heritage Park adjacent to Evatt, the walk follows a gentle, ambling 3 km route which will take approximately one hour to complete. We'll be walking on dirt tracks, across grass and on some gravel paths.

There is free parking in the small car park in the middle of the Palmerville access road, off Owen Dixon Drive. There are also bins, poo bag dispensers and drinking water.

There's also the option of coffee/brunch at a little cafe at the nearby Kaleen shops.

Important info:

Come explore one of Canberra's oldest suburb, Ainslie, taking a meandering route through quiet, pretty streets and parks.

Ainslie features heritage listed cottages dating from the 1920s, intermixed with very modern houses, and street tree plantings from the 1940s. We'll pass through a variety of modest, informal parks, as well as a brief stretch through the Mount Ainslie nature park.

This is a mainly on-leash walk, but there is a large off leash oval at the end of the walk for our dogs to have some free play time.

The walk starts and ends at the Ainslie shops featuring a dog friendly café/pub, the Edgar Inn.

This is an easy walk of around 4 km, with only one uphill section at the beginning of the walk. It should take around 90 minutes to complete with a group. The route includes a mixture of paved paths, dirt tracks and cross country walking across grass.

There's parking on Edgar Street and more behind the Ainslie shops.