Loutit Bay@Lorne (my rating B)

Lorne, certainly, is a popular town on Great Ocean Road, and Loutit Bay is a popular beach in Lorne.

Loutit Bay is an offleash beach between Mar 1 and Nov 30, except Easter (Purple Section).  It is a very nice and big beach, with facilities like toilets and shower.

 

(Picture from Surf Coast Local Council)

The only problem I found was parking.......  I would definitely give it A if parking was a bit easier.

Quarrie Park@Clifton Hill (my rating C)

Quarrie Park at Clifton Hill is a big park, part of the park (Wright Street) is offleash.  It has an adventure playground and toilet facilities.

My kids didn't enjoy the playground much,  but they did inline staking on the shared path, they had some fun.

There's a bmx track next to the playground.

There's no much shade though there are trees.

 

(On the little hill overlooking the playground)

 

(On-leash area)

 

(Off-leash area)

Torquay offleash beach (near Golf Course) (My rating A+)

This offleash beach is between marker 73 & 74 (the green section see image below), not as big as Whites Beach, but I like one better than Whites Beach.

(image extracted from surfcoast.vic.gov.au)

The clear water, clean beach, big waves..............  We spent the whole afternoon here............ Superb!  We'll definitely come here often!

 

7 mins drive to Torquay Information Centre, cafe and ice cream shop................  perfect way to put a full stop to a fun day!

Car park is close to the beach (marker 74).

Kurth kiln regional park (my rating B)

Kuryh kiln regional park is just an hour or so from melbourne, it makes the park ideal if you want to escape from the city noise, stress & civilization.
We parked at the lower car park of kurth kiln pinic ground (cnr beenak & soldiers).  At the time we were there, the 2 small car parks were almost full.  There were people camping there.
We did the 'thornton walking track', it took about an hour to finish the loop.  The walk was easy to moderate, with uphills & downhills. 

It was very peaceful deep in the forest, especially though it's summer & flies were buzzing at the entry of the track, I stopped noticing any after 15mins' walk.

We drove to the waterfall afterwards, but the fall wasn't particularly spectacular.

(Shiprock Falls)

Please check the bushfire risk before going (www.cfa.vic.gov.au/)

Hill n dale park@glen iris (my rating C)

This is a very nice offleash park with bmx tracks for beginners to experienced kids, except it has no toilet facilities.
The tracks are fun for the kids, the park layout is pleasant & enjoyable, but, *big big big sign* no toilets.....
I would rate it A if toilets were available.

 

(one of the BMX tracks)

 

Torquay Offleash Beach - Whites Beach (my rating A)

Torquay is on Great Ocean Road (the beginning of the Great Ocean Road?), it's a lovely town, the visitor centre is very friendly and helpful.  I love the slogan in particular: I love Torquay, Salt in the air, Sand in the hair!

The offleash beach (offleash all year round) is long and big with plenty of car parks,  the view to open sea is just magnificent!  The sand is fine,  the large amount of seaweed made me feel less relaxed when I was in the water.  The water near the beach was too shallow at the time we visited, and made me impossible to float / swim.  We had to walk quite a distance to be able to stand in the water up to the waist. But the waves are good for surfing.

 (image extracted from council website: surfcoast.vic.gov.au)

Looks like the people on the beach are all dog lovers, and they seem don't mind a bit to have any dog running into them for a pat or to say "hi".

p.s.: Mum thinks this is the best beach she's been to.  But I still love the Offleash Beach@Queenscliff better.
 But definitely, parking is much easier here than at Queenscliff.

 

(the water is too shallow for a swim)

 

(The view is just awesome!)

(The sand, the sea, the atmosphere, what a place for an afternoon nap!)

Overport park@frankston (my rating B)

Overport park at frankston is a big offleash park with a playground, tennis wall & toilet facilities.
We had a very relaxing afternoon there.  The playground is suitable for toddlers & primary school aged kids. 
The toilets are just basic but were clean when we visited.
All the people we met were so friendly, looks like it's a great place to live too.

 

(tennis wall)

(playground for older kids, there are play equipments for young kids)

 

(Paths to the other part of the park, we were too relaxed to explore those parts)