One or more dogs are part of nearly 40% of Australian families, and several hundred thousand live in Sydney alone. Although the city is very well provided with parks, bushland, beaches and open spaces, a great deal of this - including all National Parks and virtually all beaches - is off-limits to our four-legged friends, even when leashed. Information on where and when dogs can be taken and walked is also notoriously (amongst dog-owners) time-consuming to gather, and so most Sydneysiders restrict their dog-walking and playing to a very few favourite local spots. Now for the first time, local author and dog-lover Catherine Proctor has gathered all that information into a single, compact book. At last, Sydney dog-owners can now choose from a wide variety of dog-friendly areas right across Sydney, and ensure that the family pet can be a part of even more family outings.