Pup Dates

Centennial Park | Sunday 17 August 2025 | 12:30pm
Looking for the pawfect excuse to enjoy a lovely lunch with your pup and fellow small-dog lovers? We’ve booked a beautiful spot just for us on the back deck of the newly renovated Homestead at Centennial Park – and yes, there’s plenty of room for your pups to do a few cheeky zoomies while you sip and socialise!
✨ Afterwards, we’ll go for a relaxed group stroll through stunning Centennial Park.
🎉 There’ll be doggie trivia with prizes (yes, you read that right!)
🐶 Great company, great food, and plenty of tail wags guaranteed.
This is a pay-your-own-way event, but there is a small reservation fee:

• $5 for members
• $15 for non-members

Why not become a member? It’s just $30 and gives you access to member pricing and more paw-some perks throughout the year. We’d love to have you join the Pup Dates pack!
🎟 Spots are limited, so be sure to book early – your pup won’t want to miss it!

Please note parking inside Centennial Park is free

This Hunter Valley Trip is shaping up to be a cracker with a super plush coach both you and your doggo are going First Class absolutely in style with a seat for you and another reserved for your gorgeous fur bags. This is what is presently confirmed;
After meeting at Hornsby Station so that you can access the public car parking we will jumping on board the Howl Express and heading to Saddles at Mt White to grab that all important morning cup of coffee and maybe a delicious pasty or two - Saddles definitely knows its way around baking these are melt in your mouth tasty morsels and our doggo will be able to take around the gorgeous lake.f
Next stop will be Gartlemann's Winery this is a fave the people adore seeing the Doggo express roll in and this place is gorgeous with lots of fantastic insta opportunities, We will be having a tasting of their gorgeous wines (tasting is covered in ticket price)

Next stop lunch - and Yes! We are going to The Deck - this is a legendary tapas restaurant in the Hunter Valley and the food is amazing their chef definitely knows his way around the kitchen and it is right next door to where will have been enjoying some fine wines.(At own expense) I suggest we get a bunch of tapas to share amongst the table and then split the bill evenly at the end.

The next stop is new one on this trip the fabulous people at Degen Winery are looking forward to welcoming us to their winery and have acres/hectares of paddock that they have said our doggos are free to go wild in and allow their country dog to come out whilst we try some of their incredible wines and sample a tantilisng cheese plate hosted by a family member - this one is gorgeous. (Included in ticket price)

Next stop is waiting to be confirmed

But our final stop as always is the fantastic Thelme Winery which is a real treasure of a winery and has a legendary balcony that overlooks the vineyard and we are hosted by the most gorgeous French couple on their property after being welcome by the gorgeous Wilson we will enjoy a fantastic wine tasting and amazing cheese & fruit plate.(Wine tasting with cheese included in the ticket price)

Then it will be time to say goodbye to the Hunter and with sleepy pups head home.

So your ticket price will include:

• Luxury coach travel with two seats one for you and one for your doggo
• Travel to three different wineries
• All wine tastings
• and lots of laughs and good times
• There will be some free giveaways on the day
• And treats

*********Please note there is nothing to pay presently as I am still sorting out the mystery stop.***********