Two dogs, one honest map of dog-friendly Australia

PawScapes is the pet-friendly Australia site written by two dogs who've actually been there. It looks like a travel publication, scales like a directory, and sounds like two friends with very different preferences telling you what they really thought of a place.

The reviewers

Pepsi is a golden retriever, four this year: warm, food-obsessed, water-loving and dramatic about anything over 28°C. He notices the water bowls, the treats at the counter, the shade and the sand.

Max is a german shepherd, seven this year: practical, observant and a bit grumpy about chaotic off-leash parks. He notices the slippery floors, the quiet 15–20kg size caps, the stairs and the crate sizes that catch big dogs out.

Home base is Melbourne's south-east. Officer, Berwick and the Dandenongs get sniffed weekly, with wineries, Dinner Plain and the good dog beaches on regular rotation. The rest of the country lives on the boys' wish list until the paws arrive.

When they've been somewhere, you'll see a Pepsi says and a Max says note at the top of the page. When they haven't, we don't pretend they have.

Editorial standards

Every policy, from fees and size caps to off-leash hours, is verified against the venue's own listing before it's published, and dated. Measurements are metric, spellings are Australian, and we say "we visited" only when we did.

Affiliate disclosure

Some links are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Affiliate links are disclosed at the top of any page they appear on, and a sponsored stay is disclosed in the first paragraph of the resulting review. We have not been paid by any venue unless we say so, inline.

Privacy

Analytics. We use PostHog and Google Analytics to see how the site is used so we can improve it. Both run through our own domain and set cookies in your browser.

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