Diary
Diary
First-person travelogue from Pepsi and Max. Real trips, named places, dated experiences.
Four parks and a burger: one Wednesday with the PawScapes app
Two dog parks in the south east + a burger at the end, with the PawScapes Nearby doing real work in a Kalora car park.
Read 2026-10-04Dogs on the ferry: Sorrento to Queenscliff and back
Four dogs, a ferry and forty minutes of open water each way via Sorrento to Queenscliff on the Searoad ferry. A morning on the beaches, lunch, and one set of see-through stairs Pepsi did not approve of.
Read 2026-09-27Tulip Festival with a Golden and a Shepherd
Four hours at the Tesselaar Tulip Festival with Pepsi, Max and two golden friends: slow laps of the rows on lead, and a lawn that got rolled on.
Read 2026-09-13The George Bass Coastal Walk
Clifftops, two beach swims and a wave that caught Max out: the full 15km return from the Punch Bowl Road end with Nala and Mali along.
Read 2026-09-12A year at Tirhatuan, our home ground
Seven visits this year to the park we know best: Max on patrol, Pepsi at the water hole, and the same mud in four different moods.
Read 2026-09-11Onyx Crescent, four times over
Four visits to the small fenced park at Officer this year, one in every season, and the routine Max and Pepsi built around the same fence and the same tap.
Read 2026-09-06Berwick Springs on the first warm Sunday of spring
The whole Berwick Springs loop on the first warm Sunday of spring: the new dog park, a lookout over the lake, one wet German shepherd, and back to the park to finish.
Read 2026-08-30Mount Torbreck, twice in one month
Mount Torbreck on the first of August and again on the thirtieth: deep snow the first time, warm rocks and friends the second, and two dogs who treated it like two different mountains.
Read 2026-08-16Toomuc Creek: the creek logbook
Six visits to Pakenham's creek across two winters, logged: a red ball, long grass, a sandbar Max claimed, and a stick economy in full swing.
Read 2026-05-10A track day in Wright Forest, Cockatoo
A May Sunday on the tracks of Wright Forest, Cockatoo: forest, farmland, the old railway line, and a swim stop under the trestle bridge.
Read 2026-05-02Home ground: Tirhatuan on a Saturday
The park we have visited more than any other: airlock gates, a busy water hole, and the strangely quiet lunchtime window.
Read 2026-04-26Three mornings at Seaford
Three mornings at the Seaford dog beach between January and April: clear shallows, a pack swim, a sandy-nosed golden, and the same finish at Primary every time.
Read 2026-03-08Olinda in March: the fairway crowd and the creek below
An early-autumn Sunday at Olinda with the usual crew: a group photo on the fairway wall of pines, then a ferny creek where every dog ended up soaked.
Read 2026-02-07Tassells Cove tops the list
A tricky drive, sparse parking, and the clearest shallows we have found. Safety Beach earned the number one spot.
Read 2025-10-11A spring afternoon on the old fairways at Olinda
A Saturday afternoon on the old Olinda fairways with friends and four dogs: springy turf, long views, and nearly every photo with someone else's dog in it.
Read 2025-10-05Seaford: the beach that cannot go wrong
Easy drive, easy parking, off-leash all year beside Keast Park. Our first-timer recommendation, with one boundary trap to watch.
Read 2025-09-06Market day at Akoonah Park
Spring blossom, short leads through the stalls, and an art show in the middle of the off-lead zone that Max refused to walk past.
Read 2025-08-16Dinner on the balcony at The Times Berwick
A winter's night dinner on the balcony at The Times Berwick, with Max under the table, the heaters on and the fairy lights doing their thing.
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