Member Offer - DOGS Victoria members receive a special weekend Deluxe room rate of $120. This also includes a boxed breakfast. This rate is valid only Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Download the flyerfor further information about the hotel. Dogs are not allowed in the hotel but may be left in trailers in the car park.
Current KCC Park Developments - updated 26 May 2010
Speed humps are being placed around the Kinsman Drive to restrict speeding vehicles that put members and dogs at risk
The toilets below the Classic Room are currently being upgraded with a new, safer non-slip tile floor
The front competition area is still recovering from recent weather and the busy autumn schedule - please keep off the front area grass for a while longer to allow it to fully repair
About KCC Park
Please note: DOGS Victoria affiliated clubs sometimes book the large-off lead area for events such as Herding and Lure Coursing. Please contact the office during the week to find out if the area will be available for your use on the weekend.
The Victorian State Dog Centre at KCC Park consists of 74 acres owned by DOGS Victoria situated at 655 Westernport Hwy, (between Thompson Rd and Hall Rd), Skye.It includes fenced off-lead areas, a dam for doggy swimming and a large indoor and outdoor areas used for on-lead exercise, obedience and other training, breed conformation shows and dog sport trials and competitions. There are also barbecues and picnic tables that DOGS Victoria and Companion Dog Club members can use any time the park is open.
Please remember that unless you are in designated, fenced off-leash areas* or are participating in training or competition, your dog must be kept on a lead at all times at KCC Park.
*Large Fenced Area
The larger fenced area to the south of the park has for many years been used for Lure Coursing, followed by Herding when that discipline commenced.Clubs representing these activities provided substantial funding, plus manpower, to fence the area, making it more suitable for their sports.
It wasn’t long before DOGS Victoria members decided that this space was ideal for safe off-leash exercise for their dogs.It became apparent that some guidelines were needed to make sharing more friendly, and signs were erected. Still the complaints come, so please note the following:
If the ground is obviously being set up or used for either Lure Coursing or Herding, the entire area is out of bounds for all other usage.
If a member is already using the area at any other times, please wait until they leave before entering with your own dogs.
Please read the conditions of use displayed near the entrances
Please pick up after your dogs, using bags and bins provided.
Please be considerate and give others a turn if they are waiting.We suggest 15 minutes is enough, you may be able to come back later after taking a pleasant lead walk around the rest of the Park and resume your free running.
*Smaller Fenced Area
Nearby there is a new smaller fully fenced space intended for use by toy dogs.These breeds take precedence.However, if the space is not being used, any member may take their dogs in, providing they leave immediately if a member arrives to run small dogs.
These facilities are a great asset for DOGS Victoria members and we wish to ensure maximum usage, which will be made much easier if we humans all care and share and set a good example for our dogs!
Getting to KCC Park (State Dog Centre)
