Copy of Community
Beyond the bag
Ernie's Bites is a small Tasmanian business focused on pet wellness and quality feeding. Real raw food, made easy. That's the work.
But running a small business in a small place means showing up for the broader community too. The Tasmanian pet ecosystem — the events, the rescues, the small operators, the local councils, the people who care about pets here — is what gives this place its character. So alongside making Ernie's Bites, we put time into the projects below.
Van Diemen Pet Expo
A Tasmanian pet expo for Tasmanian pet families. Pet-friendly events, local exhibitors, education sessions, demonstrations, and a chance for the Tasmanian pet community to come together.
Status: on winter pause. The Expo is currently resting through winter 2026 while we concentrate on Ernie's Bites. Plans for the next event will be announced when ready.
Eventually the Expo will have its own home online — a platform to showcase Tasmanian pet microbusinesses and the people behind them. That's a project for when there's time and capacity to do it properly. For now, the focus is the next live event.
Hobart Hound
A pet news flyer for Hobart and southern Tasmania. Stories about local pets, events that matter to pet owners here, what's happening in the southern Tasmanian pet community.
Hobart Hound is its own editorial project, run alongside Ernie's Bites but with a different focus: where Ernie's Bites is about pet wellness and quality feeding, Hobart Hound is about Hobart pets and the people who love them.
Currently print only. Distributed through select Tasmanian outlets. Digital and broader distribution are planned for the future.
Other community work
Beyond Pet Expo and Hobart Hound, we engage with whatever local work needs time and support — council initiatives, business council activity, partnerships with Tasmanian pet welfare organisations, and the kind of small-but-consistent participation that helps the local ecosystem grow stronger.
We don't list every project here because it's a moving picture, and because the work matters more than the publicity. If you're working on something Tasmanian, pet-related, and worth doing — get in touch.