Is this the ultimate winter escape? The Hunter Valley is only two hours from Sydney…but it’s world’s apart.

There are over 150 cellar doors to explore and plenty of secret spots to discover. You can kick back by an open fire with mates or picnic as the sun sets with local produce.

Who’s up for trip to the Hunter? Here’s to the good life. 

AUSTRALIA’S MOST POPULAR FEMALE FUN EVENT IS HEADING TO THE HUNTER VALLEY IN OCTOBER 2018.

Miss Muddy, Australia’s own fun and fabulous female-only obstacle and mud run is excited to announce that their last ever event in Northern NSW will also be the Hunter Valley’s first time hosting the event when it hits Hope Estate on Saturday Oct 20.

After 4 years touring the country running the fun filled events, Miss Muddy founders Adam and Emma McDonald are touring one last time this Spring before unpacking the suitcases to spend more time on the Central Coast with their two daughters Chloe and Abbie.

Miss Muddy has entertained more than 120,000 female participants to date making it one of Australia’s most successful event brands, especially considering it only sells tickets to half the population.

The popularity of the event seems due mostly to the fact that it is all about fun, and those that would not normally take on a serious “tough” obstacle event can be part of something that will still challenge them, but will have them laughing while doing so.

So what can the women of Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and the Hunter Valley expect when the event hits Hope Estate on Oct 20? Emma McDonald says it will one of the biggest events they have ran to date. After purchasing a bunch of large inflatable obstacles from another Newcastle event, Rebound Race … Miss Muddy will add some of the large inflatables to the old favourites plus plenty of Colour, Foam and of course Hunter Valley mud to make a memorable event for everyone involved.

The event will span around 5-6 kms and will around 5000 participants to the area, most making a girls weekend of it which is great for local business. The events charity partner will be the Hunter Children’s Hospital who they aim to raise a bunch of money for to add to the $400K+ the event has raised for a number of charities since its inception.

For more information and entry details log onto www.missmuddy.com.au.

For media enquiries

Adam McDonald
Director – Fun Events
adam@funevents.com.au
0410 556 278

 EVENT CHEAT SHEET

 We’ve created a handy guide to help you spread the word on your upcoming event:

• Prepare a media release. Tourism Australia has a great resource on how to write a media release. 

• Distribute your media release to local media and the HVWTA. Make sure you include high res imagery. The HVWTA will add to their media section of website.
  

• Add the event to your website and make it accessible from your homepage.

• Create a Facebook Event. Make sure that you send a co-host request to Hunter Valley Wine Country Facebook page so that your events appear on our Facebook page. Set aside some budget to promote your event and target the right audience. Need assistance? Call Katie Lee, Marketing & Digital Coordinator on 02 4990 0920 for advice.

• Add your event to winecountry.com.au via members portal.
  All members of the HVWTA have access to adding event listings to our website. Our regional website has attracted over 350,000 visits (YTD) with the events section in the Top 3 landing pages on our website. If you are unsure of your login details, contact Katie Lee at HVWTA on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  

• Add your event to visitnsw.com via Get Connected. The service is FREE for NSW businesses. Destination NSW’s consumer sites attract more than 24 million visits per year.

• Contact the Hunter Valley Visitor Information Centre and add a FREE event listing.

• Are you a member of your local chamber of commerce? Reach out for promotion on their website and subsequent social channels:
  Around Hermitage Hunter Valley
  Broke Fordwich
  Lovedale Hunter Valley
  Visit Wollombi

• Do you have a ticketed event? StickyTickets and EventBrite are great low cost ticketing sites that can be added to your Facebook event and website.

  Eventbrite integrates with Facebook with an end to end checkout. This allows users to purchase tickets within the Facebook app and activates a 'Get Tickets' button on your event, increasing pre-sale revenue. 

• Let us know when you have setup your Facebook event and we will link it back to the Hunter Valley Wine Country Facebook page. Email Katie Lee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the details.

• Share your event on local Facebook Groups:
  Pokolbin & Surrounds
  Broke Notice Board
  Wollombi

• Promote your event to your email database.

• Add your event to Newcastle Live (it's FREE and one of the top event listing websites in the region): https://newcastlelive.com.au/. NOTE: You need to setup a Facebook Event first to submit details on their website, They request the Facebook Event URL.

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