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Fish and Chip Date

Rated by 271 voters :

Find a great local fish and chip shop, get takeaway and drive to the nearest park or beachfront to have a greasy picnic. Bring napkins!

The Bookshop Date

Rated by 292 voters :

The Bookshop Date! Take your date to the nearest cafe-bookstore and send them on a mission to find their five favourite books.

You do the same. Sit down over coffee and cake and tell each other about the books and why they are important to you. Read them your favourite excerpts and vice versa.

Swimming Pool

Rated by 235 voters :

Pack your bathers and beach towels and go to the local swimming pool for the day. Splash!

Breakfast Date

Rated by 261 voters :

Have a Sunday morning breakfast together with the Sunday papers. Find a well-reviewed restaurant - breakfast will be within budget even if it does have "hats" or "stars"!

Rowboat Date

Rated by 395 voters :

Rent a rowboat and take it out on the lake/river together for a lazy afternoon on the water.

Strip Chess

Rated by 291 voters :

Play a game of chess together - best out of three. If that sounds boring, consider strip chess! (Pawns do not count for taking clothes off, only the big pieces!)

Sporting Event Date

Rated by 272 voters :

Go see a sporting event together. Barrack for different teams. Loser team buys winner team dessert!

The Museum Date

Rated by 297 voters :

Tour a museum together and soak up the history!

A Movie Marathon Date

Rated by 301 voters :

Movie marathon! Visit the video store and theme your marathon by actor, genre or matching words in the titles. Stock up on snacks and snuggle on the couch together.

An Art Exhibition Date

Rated by 271 voters :

Visit an art exhibition together and be "arty" in your interpretations of the works! Or just genuinely enjoy the creativity together...

The Markets

Rated by 265 voters :

Go to the markets together and shop for picnic food - find new things to try! Then head to a nearby park and laze around for the afternoon.

Local Cafe Date

Rated by 246 voters :

Find a trendy local cafe and while away a few hours with your date over coffee, snacks and magazines! Simple, but lovely.

Nature Walk

Rated by 282 voters :

Head for a nature walk in a National Park area, take a picnic and soak up the majesty of nature together!

Bake Gingerbread

Rated by 275 voters :

Bake gingerbread people together - get cutouts for both gingerbread girls and boys and decorate them to look like your sweetie! Use mini frosting tubes, lollies, whatever you can find to make them in a likeness!

Flea Market Date

Rated by 252 voters :

Browse for bargains at a flea market!

Indoor Picnic

Rated by 367 voters :

Have an indoor picnic! Clear room to spread out a blanket, light some candles and eat on the floor. Put on a CD of nature sounds to make it realistic, and before you know it, it will feel like you are making out in the great outdoors!

Farmers Market

Rated by 271 voters :

Find a local farmers market and go to enjoy some great homegrown produce! Buy yourselves lunch or ingredients for dinner and splurge on a bunch of flowers for your date!

1000-Piece Puzzles

Rated by 363 voters :

Borrow or buy one of those huge 1000-piece puzzles and sit inside on a rainy day with some tea or hot chocolate and chat while you piece it together.

Garage Sale

Rated by 254 voters :

Pick up the Saturday morning paper and some takeaway coffees and map out a garage sale route to follow for the day! See what treasures you can seek out for your $30 budget!

Fondue Dinner

Rated by 262 voters :

Source a fondue set and have a fondue dinner together! Click here to find recipes for cheese fondue with crusty bread and chocolate fondue.

Build-a-Bear Workshop

Rated by 336 voters :

Find a Build-a-Bear Workshop - make a "love child bear" that has a combination of both your traits... Your cute dress sense, your partners eye-glasses...

Beauty Treatment

Rated by 249 voters :

Treat your partner to a beauty treatment at the local beauty school - training colleges offer really good rates on their treatments!

Palm Reading

Rated by 281 voters :

Get some books from the library or source some information on the internet and learn how to give you partner a palm reading. Burn some incense and candles and look deep into their future!

Love Conversation Starters

Rated by 176 voters :

Buy these Love Conversation Starters from Kikki.K Stationary. The $30 date night teams gives this date idea 2 thumbs up... you´ll find out some interesting things about your partner. Don´t pressure each other to answer questions, you´re allowed to skip q´s. Do this over a picnic.

Read to Each Other

Rated by 262 voters :

Read to each other - pick a favourite book or, for the racy couples, find some erotic fiction or Mills & Boon and read out the love scenes to get your hearts aflutter!

Strip Sport

Rated by 281 voters :

Sit down together and watch a sports match!

Make it interesting by picking a team each and playing strip sport - barrack for different teams and for every goal your team scores, the other person takes off an item of clothing! Amend the rules so that the stripping lasts throughout the game... Winner gets to choose what they want to do now that the loser is naked!

Window Shopping

Rated by 243 voters :

Go window shopping! Take your date out to try on the latest fashions - no need to buy, just have a ball trying them all on. Push your comfort circles and try things on that you normally would not wear! You may be surprised...

A Special Breakfast

Rated by 277 voters :

Get up early and cook your sweetie a special breakfast in bed! Blueberry pancakes, brewed coffee and fresh fruit with a single rose on the corner of the tray!

Explore a Historic Town

Rated by 278 voters :

Take a roadtrip to a nearby historic town and explore the history of its museums and landmarks.

Wine Tasting

Rated by 254 voters :

Hit up a local winery and do a wine tasting. Even better, dress over the top and use a snobby accent.

Write a Song

Rated by 242 voters :

Write a song together, and take turns singing it to each other, or even playing it on an instrument!

Fly a Kite

Rated by 273 voters :

Go fly a kite! Seriously! On a windy day, pick up some kite flying kits, decorate your kites together, and send them into the clouds!

Sushi Train or Yum Cha

Rated by 259 voters :

Dont go to a standard restaurant for dinner - eat at a sushi train or yum cha place!

Newspaper Puzzles

Rated by 238 voters :

Buy a copy of the paper, and do the puzzles together over a cup of coffee, or in bed on a Sunday morning