“Fortress Western Australia” kept visitors away for the better part of two years during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Which means we’re all long overdue to rediscover the best golf in the west.
Fancy a long weekend away from the big smoke? Senior writer Rohan Clarke sought advice from regional golf clubs about how to maximise a lifestyle-inspired vacation.
As you drive through the gates of Monash Country Club the newly constructed par-3, 17th hole greets your view. Check the pin position, as back left is the toughest. Be prepared for a course which borders Garigal National Park, providing barely a hint of noise and an almost total escape from suburbia. While Monash has Read more…
Ocean Dunes brushes the sleep away from your eyes in more ways than one. Yes, the 13th-ranked course in Australia is constantly buffeted by strong winds whipping off Bass Strait and striking the rugged west coast of King Island, which can make it impossible for anything unfixed to remain still. But the other reason the Read more…
Just how breathtaking and dramatic a place is Tasmania’s King Island? Consider this: when it was decided to inflate the number of golf courses on the island in the Bass Strait, they added not just one world-class golf course but two.