Golf Australia Style
Is A Challenge But A Joy
Are you looking for a truly exotic place to visit for vacation and to play golf? Have you thought about playing golf Australia style? The wonderful thing about Australia is it is so diverse, you can be golfing, while the family will be engaged in their favorite past times. Read on to learn about a few of the exotic locations in Australia.
East Australia
You want to talk about an exotic place to play golf you have to consider the Paradise Palms Country Club. This beautiful club is only 20 minutes north of Cairns, Queensland. The courses and the beautiful club house are framed with the dramatic back drop of the mountains covered with rainforest.This course is open to the public seven days a week and has all the amenities a golfer would be looking for. While not playing a round of golf, if sightseeing is your cup of tea, the wonderful city of Cairns is a great jumping off place to visit the Daintree Rainforest or the Great Barrier Reef. In addition the city of Cairns will provide you with a colorful nightlife, the finest dining, extraordinary entertainment, shopping and much more than you expected.
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South Australia
Perhaps you would prefer to visit South Australia and have a round of golf Australia style, on the course, where Greg Norman started his professional career. This truly beautiful club, Grange Golf Club is one of South Australia's premier golfing clubs. The Grange Golf Club houses, two championship golf courses, on land that was originally found to be unsuitable for crops and normal use.The club is known world wide for hosting such golf tournaments as the "West Lakes Classic" which was Greg Norman's first professional victory. In addition to Greg Norman, there was Wayne Grady, also from Queensland, Australia that won the "West Lakes Classic", with both of them becoming world famous champion golfers. Next you should “Go west young man, go west."
West Australia
Located only 35 minutes from the city of Perth, in the Swan Valley, is the beautiful Vines Resort and Country Club. The club is home to two championship courses known as the "Lakes" and "Ellenbrook". The "average golfer" will consider either course a good challenge, but notorious for ending up in the water or in a sand bunker if concentration is lost. If that should happen to you don’t be surprised to hear the koalas laughing at you.As you can see playing golf in Australia can carry you into very exotic locations. Golf Australia style can be challenging but a very enjoyable experience.