Long time reader fisrt time poster.
I am looking to go away with some mates over Easter for as few games. Have though Coffs or Gold Coast. I am looking to drive.
Had anyone got any other suggestions that may be viable?

Driving to the Gold Coast, no way, Coffs is OK, albeit too far for me. You are on a golf website, so presume all are competent golfers.

I reckon you have the Newcastle option and the Canberra option, will be a bit tricky over a holiday weekend getting tee times.

Newcastle: drive up early Good Friday morning to avoid the traffic, try and play Newcastle, stay in Nelson/Shoal Bay. 2nd day (Saturday), play Pacific Dunes. Sunday, depending on golf standard, either play Nelson Bay or head over to The Vintage, early round. Stay Sunday night near Belmont, play Belmont on the Monday early, in the car by lunch time, home. Magenta is another option for the Sunday night.

Canberra, organise Royal, Federal, Gungahlin, Gold Creek, depending on availability, stay in Moss Vale on Sunday night, early tee off at Mt Broughton on Monday, home.

Far simpler to fly to the GC, tell these blokes http://paradisegolftours.co...
you want to stay in Broadbeach and play 3 rounds of golf, they will organise everything cheaper than you can.

Long time reader fisrt time poster.
I am looking to go away with some mates over Easter for as few games. Have though Coffs or Gold Coast. I am looking to drive.
Had anyone got any other suggestions that may be viable?

Gday mate and welcome

the boys and i go away each easter, last year we went to mollymook to play the fantastic hilltop course and stayed in a house right on the 16th fairway(awesome to be able to leave youre buggy and go grab a cold one from the fridge while youre partners putt out!!!)

link for the accom is below from memory it cost $400 in total (not each) and we stayed fri,sat,sun and left monday arvo

there is also a festival in town on the easter sunday good for a perv and a feed

http://golfcoursefrontageac...

Gday

Depending if you want quality and your budget of course there is an option of traveling up the central coast.. There is 4 courses that are not far away .. Its only about an hour away

Kooindah Waters
Magenta Shores
Shelley Beach
Wyong

Also I dont know your age range so if your young and looking for some nightlife I think you would struggle around those golf courses..

The South Coast.

Mollymook (Hilltop).
Bermagui.
Narooma.
Moruya.
Pambula Merimbula.
Shoalhaven Heads.
Tura Beach.

All worth a hit.

Thanks all for the input. We are all 30 and very competant golfers.
I think we are just going to bite the bullet and hit the gold coast and pay for the flights. I have reciprocal wirh Links Hope Island so will take advantage of that and check out a few other courses whilst up there

MJ,

Check out the thread over in “Your favourite golf courses” section, regarding Gold Coast Golf courses.

I think from memory it’s now on about page 3 of the Favourites section.

Baz and his mates have played em all, and he’s reviewed and rated each of them, so you’ll get a good idea of what courses are worth playing, aside from Hope Island (which is a bloody good course).

This one sounds awesome:

Newcastle: drive up early Good Friday morning to avoid the traffic, try and play Newcastle, stay in Nelson/Shoal Bay. 2nd day (Saturday), play Pacific Dunes. Sunday, depending on golf standard, either play Nelson Bay or head over to The Vintage, early round. Stay Sunday night near Belmont, play Belmont on the Monday early, in the car by lunch time, home. Magenta is another option for the Sunday night.

Seriously considering it, if the Wife might let me…. . Newcastle, Pacific Dunes, The Vimtage, Magenta Shores….that’s four days well spent…

The South Coast.

Mollymook (Hilltop).
Bermagui.
Narooma.
Moruya.
Pambula Merimbula.
Shoalhaven Heads.
Tura Beach.

All worth a hit.

Batemans Bay? 27 holes which I would rate above Moruya

Yeah, that too. Although it depends on what 18 you can play that day with comps etc.

This one sounds awesome:

Newcastle: drive up early Good Friday morning to avoid the traffic, try and play Newcastle, stay in Nelson/Shoal Bay. 2nd day (Saturday), play Pacific Dunes. Sunday, depending on golf standard, either play Nelson Bay or head over to The Vintage, early round. Stay Sunday night near Belmont, play Belmont on the Monday early, in the car by lunch time, home. Magenta is another option for the Sunday night.

Seriously considering it, if the Wife might let me…. . Newcastle, Pacific Dunes, The Vimtage, Magenta Shores….that’s four days well spent…

Keep it surreal folks.

Play Newcastle for sure a good mate of mine (mark) works in the pro shop ask for him he will look after you guys great bloke!

This one sounds awesome:

Newcastle: drive up early Good Friday morning to avoid the traffic, try and play Newcastle, stay in Nelson/Shoal Bay. 2nd day (Saturday), play Pacific Dunes. Sunday, depending on golf standard, either play Nelson Bay or head over to The Vintage, early round. Stay Sunday night near Belmont, play Belmont on the Monday early, in the car by lunch time, home. Magenta is another option for the Sunday night.

Seriously considering it, if the Wife might let me…. . Newcastle, Pacific Dunes, The Vimtage, Magenta Shores….that’s four days well spent…

Keep it surreal folks.

Play Newcastle for sure a good mate of mine (mark) works in the pro shop ask for him he will look after you guys great bloke!

Fuzzy

we are recipricol with belmont i think the rnd costs $5.00 so start saving LOL

id play newcastle, then nelson bay then pacific dunes and id also catch the ferry form nelson bay and play Hawks Nest great course

also for really good accom try

omeras real estate, i rent a house up there every year costs me virtually nothing ($320 for 4 days)compared to paying $150 p/n at a motel

http://www.nelsonbayaccommo...

oh and Fuzzy

one more thing

i LOVE my oil can wedge LOL

will make a difference if you are all card carrying members of a club as many course have big events on at easter. Forward planning could get you a game in most of them.

I hate travelling at Easter, worst time to go anywhere, particularly by road