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Course Update – 11 February 2019
We are pleased to report the course is in good condition albeit the fairways have browned off. After a very dry spring and summer to date (3mm vs 40mm January average) and the need to ration current available water, only the greens, surrounds, tees and selected fairways are being watered. Whilst the fairway turf is brown the playing surface is [...]
Golf Australia Top 100 Public Access
The Graeme Grant-designed Ocean Dunes made its debut in this ranking just months after opening in 2016 and has managed to hold its position, despite some pressure from below, two years on. Any first time visitor will surely be seduced by the spectacular oceanside holes, but the course loses nothing when the routing turns inland and weaves over and through [...]
The Island Is King
Long famed for its cheese, free-range beef and laid-back atmosphere, King Island in Bass Strait is also quickly becoming known on a global scale for its amazing, world-class golf. With two magnificent courses now gracing its shores, Ocean Dunes and Cape Wickham, golfers from far and wide are buzzing with excitement about this once sleepy island. Indeed, the tiny island [...]
Australian Golf Digest December – King For A Day
Here, in the order they fall on the respective courses, are the nine holes our judges voted as the best on King Island. Special mention goes to the short third/12th hole at King Island Golf & Bowling Club. It’s a tall ask to compete with its younger siblings, but our judges didn’t want the best hole at the island’s original [...]
Golf Australia Magazine – Taste Of Tasmania
Two years ago, Tasmania was named the world’s best ‘undiscovered’ golf destination. The 200 judges for that award simply validated what Australian golfers have known for at least two decades. Leading the way, of course, are the Barnbougle courses, Dunes and Lost Farm, as well as King Island’s dynamic duo of Cape Wickham and Ocean Dunes – all of which [...]
Ocean Dunes Ranked 4th Best Public Course
Golf Australia ranks Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2017 and there's a new No.1. Check out the list here and see how many you have played. Having had all 18 holes opened for play just a few months back, Ocean Dunes enters our public access ranking for the first time. The Graeme Grant design covers dramatic seaside terrain with [...]