Tripping Australia

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Having an eagle 2 on the Par 4 12th at Dongara was pretty cool, even without that Dongara would rate as a very good country track.
Dongara is a very tidy 18 hole fully irrigated grass greens course set on the rolling back hills of the small town. The course was in fantastic condition, I believe they have a fulltime greenie and lots of volunteer help.
Dongara is not a long layout, has no bunkers but makes up for it with the rolling countryside, small greens and tight hitting areas and the narrow tree lined fairways - could get a bit dangerous with balls flying in from other fairways as well!
The first hole is pretty straight forward but the 2nd, 3rd and 4th could destroy the round early. The 2nd is a tight Par 5 that hits to a green well above the fairway. When you reach the 3rd tee all you can see is half the flag for a Par 3 at 180m shooting through a small ridge. The next hole tees off from the highest part on the course (great 360 views) to a fairway way below the tee area, trees and bush to clear off the tee. Several of the other holes hit into side sloping fairways and a few with blind shots into the greens. Bit of a hidden gem for a small town.

Par 71
5531m
Slope 118
Scratch 70
Green Fee $30