Barnbougle Dunes - 72 holes - 12-13 March

**BrisVegas** · 3rd March 2005 10:09 AM

Looking for one more to join us.... (apologies, I meant to post this earlier, but have had too much going on lately that I forgot about it).

1. BrisVegas
2. Brooky17
3. my uncle-in-law John
4. ??

Flights - Friday 11/3 Jetstar 1140-1515 Bris-Launceston
Monday 14/3 Jetsar 1540-1700 Launceston-Bris

We'll probably be playing Launceston GC on Monday morning as well, if we have the energy left.

Will post back here again with scores and reviews after the big trip.

****

EDIT - going back again 8th March 2007, 7:50am if anyone is down that way.

**Jarro** · 3rd March 2005 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by golfer69

YES BABY....count me in !

No wait....no money....no holiday leave....no brownie points...no game...sorry about that.

**Jarro** · 3rd March 2005 04:09 PM

too easy.

no grape shirts and slimming black pants though

**Jarro** · 3rd March 2005 04:12 PM

mate, if i have the chance to towel you up.. i'll be there for sure :P

**terryand** · 3rd March 2005 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by jarro

mate, if i have the chance to towel you up.. i'll be there for sure :P

I perfer the term....Bent over and ROGERED

Terry.

**Jarro** · 3rd March 2005 04:30 PM

save it for game day 80"s boy :P

**nudgee** · 3rd March 2005 05:20 PM

Hey I wanna be in Jarros and G69s group on the day so I can watch G69 stiff his stick

**Jarro** · 3rd March 2005 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by nudgee

Hey I wanna be in Jarros and G69s group on the day so I can watch G69 stiff his stick

better talk to Tezza then mate

actually,that will work out great. You can mark 69'ers card.... 'cos i know you can count up to 13 :P

**nudgee** · 3rd March 2005 05:30 PM

he he he - we could make it an absolute sledge fest

**nudgee** · 3rd March 2005 05:40 PM

hey G69 - start with this one "trece es el numero de golpes que hize en el par 3"

**Jarro** · 3rd March 2005 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by nudgee

hey G69 - start with this one "trece es el numero de golpes que hize en el par 3"

c'mon mate .... you better fess up and tell us what the hell that means

send me a PM with some other beauties i can practise before the wynnum game

**markTHEblake** · 3rd March 2005 05:50 PM

"i had 13 strokes on a Par 3"

isn't "Par 3" the name of Jarros blow up doll?

**nudgee** · 3rd March 2005 05:50 PM

Ok it means - "13 is the number of hits I had at that par 3"

**Jarro** · 3rd March 2005 05:54 PM

Nudgee, how do you say :

"you got nuthin" "I think i saw it cross the hazard line here" and "pick it up now if you like" in Spanish

**Jarro** · 3rd March 2005 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by markTHEblake

"i had 13 strokes on a Par 3"

isn't "Par 3" the name of Jarros blow up doll?

i'll have you know her name was Zelda ..... god rest her soul [-o<

**nudgee** · 3rd March 2005 06:01 PM

LMAO

Sorry Brisvegas we are off the topic. Jarro can you PM me on what you think of your wedges. I have a kook up on some Titty ported wedges (drilled holes) and I am thinking about it

**BrisVegas** · 4th March 2005 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by nudgee

LMAO

Sorry Brisvegas we are off the topic.

It happens.

Until we get a chat room back again, threadjacking is the only way to get the banter happening...

**AndyP** · 15th March 2005 01:26 PM

Mr Vegas, could you please provide your thoughts on Barny Dunes, and tell us how your weekend went? Didn't happen to see Princess Mary while you were down there, did you?

**BrisVegas** · 15th March 2005 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by AndyP

Mr Vegas, could you please provide your thoughts on Barny Dunes, and tell us how your weekend went?

Thankyou, Mr P. Barny Dunes is a very worthwhile golfing destination.

The basics.... Par 71. It's $100 to play all day plus $5 for a trolley. $80 if you want to play just 18 holes. Count on a 1 hour drive from Launceston to Bridport. The club house is very nice with a good, albeit small, restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food is very good and they do quality local seafood. The beef burgers are pretty special too (The cows adjacent to the 3rd fairway looked to be in good health). There are 16 cabins which are very comfortable and airconditioned for $140 quad-share.

We played all day Saturday and Sunday. The first two rounds we played from the second-hardest tees. Sunday morning we played from the tips into a pretty decent (20-30kmh) Easterly. Then the last round, we played as a 3-man ambrose (shot 65) as we were pretty tired by then.

Scores...
BrisVegas(7) - 79, 80, 79 gross or 72, 73, 72 nett
Brooky17(17) - 87, 92, 89 gross or 70, 75, 72 nett
Uncle John(15) - 92, 91, 95 gross or 77, 76, 80 nett

Stats...
12/14, 10/14, 11/14 fairways
11, 10, 9 GIR
34, 36, 34 putts

I was very surprised at how well I played, considering it was a new course, with some quite tricky holes. Thankfully, I had a great weekend with driver and hit it long and straight for four rounds. I struggled with the short irons as usual and missed a bunch of greens from inside 100...

The greens were quite large and very undulating. The pace got quicker as the day wore on and they were very fast in the afternoon rounds.

How does it rate.... I don't think it's Australia's best course. It's certainly very dramatic and is in a wonderful location. If played from the tips into a strong wind, it is a challenge. The forward tees are a doddle. The prevailling wind is a NW'erly, and the long par 4's and par 3's are designed to be played down wind. We copped an Easterly on sunday morning and the course was very tough. I hit 5 wood into 3 par 4's and two of the par 3's. With the prevailling wind, the course is pretty easy. Well, maybe not easy, but at least NOT long.

I'd rate Brookwater as a "better" course and clearly much tougher from the respective tees. Brookwater would be consistently tougher than BD. It's only when the wind occasionally turns around to the east that BD is tough. Even then, I'd rate Brookwater as 2-3 shots harder. The fairways at BD are wider, the greens are larger and very few greens have bunkering right at the green side. The targets are quite large. Sure, you can end up with some long undulating putts, but you'd have to be spraying it pretty bad to miss the fairways or greens. Many of the greens at Brookwater, by comparison, require you to approach from one side of the fairway and hit only a small portion of the green in order to prevent bouncing off into greenside traps.

It has to be top 10 or 20, but I can't see it knocking off some of the big names like RM, NSW etc.. Brooky17 has played Joondalup and Lady Bay and rates both of those as better. It's a great spot to visit and I'd thoroughly recommend it to any keen golfer with a "traditionalist" streak. There are no carts and no distance markers, no rakes and no water fountains...

On a slightly negative note... There is going to be a big problem at BD soon with weed control. Scotch thistle is rampant in the rough and is starting to invade the fairways. Other weeds and clover are already quite visible on the fairways. I think they need to devote a lot of time and money to get on top of the conditioning side of things if they want to impress the judges. It might be a great layout, but the conditioning lets it down somewhat.

Over all, I'd rate it a 8.5 out of 10.

(I'll post hole-by-hole pics soon.)

**damoocow** · 15th March 2005 02:31 PM

Great review Dion !!! - no rakes and no carts - I love it !!

damoocow

**andylo** · 15th March 2005 03:41 PM

Wahahahaa.... love to join jarro and 69's group and have a great laugh

**AndyP** · 15th March 2005 03:48 PM

No rakes! I've never seen that before.

Don't think I would be too happy with no water fountains though. There were very few around Hills International, which had me a bit peeved.

Was it a nice part of the country, Dion? I still haven't been to Tassie. And how was the temperature down there at this time of the year?

**Jarro** · 15th March 2005 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by andylo

Wahahahaa.... love to join jarro and 69's group and have a great laugh

won't happen A-Lo .. he's too scared to take me on :P

where's that damn chicken emoticon when you need it

**BrisVegas** · 15th March 2005 04:35 PM

Temps were remarkably hot for the time of year. I think it nudged 30 on Saturday. Sunday was still hot, but there was more cloud cover and a stronger breeze. I was very surprised that it was so hot. My last trip there (in August 04) was very cold and wet.

It's a beautiful part of Tassie. The beach is pristine and there are virtually no people around. Plenty of good seafood places and wineries in the region too. Do yourself a favour and go check it out. There are often cheap flight Brisbane to Launceston direct. You can't beat that.

**Eag's** · 15th March 2005 08:49 PM

here we go again, this should be entertaining

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