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  1. 3rd May 2024 11:44 AM #1
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    Default highest course by altitude in AUstralia

    I was listening to a podcast from canada and they were talking about ball flight in the mountains.

    Got me wondering where the highest course is in Australia.

    Would it be Mount Beauty ?
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  2. 3rd May 2024 12:30 PM #2
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    Thredbo has a nine holer, Jindabyne has a course associated with a sports camp (that may be open to the public) and there is a 18 holer at Berridale (Coolamatong?).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dotty View Post
    Thredbo has a nine holer
    The Thredbo website claims it's the highest in Australia. That'll do me. Shut this thread down.
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    I've played with a lot of stoners at Margaret River.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Courty View Post
    The Thredbo website claims it's the highest in Australia. That'll do me. Shut this thread down.
    Thredbo is the answer.Other similar but under 1000m in NSW are Cooma, Coolamatong, Khancoban.

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    Stanthorpe probably the highest in Qld, 800-something metres?
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    Altitude isnt a consideration in australia.

    Heck every other country has hills that make Kosciousko look like a flat tin roof.
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    Highest altitude is probably on the launch monitor at drummond when someone goes in to test new drivers...
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    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake View Post
    Altitude isnt a consideration in australia.

    Heck every other country has hills that make Kosciousko look like a flat tin roof.
    I suspect this is true as far as the so-called altitude effect is concerned.

    A playing partner once claimed his shots were travelling further at Moss Vale (around 1000m, maybe a bit less), but I didn't notice anything on the many times I played there 40 odd years ago.
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    Canberra is circa 600m above sea level and it’s definitely noticeable in summer. In winter the air tends to be pretty moist (love that word) and it evens it out.
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    Guyra Golf club on the New England Plateau NSW is pretty close. The town is at 1330 metres which is within 10 or so metres of Thredbo. Depends which bits are elevated more. Certainly no sure thing imho.

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    Google tells me that the town of Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tablelands is 930m above sea level. The 9 holer at Ravenshoe would be the highest course in FNQ, possibly even the state.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dcanto View Post
    Google tells me that the town of Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tablelands is 930m above sea level. The 9 holer at Ravenshoe would be the highest course in FNQ, possibly even the state.
    In drier conditions I have definitely noticed the ball fly farther in Millaa Millaa
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    What about at Mareeba? Is ball flight expanded up there or does that only apply to handicaps?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sms316 View Post
    What about at Mareeba? Is ball flight expanded up there or does that only apply to handicaps?
    Everyone else hits it miles up there, but one blokes ball isn't affected somehow, that's why his cap is always higher than everyone else's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobsyouruncle View Post
    highest altitude is probably on the launch monitor at drummond when someone goes in to test new drivers...
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    Quote Originally Posted by petethepilot View Post
    Guyra Golf club on the New England Plateau NSW is pretty close. The town is at 1330 metres which is within 10 or so metres of Thredbo. Depends which bits are elevated more. Certainly no sure thing imho.

    * Guyra is the highest airport in Australia!
    That is something I would never have picked in 100 guesses. Cooma is 947.

    Thredbo is 1365 at Friday Flat, which is probably 50m lower than than the lowest point of the course, which rises significantly from low to high points

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