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  • "Blow and Go" - Murray River - Cheap and Cheerful, no fuss...

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  • "Full Service" - The Whopper - Super Pricey but sooooo worth it...

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    Default 2023 VIC Champs - TBD

    Alright, time to get serious about this shit again. I know Victoria feels like its own country these days, but if we can travel internationally by July, surely we can get in and out of Victoria in Feb 2023. Double / Triple / Quadruple / Boosted Vax will be a requirement, lets get that shit out of the way first.

    So just as a discussion point on that, I'm in two minds. The full shebang as previously discussed (if the proposed clubs are amenable to it), the big one with 2 x Peninsula-Kingswood (North and South) and another premo sandbelt for the Friday like Yarra Yarra, Cranbourne GC on the Thursday or Monday and a cheap and cheerful track for the other Thursday or Monday. This'll be a costly exercise with the trip being around $1200 from whoa to go. Then peple obviously have their flights, meals, drinks, hire cars etc on top of that.

    Another option is to save that for the 10th instalment as a big hoopla, and find somewhere cheaper in between, like a trip up to the Murray River (probably Echuca-Moama and the Rich River Resort). Have done a small amount of research on this and I feel like we could play 5 days on the Murray for around the $600-700 mark. That way if something goes horribly wrong and for some reason we can't get back deposits / full payments etc people haven't outlaid a metric ****tonne of cash.

    Or we can look at a third option with trying to get Pen North or South for the Uncivil War Friday this year, then do the other next year, with a return to possibly the Mornington to replay StAB, The Dunes, maybe Moonah Legends, Portsea, try our hardest to get onto Sorrento, something like that.

    Just a discussion point, but obviously the sooner we make our minds up the sooner people can start saving the required amounts of cash, and we can more easily make bookings.

    I know some of you will say "in for whatever" (and the first one that does I'm charging them double), but please don't as it doesn't help in making a committed decision. That's MY protocol. I genuinely would like people to state what they want from those three options.

    Have at it ladies and gents, and you can officially get excited again.

    ALL TBD

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    Don't worry about the second part of that...
    Bwahahaha, is there a Rodeo on the same weekend.....

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    You seem to be missing my name

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    We are in


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    Quote Originally Posted by WBennett View Post
    You seem to be missing my name
    moi?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Nemo View Post
    Yeh, plus I had to google where Gippsland is, lol!
    Weren’t the only one. I thought it was Gimpsland

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    Quote Originally Posted by shazza_rs View Post
    We are in
    Quote Originally Posted by WBennett View Post
    You seem to be missing my name
    Can never be too presumptuous. Fixededededed....
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    Tentative in... planning an overseas trip that could be early next year so I may be either broke , unable to get the time or riddled with coronavirus

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    Should be good availability and course access with 70% less people on the planet.

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    I'm in (not missing anymore of the best golf trips EVA)






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    Quote Originally Posted by Monsta View Post
    I'm in (not missing anymore of the best golf trips EVA)
    Are you applying for a position in the Venga Bus?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monsta View Post
    I'm in (not missing anymore of the best golf trips EVA)
    11 months out and I know who I'm sharing a cart with on Sunday.

    Welcome back.
    You don't get me. I'm part of the Union.

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    So......

    Tentative enquiries with Peninsula Kingswood have cleared us for the dates, but if we want to continue down this path IT WILL NOT be a cheap exercise.

    If we wish to play North and South courses we MUST stay on the property for the Saturday night, and this is how they get you. Cheapest twin rooms (of which there are 5) are $400 p/n, 3 more rooms at $440 p/n, and then 10 rooms at $520 p/n. So depending on your room; Saturday and Sunday golf, Sunday breakfast, and Saturday nights accomm ONLY, will range from $500-$560.

    I'm yet to decide on Thursday and Monday courses but tentatively looking at Cranbourne GC and Mornington GC at around $80 and $45 respectively, then the Fridays golf at Yarra Yarra at approx. $235, the whole kit and caboodle from Thursday to Monday will set you back between $900-950, and then I still need to find accomm for Thurs, Fri and Sun nights. Lets say I manage to find somewhere for around $50pn, we've tallied up $1050-1100....

    Are we asking too much?

    Want to get some early responses here A) for booking, and B) to give people as much time as possible to stash away the $$$....
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    Moonah has some house/lodge style setup, would be perfect for this....

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    In regardless. This trip sounds 👌 though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Nemo View Post
    Moonah has some house/lodge style setup, would be perfect for this....
    Moonah resort? That's 40 minutes from Peninsula Kingswood and an hour from Yarra Yarra.
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    What's that amount converted to toilet rolls?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndyP View Post
    What's that amount converted to toilet rolls?
    Payment may not be made in toilet rolls*

    * I reserve the right to amend this post in coming months when the crazy huddled masses were actually onto something and toilet rolls actually do become more rare than rocking horse shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SundayHack View Post
    In regardless. This trip sounds though
    In.

    PK x2 + Yarra Yarra + Xmas In A Cup + (whatever)2= best trip EVER!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BUSHY View Post
    In. PK x2 + Yarra Yarra + Xmas In A Cup + (whatever)2= best trip EVER!!
    I don’t have an orange but am very tumescent.

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    Between Cranbourne, 2 x Peninsula and Yarra Yarra, this trip is a target golfers wet dream.

    I'll be drinking Christmas in a Cup deep into every night, and won't be able to swing around my lack of orange.

    Average of 28 points coming up...

    But it'll be a happy 28.
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    I’m 100% in (assuming coronavirus hasn’t killed us all by then). Plenty of time to save the $1K and worth every penny.
    Cinderella story, out of nowhere, former greenskeeper, now about to become a Masters champion..... It looks like a mirac.. It's in the hole! It's in the hole!


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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    Moonah resort? That's 40 minutes from Peninsula Kingswood and an hour from Yarra Yarra.
    I was suggesting it as an alternative....
    2 bloody good courses and great facilities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftyHoges View Post
    So......Tentative enquiries with Peninsula Kingswood have cleared us for the dates, but if we want to continue down this path IT WILL NOT be a cheap exercise. If we wish to play North and South courses we MUST stay on the property for the Saturday night, and this is how they get you. Cheapest twin rooms (of which there are 5) are $400 p/n, 3 more rooms at $440 p/n, and then 10 rooms at $520 p/n. So depending on your room; Saturday and Sunday golf, Sunday breakfast, and Saturday nights accomm ONLY, will range from $500-$560.I'm yet to decide on Thursday and Monday courses but tentatively looking at Cranbourne GC and Mornington GC at around $80 and $45 respectively, then the Fridays golf at Yarra Yarra at approx. $235, the whole kit and caboodle from Thursday to Monday will set you back between $900-950, and then I still need to find accomm for Thurs, Fri and Sun nights. Lets say I manage to find somewhere for around $50pn, we've tallied up $1050-1100....Are we asking too much?Want to get some early responses here A) for booking, and B) to give people as much time as possible to stash away the $$$....
    Obviously less expensive makes it more accessible but there’s a trade off for quality. It’s Vic Champs, wild horses and all that. I’ll start saving.

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    I'll follow the masses, but at some point will you return to courses played before, since there aren't many that have played every time?

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    We have Gippsland to go

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