Australian Coast

Welcome to The Barwon Heads Golf Club

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It's located on the Bellarine Peninsula, and offers eighteen magnificent holes to score. Located on natural dune landscape the course promises a golfing challenge to be long remembered and a visual feast never to be forgotten.

To sample all of the fantastic attractions the area

The Course is in the top 20 Australia's best golf . It offers the best set of Par 3s in entire Australia. The Creek Course's layout was co-designed by great Sir Nick Faldo (6 majors) and Tony Cashmore.

Experienced staff is ready to look after all aspects of your event including registration, pre-golf briefing, competitions, displaying signage and co-op presentations.

Specialised packages created to suit your needs, and to make your Golf Day a great success.

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Torquay riviera

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Torquay is a township in Victoria, Australia, and faces Bass Strait, about 20 kilometers south of Geelong, and is the gateway to the Great Ocean Road. It is bordered on the west by Spring Creek. Its coastal features include Zeally Bay and Point Danger. Torquay’s population is about 8000 residents.

Historically Wathaurong Aborigines occupied the area long before arrival of any white settlers, with picnickers beginning to frequent the area from the 1860s. The area was settled as Spring Creek in 1871, after the watercourse along the south-western edge. In 1880 number of settlers increased, and the town was renamed Torquay in 1892 after a coastal town in England. The Post Office opened on 20 August 1894. On April 3 1908 Torquay was connected the town of Anglesea via the Spring Creek bridge. In 1891 sailing ship (the Joseph H. Scammell) struck the reef and broke up near Point Danger. The cargo was washed onto the beach and quickly looted; as for the anchors of the Scammell, they are still on display at the Torquay front beach and the Torquay boat ramp.

In 1900 a primary school was opened inside of the newly-built Presbyterian Church permanent school was not opened until 1910. Tennis courts and a golf course were opened by the 1920s. The town once had about 150 bathing boxes on the main beach. In 1946 oldest and largest club in Victoria -the Surf Life Saving Club was formed, after the previous one burnt down; they opened their current clubrooms in.

Recent year’s broth increased development of the area. With the “old town” between the highway, and fully developed beachside, housing spread rapidly to the 1980s in the north of the town. There has been a conflict between long term residents and developers, as the former Torquay Primary School was sold by the government for luxury apartments and an expanded shopping centre, instead of being retained for the use by community. The Sands golf club and residential development commenced construction on the site and opened in 2004.

The Torquay area is famous for its surf beaches. It was home to the Offshore Festival in the 1990s. Many of the world's famous surf companies have their home in Torquay, such as Rip Curl, Quiksilver and Piping Hot - all make up part of the Surf Coast Plaza, which provides shopping and eating, and also the Surfworld Museum.
Torquay's population rises up to tree times between January and end of February, at the end of school holidays. The town also hosts Schoolies week celebrations.

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Ocean grove beach.

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We are leaving Ocean Grove, and pass Barwon Heads.

Ocean Grove in 1882 created as a "spin off" of its American counterpart, founded overseas in New Jersey. The American community was established by American Methodists in 1869 as a form of religious camp. The success lead to acquisition of a larger area on coast of Australia witch lead to founding of Ocean Grove.

The town itself is located as sea gateway to Bass Strait and connected with Barwon Heads via Barwon Heads bridge

Today Ocean Grove population goes around 10,000 and as a tourist pour in during summer holidays rises up to four times of that. Many people arrive to enjoy beaches , kayaking, fishing, canoeing, surfin, and many more from pleases as Geelong, Melbourne,and even overseas. Some of the native woodland was preserved as part of Ocean Grove Nature Reserve and can add walking tracks to Your outdoor activities.

In a rainy days anyone can enjoy indoor swimming complex, indoor basketball, Soccer, Basketball or Volleyball.

There are lots of tourists now, we also heard from the locals about many wineries and fruit orchards.

Off into adventure !

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And so we're off into the unknown. I decided with some with my friends that weer gonna travel along coast of Australia from Point Lonsdale to Portsea. its around 6 miles but we want to get there using the longer way (hehe). Join , as we wonder alongside and visit all the strange and beautiful continent - our HOME .