Airstrips and golf courses
Thanks for keeping the suggestions coming. I've been checking them all out and they all look pretty good. Can someone tell me - Cobram is off my Melbourne WAC and i don't have a VIC ALA guide here - is Cobram AD about a mile or two to the south-east of Cobram town? And is it a gravel stip? Google Earth is my only reference at the moment, coz a quick google search couldn't tell me. But Cobram golf course looks good 
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dont know if anyone has mentioned this one yet, but the best by far is Murray Downs, which is just next to Swan Hill (Only a short taxi ride from the airfield). You will struggle to find a better course in country victoria (maybe cobram/barooga [is that how you spell it?
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Not in the range of a lighty and a long way from Victoria but if you go to Cocos you land ON the golf course 
Siren sounds after you call in cct to clear the runway, Similar thing at Kwajalien (Marshall Islands) ..I suppose the long flat areas of an island need to be multi purpose.
Siren sounds after you call in cct to clear the runway, Similar thing at Kwajalien (Marshall Islands) ..I suppose the long flat areas of an island need to be multi purpose.
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Not in the range of a lighty and a long way from Victoria but if you go to Cocos you land ON the golf course Siren sounds after you call in cct to clear the runway, Similar thing at Kwajalien (Marshall Islands) ..I suppose the long flat areas of an island need to be multi purpose.
Siren sounds after you call in cct to clear the runway, Similar thing at Kwajalien (Marshall Islands) ..I suppose the long flat areas of an island need to be multi purpose.
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After reading the comments in this thread, i might head up to Cobram or Yarrawonga sometime with my mates for a game of golf. The courses look pretty good, so could have a pretty good weekend away 
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If you are still interested in looking for a top spot to try.... try Cobden.
Its only 1 drive, 2 putts and Bob's your Uncle...get around the 18 holes and
into the clubhouse for a nice spot of tea....
Well, I guess you want to fly home.
Good meals as well.
If you are still interested in looking for a top spot to try.... try Cobden.
Its only 1 drive, 2 putts and Bob's your Uncle...get around the 18 holes and
into the clubhouse for a nice spot of tea....
Well, I guess you want to fly home.
Good meals as well.
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G'day Boo, thanks for your input. Like the other suggestions, I will consider it and suggest it to my mates. We'll prabably do this flight in a week or two now, so we'll decide on where to go pretty soon and it should be a pretty good day! There are a lot of places to go and it will be hard to decide where to go in the end. Not that thats a bad thing obviously! And there are also plenty of options of where to go in the future as well 
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Now there's a way of encouraging GA, "dispersed golf courses" with the single holes/strips, spread about 5nm apart around the country side, using your trusty C172 as your golf cart.
Adds interest, avoids having those impatient people "playing through", they'll just have to stay in the circuit until you finish, aircraft can be used to dry out wet greens, good crosswind practise.
Mate; I think we are on to something here
Now there's a way of encouraging GA, "dispersed golf courses" with the single holes/strips, spread about 5nm apart around the country side, using your trusty C172 as your golf cart.
Adds interest, avoids having those impatient people "playing through", they'll just have to stay in the circuit until you finish, aircraft can be used to dry out wet greens, good crosswind practise.
Mate; I think we are on to something here
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Now there's a way of encouraging GA, "dispersed golf courses" with the single holes/strips, spread about 5nm apart around the country side, using your trusty C172 as your golf cart.
Adds interest, avoids having those impatient people "playing through", they'll just have to stay in the circuit until you finish, aircraft can be used to dry out wet greens, good crosswind practise.
Mate; I think we are on to something here
Now there's a way of encouraging GA, "dispersed golf courses" with the single holes/strips, spread about 5nm apart around the country side, using your trusty C172 as your golf cart.
Adds interest, avoids having those impatient people "playing through", they'll just have to stay in the circuit until you finish, aircraft can be used to dry out wet greens, good crosswind practise.
Mate; I think we are on to something here
