Course Updates
TWO 18-HOLE INTERNATIONAL-STANDARD GOLF COURSES PLANNED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
THE developer of a $14 million golf
resort on a picturesque stretch of
South Australia’s coast believes it
could become one of the world’s
greatest courses and lure tourists
from across the globe.
The proposed Nora Creina Golf
Resort, 15km southeast of Robe,
would feature two 18-hole linksstyle golf courses shaped out on a
privately owned 2km-long stretch of
sand dunes.
The Nora Creina course has the
backing of the Robe Council which
believes if the development goes
ahead it will boost tourism in the
region and prove a fillip for the South
East economy which has been hit
with the closures of timber mills.
But a neighbouring landowner and
indigenous representatives fear the
development will destroy habitat
for wildlife and erase important
Aboriginal burial sites.
The project, granted Major Project
status by the State Government
and undergoing a rigorous
assessment process, will also feature
accommodation, a restaurant,
clubhouse, abalone farm, vineyard
and Wagyu beef farm.
The course is modelled on the
internationally acclaimed Barnbougle
Dunes course in Tasmania’s remote
North East, which has been judged
among the best in the world.
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The course would be located on
land owned by brothers and abalone
farmers Damian and Justin Scanlon,
who bought the 242ha site 10
years ago.
The course, which still requires
formal approval, will occupy about a
quarter of the property next to Little
Dip Conservation Park