![]() A score card can be purchased in Ceduna or Kalgoorlie for A$70 (as of June 2013). The course can be played in either direction. Kalgoorlie Golf Course, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Kambalda Golf Club, Kambalda, Western Australia Norseman Golf Club, Norseman, Western Australia Madura Roadhouse, Madura, Western AustraliaĬocklebiddy Roadhouse, Cocklebiddy, Western AustraliaĬaiguna Roadhouse, Caiguna, Western Australiaīalladonia Roadhouse, Balladonia, Western Australiaįraser Range Sheep Station, Fraser Range, Western Australia Mundrabilla Roadhouse, Mundrabilla, Western Australia Nullarbor Roadhouse, Nullarbor, South Australiaīorder Village Roadhouse, Border Village, South AustraliaĮucla Golf Course, Eucla, Western Australia Nundroo Roadhouse, Nundroo, South Australia Penong Golf Course, Penong, South Australia Nullarbor Links Course LayoutĬeduna Golf Club, Ceduna, South Australia A further complication is that the ambient temperatures can reach over 50 ☌ (122 ☏) during the day. Other unusual hazards include crows, emus, kangaroos, three species of deadly poisonous snakes, wedge-tailed eagles and wombat holes. One of the holes is right in the middle of a sheep station, and has views of the shearing shed as well as the sheep. The average distance between holes is 66 kilometres (41 mi), with the largest gap being almost 200 kilometres (120 mi). The purposely constructed holes have tees and greens that use artificial grass, with natural desert land between. Professional golfer Robert Stock, from Manchester, England, consulted on the design that incorporates 7 holes from existing courses and 11 holes created at roadhouses and roadside stops. The course begins and ends (depending on the direction of crossing) in the goldmining town of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and the coastal town of Ceduna, South Australia. Course officials have estimated that nearly as many travellers had played the course without paying any fee. As of 2022, more than 20,000 travellers had officially played it, and bought a scorecard for stamping at the roadhouses en route. The course officially opened on 22 October 2009. ![]() Ī feasibility study was completed in September 2006, and public play began in August 2009. Bongiorno wanted to encourage travellers to stop, spend their money and avoid dangerous driver fatigue. The idea for the course came from Alf Caputo and Bob Bongiorno, both active in the Eyre Highway Operators Association, over a bottle of red wine at the Balladonia Roadhouse. Nullarbor Links is an 18-hole par 72 golf course, said to be "the World's Longest Golf course", situated along 1,365 kilometres of the Eyre Highway along the southern coast of Australia in two states ( South Australia and Western Australia), notably crossing the Nullarbor Plain at the head of the Great Australian Bight. ![]()
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