Caboulture Golf Course

Today this blog is about Golf, Beer, and Fish and Chips.

This course is about 50 km north of Brisbane and about 80 km south of Noosa.

We found the course to be in good shape this year. Last year it had brown fairways. This year it was green and lush. Fairways were good, greens and tee boxes good with ok rough. There is a variety of holes with only one that needed some work. The cart paths were in rough shape but they have a good club house. It is a decent 2.5 star course. Remarkable what a little rain can do. It is an excellent bargain for $12.50 and a free glass of beer.

If you are up this way and looking for a budget golf experience with some kangaroos on the course then this is the place for you. It is a regular 18 hole lay out.

My one real complaint is they only have pots of beer, called middies in NSW. That is, they do not have the larger beers called Schooners. A pot is $2.20 at the course. Of course your first one is free.

Schooner of mid strength beer in the clubs are $3 and a lite beer is around $2.80.

Beer in Australia is good and it is served cold. They have lite beer (2%), mid strength (3.5%) and full strength (4.9%). The lite beer is good and worth drinking if you are doing the driving. Remember .05 is the limit here.

One problem with the schooners is the bottom of the glass can get warm if you do not drink quickly. The schooner holds 425 ml of golden, sparkling, crisp, cold beer.

One other term you should know about is the term SHOUT. No, not talking loudly. When you purchase a beer for your friends you have justed shouted them, or it was your shout. If you are in a large group of people and you have consumed a number of beers and you have to leave prior to you buying around, the Aussies will remember and you are expected to get the first shout the next time you are together. The best practice I find is to purchase the first shout then the rest of your mates will have to purchase the rest. You can leave at anytime and do not have to remember that you owe them a shout.

Don't refer to it as a jump as one of our golfers did last year. To get jumped has an entirly different meaning. It might be very tiring if you went into the bar and said you would like to jump them.

There are good things about Australia other than beer and golf. There is Fish and Chips. You can purchase excellent fish for a reasonable price. Last night Beth and I went to the marina and ordered Baramundi,grilled for her and I had Baramundi battered with chips. Beth had a side Greek Salad. That's right you select the fish, the amount and the way you want it prepared.

Of course we took an iced cold bottle of Chardonnay in our cooler bag to the marina. While we waited for our order of fish we cracked the bottle, toasted Australia for beening so civilized and sipped our wine while we watched the people and boats go by. O-yes they had live entertainment as well. Don't forget your cork screw and wine glasses.

Total cost for a filling meal was $19.

Around Coolangatta there are two fish shop's we like to go to. One is on the road into Kingscliff. Purchase your fish and chips and go across the road and enjoy them while you sit on the Tweed River bank and watch the boats.

The other area is where the fishing boats dock in Tweed. Go south on the main road from Twin Towns RSL Club past the shopping center, past the Bowls Club and just before the road turns right you will find a number of fish shops. I forget the name of the one we like but they have a large deck at the back looking on to the fishing boats. Go around back, find a table, open your wine and order your meal. Enjoy.

We like Baramundi and Snapper. You can also choose from Whiting, Dory, Shark and other types of fish as well as prawns.

Beer, Wine, Fish and Chips, Golf, Sun, Sand and Sea, life down under is good mate.