Barnbougle Dunes
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Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links is a golf course located near Bridport in Tasmania's North-East. The 18 hole championship layout was designed by well know course architect Tom Doak and is set among spectacular sand dunes overlooking Bass Straight. The course has been highly rated since opening in 2005, recognised as Australia's number one public access course, and fifth best course of any sort in Australia. Amazingly, Barnbougle Dunes is the first new Australian course to enter the World's Top 100 courses since rankings began, coming in at 49 after its first appraisal.
Golfing tragic Greg Ramsay dreamed up the idea of building the course, and tourism entrepreneur and farmer Richard Sattler developed the concept with Ramsay, Doak and well known Melbourne golf identity Mike Clayton. The layout is not long, but certainly presents a tough assignment, particularly when the wind is blowing hard, as it often does in this part of Tasmania.
Currently there are 22 accommodation villas on-site, as well as an exceptional restaurant and conference facility perched on the dunes, looking North over the Straight. The Barnbougle Bus offers a transfer service from the city of Launceston — around one hour from Bridport — the nearest major airport offering regular commercial airline flights.
