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Visit Ted and
Shag at North Haven (30km Sth of Port Macquarie -
350km drive from Chatswood)
when it is warm and sunny Up North in early
Spring –
· Play three beaut nearby golf courses
- all are Par 71.
· Be
convivial After Dark, with no repetitions of unruly and rowdy drunkenness
by 'a few raucous ruffians' that
from-time-to-time, have
struggled to communicate conviviality and cordiality.
I. Three accommodation options at North Haven on the Blue Pacific:
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Reflections
North
Haven Holiday Park, 109 The Parade, North Haven NSW
(four nights twin share cabin with all the mod cons
$448
= $56 per head per night); or
II.
Play golf at:
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Kew Country Club
(11km
West of North Haven),
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Wauchope Country Club
(30km NNW of North Haven and
home of former dynamic Rabbitoh, Rocky Laurie); and
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Port Macquarie Golf Club
(30km Nth of North Haven).
III.
Watch the latest Hoppalong Cassidy episodes at the
Plaza
Theatre
at Laurieton, where you get to pat
Topper
on Wednesday arvos if you bring carrots.
IV.
Swim
at Rainbow Beach
or
Piolet Beach, Laurieton or
Grant's Beach, North Haven.
V.
Purchase refreshments at
Coles Laurieton.
V. Five petrol stations in Laurieton
and Nth Haven - Shag knows the cheapest.
VI.
Morning tea at
Miss Nellie’s Café, Kendall.
VII.
Experience Old Folk Kulture playing Lawn Bowls
from 9am Friday
for $10 on the two Greens at Kew
Country Club -
Friday Friendly Bowls.
VIII.
Worship your God at the Camden Haven Anglican Church or in the Front Bar at the
Laurieton Hotel.
IX.
Pig Out
at the
Laurieton United Services Club, the
Club North Haven,
Brewhaven Cafe and
Delizioso Italian Restaurant, Laurieton.
X.
Catch the
train from Central Railway to Kendall station in Kew on the North Coast
rail-line.
Thence catch the regular service
Busways Port Macquarie bus to North Haven. Or
drive your jalopy from The BigSmoke.
North
Haven and Laurieton are petite coastal villages midway between Taree and Port Macquarie.
If you are driving up the Pacific Highway take the Kew exit.
Golly, life in
seaside/waterfront North Haven and nearby Laurieton is
action packed. It never
rains in mid-Sept in God’s Own Country for those who
Say their Hail Mary's.
Subsequent Annual Country Course Tournaments
2024:
Southern Highlands - see further below details.
2025: Play
Wentworth GC Orange and
Duntryleague GC Orange -
5 hr 41 min
Seniors train ride $2.50 - arrives Orange station 12:02pm - return 3:52pm arrive
Central 8:52pm - stay at
Duntryleague,
Hotel Canobolas
or
Mercure Orange Hotel and visit the cool climate wineries.
2026:
Play
Murray Downs Golf & Country Club, Swan Hill, Vic
and close by
Kerang Golf Club - both on the
Murray River.
In 2030, for those still
Sunny
Side Up, the above RHS regal dual annual tournament,
craftily and skilfully created, befitting the noble stature of the fortuitous competitors,
that presently has Down The Middle Don's
noble shield affixed, will display -
* 9 annual
Blue Mountains
Stableford Challenge individual
winner shields; and
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8
annual
Country Courses Tournament pairs
ambrose/par/match play
winners' shields |
