Aussie course 13 for 2026, 481 all-time. Millaa Millaa, Qld
Approach to the 4th green
Nomadic_golfer : July 2026 – Millaa Millaa GC, Qld, review
Par 69 5032m Slope 113 $25
5 par3s 126-207m, 11 par4s 297-393m, 2 par5s 436-448m
This is a very pretty, volunteer-maintained, low-budget 9 hole course on hilly terrain at 850m altitude in the Atherton Tablelands, Far North Qld, with Theresa Creek running through it. The township is home to a famous waterfall and the Lumholtz tree kangaroo.
The course begins on the top of a hill, where the clubhouse and first tee are set in the far SW corner of the property, with the routing taking a clockwise journey, to finish back at the clubhouse. While a road guards the southern extremity, the creek and heavy, tropical growth borders the majority of the rest of the course – these areas are OB. The inner part of the course is sparsely populated with trees, with very little flat land, typically side-slopes in the form of cambered fairways. The fairways are of natural, broad leafed grasses and were quite good on my visit, while the greens are 328 Bermuda, weren’t in the best condition, and were just about to be replaced with a new Bermuda strain called Mountain Green. The regularly wet climate, mixed with cold, winter nights does not constitute ideal conditions for the 328.
With 3 of the holes being of different par from the front to back 9s, the course consists of 5 par 3s and 2 par 5s for its par of 69. To me, there are 3 standout holes, and they are all quite spectacular: 1 (131/ 145m par3 from high on the hill, over a deep gully and back up slightly to a small green cut into some heavily sloping ground from high left to low right, with drop-offs right, back and front); 3 (325m par4 with a blind tee shot to a crest at about 200m off the tee, which then drops severely to a small, circular green set immediately beyond the banks of the creek, which cuts across in front of the green); and 4 (448m par 5, 13 is a 364m par4, another blind tee shot over the creek to a crest, sporting a heavily cambered fairway, sloping down to the left. The hole sweeps left for its entirety and rises again for the second shot before culminating in a beautiful pocket of rainforest surrounds, a triangular-shaped green with extreme drop-offs, surrounded on 225 degrees by the creek and heavy tropical growth).
The quirky 265m par4 is probably the pick of the rest and certainly a hole that gives you plenty of options and the ability to make an easy birdie or a haggard 8. Slightly downhill, with the creek left, OB right and a collection of trees set in front of the geen on the high, right-side with clear ground between them, it certainly dangles the carrot!
The course’s defences consist of the creek, OB, the sparse trees and the drop-offs. There aren’t any sand bunkers. Overall, this is a fun golf course, with beautiful scenery and some spectacular, standout holes. I eagerly await the next visit to see how the new surface holds up on the greens.
