The “Golf Journey to Australia” was a 32-day, 4,648-kilometer (2,888 miles) driving all over the North & South Island, 21-golf course Odyssey. New Zealand and Auckland are comparable in size and population to Oregon and Portland, respectively. I never felt constrained, there is much more to see. I hope to return for more golf and adventure travel and to meet more New Zealanders! Great country, great people!
It took 24-1/2 hours to travel 11,628 miles to get there via Dallas-Fort-Worth, Honolulu and Sydney and 22-1/2 hours and 10,827 miles to return home to Jacksonville, Florida, USA. No worries, it was well worth the travel time!
Here is a general summary of accommodations, golf courses played, tourist destinations visited (tour guides used) in the course of traveling, golfing and living in Kiwi-Land for one glorious month!
Feature articles with stay, play & visit details along with pictures and video interviews will be coming soon so please check back. In the meantime links to their websites are included below.
If I can assist you with your travel plans to New Zealand please do not hesitate to contact me at AndyReistetter@gmail.com.
I hope you will visit New Zealand. I am happy I did as it was a lifetime adventure and memory for sure!
Accommodations (Sydney):
Riverside Oaks Golf Resort (Cattai, NSW)
Waterside Luxury Apartments (Merimbula, NSW (half way to Melbourne on the coast)
Accommodations (North Island):
Cambridge Hotel in Wellington, Wellington
Empire Hotel in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui
Dunalistair House in Taupo, Waikato
Golf Courses Played in the Sydney area:
Riverside Oaks- Bungool & Gungurru Courses
Pambula-Merimbula Golf Club (half way to Melbourne on the coast)
Tura Beach CC (half way to Melbourne on the coast)
Golf Courses Played in the Melbourne/Tasmania area:
The National Golf Club—The Old Course
The National Golf Club—The Moonah Course
The National Golf Club—The Ocean Course
Barnbougle Lost Farms (Tasmania)
Golf Courses Played (North Island):
Titurangi Golf Club in New Lynn, Auckland
Muriwai Golf Club in Waimauku, Auckland
Kauri Cliffs Golf Course in Matauri Bay, Northland
Waitangi Golf Club in Bay of Islands, Northland
Waipu Golf Club in Ruakaka, Northland
Tara Iti Golf Club in Mangawhai, Northland
Rangitikei Golf Club in Bulls, Manawatu-Wanganui
Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club in Paraparaumu, Wellington
Manawatu Golf Club in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui
Cape Kidnappers Golf Club in Te Awanga, Hawke’s Bay
The Kinloch Club in Taupo, Waikato
Wairakei Golf Course in Taupo, Waikato
Royal Auckland Golf Club in Otahuhu, Auckland
Tourist Destinations (Sydney):
AATKings Tours Bringing Australia & New Zealand to Life!
Captain Cook Cruises- Sydney Harbour Lunch Cruise.
Tourist Destinations (North Island):
Grayline Sightseeing City Tour of Auckland
Hammonds Wellington City Sights & Coastline Tour
Sky Tower in Sky City, Auckland
Fullers Auckland Harbour Cruise