They refer to Spring Valley as the hidden jewel of the world famous sand belt golf courses. I don't…read morehear much about the course in comparison to their neighboring courses, such as Kingston Heath, but note that it is rated amongst the top 40 courses in Australia. The course is fantastic. Always in immaculate condition and the greens must rate amongst the nations very best. Beautiful bunkering and great design in that every hole presents s different challenge. Great clubhouse and facilities backed up by courteous and knowledgable staff. Highly recommend.

Melbourne Golf Academy is the most impressive and flashy golf driving range in Melbourne. It has…read moreabout 50 bays, a comfortable licensed cafe that is popular for corporate and social functions and has a very large 18-hole putting green with some challenging slopes. No charge for putting. There is also a bunker and pitching practice area. They have a large teaching staff with some female teachers. They have demo nights once a month so that you can try equipment from various top-name brands. It is a very pleasant place to spend a warm summer night. The balls are more forgiving that the rocks you hit at other places. The range is more than 280 metres long so there is no way you will run out of room. On a still or foggy night there is sometimes an unpleasant smell from the garbage tips that are a couple of kilometers away - you just have to live with that I guess. I like it for the high quality facilities, the great putting green and the quality of the balls.

After having my husbands 40th in the function centre of Melbourne Golf Academy in 2014 which was…read morefantastic I thought I'd have my 40th there in 2016. As it was a themed party I asked for one cocktail to be made. A recipe was given in October 2015. I received a approximate quote of $200.00 for 10 litres in writing and also verbally in Dec 2015. Accepting this quote in writing I ordered, paid and received my invitations and went to pay my deposit. This is when I received a "detailed" quote with the price of cocktails being 8 litres for approximately $450.00. I queried this jump in approximation based on the previous written and verbal quote in Dec 2015 (same recipe) and was told the price could not be altered, MGA would lose money on my function and received this reply: " I would encourage you to try another venue that may be able to help meet your requirements and costs as we cannot honestly host the event without considerable losses to MGA." (Verbatim) Obviously, I took my party elsewhere.

This golf course closed three years ago. A crime. Any council that reduces the amount of open…read morerecreational space should hang its head in shame. The second hole was a gem of a short part four with the creek down the left.