Canberra, Darwin, Alice Springs, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, etc... No, this is not a geography guizz but a few of the names of the holes that you will see and play on this gorgeous fantasy course, well-designed by Neil Munro and great fun to play !
There are fantasy courses that look real and, then, there are fantasy courses that take your imagination away, such as this par 72, set near the ocean.
The first hole is a perfect example of whether or not you will enjoy this course : seeing the Australian flag, right in the middle of the... fairway (!), is very unusual (to say the least) but, then again, why not ? It''s the first time that I saw one and, probably, the last time, but I loved the idea !
Similarly, having a par-3 2nd hole with a tee shot over the ocean to reach an island green where there is a... pond above, is very scenic.
From that point on, I thoroughly enjoyed this course, taking time to watch the gorgeous scenery which includes, of course, the Ayers Rock on the very long par-5 6th hole, just like all the other par-5 (the 14th, with a very sharp left dogleg over the ocean, and the spectacular 16th hole, where the green is located on a tiny little island, parallel to the coastline).
Needless to say, this course is unlike any other and you should hurry to download it : this is a... real gem, fantasy or not !

P.S. As you well know, The Ayers Rock is surrounded by arid land in reality, unlike on this course, but it looks nice anyway. As for the presence of the Australian flag, it has generated a lot of responses, judging from the number of comments below...

A fun challenge, Neil. Like stevehal, I'm also not a native (originally a Sassenach, you might recall), but I've been here so long now I Marcus Welby. Nice touch setting it up as a virtual tour of the country, but it might have been fun to have a hole resembling a real outback course, where there's hardly a blade of grass & if there is any, it certainly isn't green! I played a full round on one of these once - in 45C dry heat on New Year's Day (mid-summer in Oz). Fairways were the colour of your course picture & rock hard (probably solidified clay), so that the first bounce from a drive seemed to go almost as far again - great distance value off the tee! "Greens" were dirt, which had to be smoothed after use, like a bunker on a normal course. Of course, chipping was not a great idea, so Texas Wedge from within 100 yards or so on that surface. Probably quite akin to playing golf on the Moon...

Nice course, I took a real beating. Showed a lot of muscle - not a lot of brains!
First achievement: secured the triple double on the very first two holes. Thumbs up. And I just knew I was in for it with this one when I saw that damn third green. Far away, small, narrow, water short and long, well that one was just asking for it. As it was I was in a masochistic mood to begin with, playing on very dry and dry greens with strong winds all day, and I don't think in my many rounds I ever hit that third green really good at all, tough pin to the left there. No matter what I tried, either in the water or it just wouldn't hold. And did I mention the deep doodoo short right? Goodness what a tough hole.
By the way, one problem with this course is on some holes if you hit the water it sounds like the ball's gone in a bunker, it's not making the exciting plonk sound but the very ordinary sandy pop sound instead. Didn't know if I heard it correctly the first time so I went ahead and fired at the water a couple more times on every hole, just to make sure right.
So anyway I was very miserable, until on one cloudy evening the wind was kind enough to help me on the horseshoe par five 14th. I was in the fairway and desperate enough to try anything by that time, so I went for the green over the water with the 3 wood, trying to guess which sound it's gonna be this time. But not only did it make it all the way over, it came down like a rocket, it just stuck. And just a couple feet away from the flag too - how about that? I nailed the putt and my morale was back up there. And then two rounds later this happens: Par five 8th, there's a gale blowing at my tail. I think Fairway Feherty's saying something about fifty fifty but we're going for it 100% with that wind pal. The flag's at the back, so the plan is to hit it a bit short and let the wind take it to the front so it can run up all the way over, and in case something goes wrong who knows, maybe it somehow ends up middle of the green (who am I kidding). So I hit the blind shot over the dune, a fade with the 7 wood, of all clubs, yes the SEVEN wood, and yes it did go in, just barely. Boom baby, my first ever Albatross! Could hardly believe it, really lucky to run into one there. Didn't help me get back under par for the round though, in fact I finished quite a few in double digits. But as you might have guessed by now I had a lot of fun anyway. Good course, looks nice and simple and plays real tough, those long approach shots are a real test of faith. Good job.

Don't know if I fancy playing in on Gusty, never mind strong, hope you have fun though.

Thanks for comments everyone, much appreciated.

By the way forgot to mention i played it on dry and wet conditions and it was great fun.I'm from wales originally as you know, but i love this country more than anything, and you did it proud. cheers mate, see you on the greens.

Great course. Plays really smooth, most customs give me terrible lag.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyR27rcxi3w&playnext=1&list=PL576DEB2710F85AC5

Would have given it 5 stars but was disappointed....I was expecting to see Rolf Harris turn up on the fairway with a can of paint and a canvass

I played this course and its awesome as always Neil AND for the people that gave it a 1 Someday you should try to design your own course and you will NEVER give any designer a 1 again

JSJarvis, i did not start this but i understand what you are saying and I apologize to you and everybody else that has had to read these. i have several pm from not only neil Munro but from Mr Newt The Buet aka Jackn. had Mr Munro not put his distain for me into the public comments section in the first place I would never had said anything, but after he did that I felt obligated to defend myself. So again please let me apologize to you and everybody else on coursedownloads as this was the one thing i wanted to aviod.

That is enough of the personal comments! Take it to PM's if you want to continue this. Otherwise you will find yourself banned from making course comments at all.

Well 2k6, I think you have played far too many computer designed links and should get out and about and play for real. You will not have screen maps to show you the way around, not all tee box's are smooth etc. What is your home coarse (member at)?
I look forward to seeing your next design.
Neil - Keep them coming - from all us Aussies.

A couple of comments here I would like to make if I may:
Phillip Brome2k6 - it is my flag mate and my buddies & I loved seeing our colours on the first fairway. We had no problem with it at all - I take offense that you may of called our flag stupid.
The comment about the aboriginal is an insult we do not appreciate.
We loved the textures especially the greens.
SthrnCelt - The overhead maps are a bonus, do you (if you play golf) have overhead maps at your track to guide you around. Think not. 600 yard holes mix the blend of this track, big country (which the theme is) big and long holes.
Neil - this is the most important comment of all - you are right up there with the best designers on this site, your last design many rated as the best this year. We are still debatiing that down under over a good bottle of Australian red. Keep up the good work, please keep submitting your designs as us golfers (who have played the game world wide) really appreciate this and all of your courses.
Rating - Up there with your best and because of the Aussie Flag - a big 10.

And what the hell is that stupid flag doing in the first fairway. If you want to show your country pride thats fine but put your countries flad on the flag sticks not in the middle of the fairway.

I very much dislike the music tracks on courses. Reminds me of that scene in Caddy Shack where that crazy golf bag is jamming on Journey. I also dislike overhead maps that are cut off. You have at least one in here. Played on dry and the greens play well...not riduclously undualated but very tricky...I like that. I'm also not a fan of 600+ yard holes, but hey, that's me. Mostly this is a good course, but I'll rate a 2 based on the arcade atmosphere.

Hey Neil i totally find this course very pleasing, bill and I had gr8 fun , it's well layed out and v-dry and breezy, and im not gonna tell ya what bill scored on it lol , What you and these other designers do here is an art and wether its a gr8 course or a ok course the ones who love the course should totally out weighs the ones who don't, and if it wasn't for you and the others everyone then would get board by playing the S.O.S. courses 1 star or 5 stars my friend it shouldn't matter you are a master of what you do and so are the other designers who take the time and spends weeks to months to make these courses for us to enjoy and believe me they appreciate it more than the few. But any how don't let the few discourage you keep them coming and keep ya chin up what you do is well appreciated...... :)

Just played a round on this one last night and it definitely gets 5 stars from me. I have all your courses and enjoy all of them. I guess there are some people that just can't be pleased no matter what. Thanks Neil and please keep them coming.

NEIL, gR8 COURSE. Primo!! Primo!! Primo!!

Novice setting + Pro tees puts you in the rough? Hmmmm, I only tested on expert but I didn't think that could happen, I'll go give it a try on Novice and see what I come up with.

I only set tees for pro settings, I should have mentioned this. The extra tees on 14 and 16 is to try to make the hole overheads appear properly. I just checked again. On Pro tees hole 16 is fine for me.

felt like i was in australia. very nice job. loved the hill work. loved the sounds.