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Posted May 09, 2014 03:19 · last edited May 09, 2014 03:20

C-Diddy wrote:
TopLeft07 wrote:
terminator_x wrote:

Berhampore Golf Course is another one that irks me.

Apparently the Mornington Golf Club are against the idea of having a cycle way pass through there. It wouldn't even reduce the already significant amount of land they get to use - it would just be a pathway so that people could cycle through the golf course instead of having to risk their lives on Adelaide Road.

I wasn't there but I was told one of them said at a meeting about it "and we've already given up part of the course for the kids mountain bike track". You know - that tiny bit of land directly opposite Wakefield Park that wasn't even part of the golf course!!

Some people's sense of entitlement and lack of community spirit is amazing.

I would play a lot more golf if I knew there were cyclists on the course to aim at. Missed opportunity for MGC.


In all seriousness, putting a cycle path through a golf course imposes huge risk and increased insurance payments due to the risk of someone getting hit by a ball, deliberately or otherwise.

Not sure ratepayers would be happy incurring this extra cost to keep some soap dodging hippies happy



Not a direct comparison, but you can bike through Shandon Golf Course. The stopbank is public access, but not part of any official cycle trail.

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Ard Righ edited May 09, 2014 03:20
C-Diddy wrote:
TopLeft07 wrote:
terminator_x wrote:

Berhampore Golf Course is another one that irks me.

Apparently the Mornington Golf Club are against the idea of having a cycle way pass through there. It wouldn't even reduce the already significant amount of land they get to use - it would just be a pathway so that people could cycle through the golf course instead of having to risk their lives on Adelaide Road.

I wasn't there but I was told one of them said at a meeting about it "and we've already given up part of the course for the kids mountain bike track". You know - that tiny bit of land directly opposite Wakefield Park that wasn't even part of the golf course!!

Some people's sense of entitlement and lack of community spirit is amazing.

I would play a lot more golf if I knew there were cyclists on the course to aim at. Missed opportunity for MGC.


In all seriousness, putting a cycle path through a golf course imposes huge risk and increased insurance payments due to the risk of someone getting hit by a ball, deliberately or otherwise.

Not sure ratepayers would be happy incurring this extra cost to keep some soap dodging hippies happy



Not a direct comparison, but you can bike through Shandon Golf Course. The stopbank is public access, but not part of any official cycle.