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Bonville International Golf Resort was designed by Terry Watson and Ted Stirling, and completed in 1992. The 18-hole, Par 72 championship course rises and dips through the scenic layout, with each hole flanked by towering Flooded Gums and each isolated and private from the next. Located halfway between Sydney and Brisbane on the Coffs Coast, the course is set at the foot of the Great Dividing Range and stimulates golfers of every standard. The holes are literally carved through rainforests, played in virtual isolation to each other, with huge Blackbutt, Ironbark and Tallowood trees framing every fairway.

The routing winds beautifully through the hills with significant elevation change on a regular basis. Three of the five par-five holes are found on the back nine, making the inward half a demanding 400 yards longer than the front nine. The par-3 17th, a 156-yard hole, is played from a secluded tee across water to an angled green. The closing hole, a 460-metre Par 5, features a drive over the crest of a hill between deep rows of towering Flooded Gums. In 2009 bunkers on seventeen holes were rebuilt and topped with brilliant white sand.

Bonville was voted Australia's Favourite Golf Course in Golf Australia Magazine's Australia's 50 Favourite Golf Courses poll for seven years in a row. The resort is the only four-time winner of 'Australia's Leading Golf Resort' by the World Travel Awards (2006, 2011, 2012 and 2013).