Arm End

Arm End is located on the northern tip of South Arm Peninsula near the idyllic town of Opossum Bay in Hobart, Tasmania. The site is a spectacular one, unlike any other to our knowledge in Australia, with water views from every hole around a dynamic coastline of dunes, cliffs, beaches and promontories. Our responsibility in Master Planning this iconic site was the integration of public access and world class public access golf. Following a long and suitably thorough Development Approval process, a permit was granted in 2015 to develop the site. The approved plan sees the successful integration of a number of considerations including; cultural, environment and key desired recreational uses in what we believe is a well-balanced outcome for all current and future users. Amenities and outcomes include; an 18-hole world-class golf course, several kilometres of track network, provision of public open space at Shelly’s Beach, picnic and lookout points across the site, fishing and bird-watching locations, extensive indigenous revegetation and habitat creation, removal and control of weed species, stabilisation of areas of erosion and preservation of cultural heritage sites such as Gellibrand’s Vault.

The site for golf purposes is certainly Top 10 calibre in Australia and our task is to design and build a course that is worthy of the site. It can be quite windy at times at Arm End and the course will play very differently with different winds – the course we have routed will come in at around 6,000 metres from the rear tees, and will play at around 5,500 metres for typical public play. The fairways will be wide from both a strategic and ease of play perspective and shaping will be minimal, our intention is to only shape tees, greens and bunkers and use the natural lay of the land for fairways.

Due to commence construction in 2020 we are now preparing our detailed design plans for the golf course and following each visit we continue to be in awe of the site’s potential.