AGA Austalasian Golf Academy:
Robina Woods Golf Club - home of the AGA
The Australasian Golf Academy is perfectly located at. two of Australia's leading golfing facilities Robina Wood and The Colonial Golf Course on Australia's fabulous Gold Coast, providing second-to-none facilities for AGA students. Robina Woods Golf Course presents a truly unique golfing experience as it has been carved out of the original woodlands, making every hole a unique challenge for any accomplished golfer. Carved out of 65 hectares of native woodlands, with fairways lined by towering gum trees, this unique layout is unlike any resort course on the Gold Coast. Possessing maturity well beyond its years, Robina Woods has rapidly developed a reputation as one of Queensland's best-loved resort courses.
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The view from the 18th looking at the club house
Australia's Golfing Paradise
Australia's Gold Coast offers a 70 km stretch of unpolluted golden beaches, backed by lush green rainforests. Renowned as Australia's premier holiday playground, the Gold Coast's sophisticated resort atmosphere is enhanced by an endless list of attractions for visitors. Magnificent weather all year means that you can enjoy everything the Gold Coast has to offer at any time.
The "Golf Coast" Set against a backdrop of beautifulbeaches, stunning mountains, exciting theme parks and sensational shopping is a succession of championship golf courses that are among the world's best. Some 40 courses varying in design and difficulty have earned the region its reputation as Australia's 'golf coast'. A mild climate means golf can be enjoyed in perfect conditions all year round. Many of the courses available to visitors are part of luxury resorts and large sports clubs which offer additional recreational facilities like tennis courts, swimming pools, gymnasiums, restaurants and bars. Experienced golf tour operators can arrange visits to a selection of courses during weekend or week-long visits. Golfers have the choice of hiring clubs and golf shoes or bringing their own. Buggies also are available and compulsory on some courses.
Sand, Surf and Fun
Surfers Paradise is the most famous of the Cold Coast's 35 patrolled beaches. But the region's 44-mile (70km) coastline offers a huge variety of beaches to suit all tastes from sun seekers to action seekers-the experienced body surfers, surfboard riders, calm water enthusiasts, sailboard riders as well as those just wanting to work on their tan. Endless beaches from active family spots to secluded stretches of golden sands like those found on South Stradbroke Island all bask in 300 days of sunshine a year and all are washed by the warm,sparkling waters of the Pacific Ocean. A strong beach culture is evident with locals of all ages flocking to their favorite swimming beach on weekends and after work. Regular surf life saving carnivals are staged throughout the Cold Coast and can be enjoyed by visitors. Dive in to a huge line-up of water sports on Australia's Gold Coast including parasailing, jet skiing, water skiing, windsurfing, ocean diving, big game fishing or sailing. As well as surf beaches the Gold Coast offers enormous expanses of protected calm waters, rivers, canals and lakes ideal for lunch and dinner cruises, houseboat holidays, a water taxi ride, tall ship cruises, adventures aboard seaplanes and jet boats as well as superb waterfront dining.
Attractions and Excitement
The Gold Coast is Australia's entertainment capital, offering an enormous range of sights and attractions to delight visitors of all ages. From theme parks and wildlife sanctuaries to adventure sports, day tours and cruises, the holiday options are almost endless. The Gold Coast is home to Sea World, Warner Bros. Movie World, Dream world, Wet'n'Wild Water Park and other award-winning theme parks which each provide a great day of entertainment. Wildlife parks like Currumbin Sanctuary offer the chance to get close to unique Australian animals including koalas and to hand-feed kangaroos and brilliantly colored wild birds. As well as self-drive,touring options include 4x4 safaris, mountain biking, helicopter flights, open cockpit flights and Harley Davidson ride.
Australia's Education Capital
Well known as a place for fun and holidays, the Gold Coast has also established itself as a centre of excellence for education and training and growing numbers of students are finding it an ideal physical and social climate in which to study. Renowned for its prestigious schools, colleges and universities, it attracts students from around the world who find Gold Coast society sophisticated, clean, secure and multicultural - attributes which provide the perfect learning environment for students of all ages and backgrounds. The Gold Coast has four universities - one of which is Australia's first private university. It also has numerous private colleges, several campuses of Technical and Further Education (TAFE), as well as an excellent selection of public and private primary and secondary schools. In fact, the Gold Coast has become famous for its choice of private secondary colleges and has more private colleges per capita than any other part of Australia.
December 2004,saw the AGA re-located to the Robina Woods Golf Course, taking over control of the driving range and practice facilities there. This not only provided a central base for all AGA's operations, but also provided an improved learning environment for students, in addition to ready access to facilities such as gymnasium, accommodation and function areas.
AGA is at the forefront of the golfing industry and continues to introduce innovations to a growing market, the academy is currently marketing Professional Golf, Certificate, and Diploma programs as well as Golf English and Golf Surfing world-wide.
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We are just a short drive from the Robina Railway station