Wetlands Mini Golf

Who would have thought that mini golf was so fun? If it was not for my friend's suggestion I would have cast mini golf aside as a kids only entertainment. I was proven wrong, so wrong. The venue was a last minute choice, but I was very happy with the pick because Wetlands at Wheelers Hill is awesome! There was two courses, one indoors and one outdoors. Due to the beautiful weather, we chose the outdoor course and paid for one game ($11).

There were 18 holes altogether in the course. We were given a scorecard and a pencil and off we went to the first hole. My first hit was quite a shock, I totally misjudged the weight of the club and the weight and the ball travelled a few cms and stopped. My second shot was worse, it bounced off the green into the woods. Third shot was a little better. By the time we reached the fourth shot I doing OK.

We enjoyed being out in the sun, chatting, hitting the ball and figuring out strategies to get the ball up raised hills, around obstacles and into pipes. It was so very fun. Some of the holes were quite tough especially one toward the end which had raised green in the shape of a cross and the hole in the intersection of the cross. We took about 8 shots and decided to abandon it. We had stopped keeping count of our score since we were both chatting so much. We did see a family with two girls who were religiously keeping count though! The younger one who would have been around 7 years old was crying because she thought the elder sister recorded her score wrongly, against her favour.

At the end of the course, we were supposed to hit our ball into a hole where suction and luck will allocated the ball into slots determining whether we would get a free game, or goodbye see you next time. Amazingly, my ball won me a free game! The man at the counter remarked that it was almost impossible to get a free game. I redeemed the free game on the spot and the man generously gave my friend a free game too.

This time, we tried the indoor course, also 18 holes. Instead of woods, there were little streams, pools to serve as rough. The course was also much more difficult. There were different holes that channel into different pipes causing the ball to roll into different places. It was all a feast to the imagination. There is a lighthouse in the middle of the course with a bridge you walk on to get to the other part of the course. Once the bridge is activated by weight, the water surrounding the lighthouse spurts out which was quite interesting.

At the end of the 18th hole, we came to a similar board where we hit our ball and suction pulls it up and allocates it to different holes. One of the five holes was a free game. Whaddya know... my friend hit his ball and won a free game. The man who gave me my free game token was nearby watering the plants around the course and he could only shake his head in disbelief. Twice in one day!! What are the odds of that happening! Anyway, my friend already had a free game and so did not redeem another one.