Federal Golf Club Land Sale

i don’t think they are in it for the buck, aurelius – seems they are set on drought-proofing and establishing dams (woulda thought one was the other. silly me…), so unlikely the members or the exec will see a razoo in any other form.

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It will be interesting to see what the land ends up selling for, and what type of dwellings they build on it.

I wish them all the best of luck, the people at federal are reasonable down to earth types with great facilities, not like some of the pompous types at Royal Canberra GC. I’m quite amazed that Federal’s membership is falling, it’s an outstanding place so good luck to them.

The community would let the weeds grow.

Federal supports extensive nature tracks, gets people to go out and get active in sport, has a rather nice club that hosts weddings etc.

Frankly, I would support them selling the land as long as it is for a retirement village and not another toffee nosed gated community like at Kambah.

If a golf club, or other community organisation is given land for sporting purposes, why should they be allowed to sell it for profit at a subsequent time?
If they cannot run a viable club using the land, they should return it to the community.

Federal have a real water problem – they cannot connect to the grey water system either.

I have played at royal adelaide and they have gone for a central australian desert feel- perhaps federal has to completely redesign around permanently poor water.

They have no lakes nor no natural water storage so they are always going to be in trouble when the dry hits and the true cost of water is factored in.

The area to be sold is good land and wont change the playability of the course, and will fetch very good money. If it is reinvested in drought tolerant greens and fairways, then its a good result all round as far as I am concerned.