Queenstown Golf club goes Green -News- Proposed new $750 million Golf course.

$750 million golf resort planned

The $750 million Gibbston Valley Resort, including a nine-hole golf course, near Queenstown, may be about to gain some traction. The resort will include 120 homes and accommodation in 180 units for tourists.

The golf course has been designed by local Greg Turner. A wine themed village is also proposed with restaurants, shops and a farmers' market. Greg Hunt, the co-owner of the project was formerly involved in the development of both Millbrook Resort and Pegasus town near Christchurch.

Promotion or the resort is already under way with a showroom and office open at the Gibbston Valley Winery where 24 luxury units and a spa were opened a year ago. — by Neville Idour.

Queenstown Golf Club environment friendly

Queenstown Lakes' District Council is pleased to see a golf club involved in a local initiative.

In it’s latest newsletter it said the Queenstown Golf Club (Kelvin Heights) had custom-built a composting system as part of the council’s waste composting Initiative.

Club general manager Matthew Judd said a council grant enabled it to purchase the necessary materials to build the compost system.

“I have lived onsite for three years and it was painful to see the amount of foodwaste that ends up in the bin … and ultimately in landfill. Knowing how simple it is to compost food waste inspired the project.”

The club is fortunate to have very skilled woodworking greenkeeping staff who constructed the bins on site. The course itself features many very attractive wooden seats along with ball washers and rubbish receptacles that are not an eyesore and that were built by staff.

The club will have a case study on all aspects of the project that will be shared with all clubs through Golf New Zealand. It will also use the compost on the course and and look to use more organic fertilisers on course.