Golf in the Livingstone Shire Council area

Livingstone's golf belongs to the Capricorn Coast, the seaside strip north and east of Rockhampton around Yeppoon, and all three courses are public 18-hole, par-72 layouts. Yeppoon Golf Club at Barmaryee, near the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, is not long but plays tight, with out of bounds and water to manage, smooth two-tier greens and mobs of grey kangaroos for company. The resort course at Farnborough, now Mercure Capricorn Resort, is a Karl Litten design from 1992 whose championship back tees stretch it out; it is an older, quieter course where you can often have the fairways to yourself. Emu Park Golf Club bills itself as one of the friendliest clubs in Australia, pairing a gentler front nine with a hillier, longer back nine and an elevated-tee par-5 17th that invites a big drive.