Golf in the Mount Barker District Council area

In the Mount Lofty Ranges about 30 minutes from Adelaide, Mount Barker offers two public 18-hole, par-70 courses with a gum-lined Adelaide Hills feel. Aston Hills at Mount Barker is an easy-walking parkland lined with gums, with ponds and creeks in play and wide, well-kept fairways; its forgiving layout makes it a natural step up for newer golfers moving to a full-length course, and the clubhouse is open to the public. Echunga Golf Club runs over gentle ground in the town of Echunga and measures 5,458 metres for men. It is relaxed and well presented, set among majestic gums, with smaller, true greens that demand precise approaches and a clubhouse that is an inviting place to wind down. Neither is a brute; both reward tidy golf.