St Lucia Golf Links is an 18-hole golf course 5,411 metres long, designed to suit golfers of all levels (par is 69). Nature, wildlife and sport come together on the course that was once a bird sanctuary.
Now approaching its 100th birthday, it has grown remarkably in the last century. Even at the very beginning, its owners (Indooroopilly Golf Club) reached out to the world’s most renowned golf course architect Alister MacKenzie to suggest improvements to its layout. The course’s expansion and improvement has never ceased.
Completed late 2019, we welcome Mini Golf to St Lucia Golf Links – Brisbane’s most advanced putt putt course. Designed by world-class mini golf course designer Craig Bartlett, this facility is gaining enormous popularity and here’s why:
St Lucia Golf Links has hosted several Queensland Open and PGA tournaments. That professional standard has gone into the support we provide, with a new team of PGA Golf Professionals lead by Director of Golf Mark Holland. The team are on hand 7 days per week from dawn to dusk to support the golfing community. Our coaching and lesson programs are also designed for all ages and abilities.
The golf shop features Queensland’s best golf simulator and can serve as a private function event. In these circumstances, the simulator turns into a big screen TV and plays whatever you need.
Hillstone St Lucia’s stunning Queensland architecture integrates the beauty of its surroundings with modern designs. As one of Brisbane’s largest privately operated venues at 4000m2, its award-winning facilities offer absolute flexibility in catering for all types of events. Whether there are 10 guests or 1200, our immense space offers abundant function rooms, courtyards and car spaces.
Located only 10 minutes from Brisbane’s CBD, the venue is situated in a historic area, surrounded by a beautiful public golf course and parklands. This ensures there are incredible views during the day and at night, for weddings, personal events and corporate events (large or small).
We’re one of only a few venues in Brisbane that can accommodate events with over 500 guests. And our in-house catering and beverage service follows suit. Our staff provide exemplary service, catering for local, national and international meetings and events – this includes exhibitions and product launches.
Private events and weddings are the main focus on weekends, with our special facility licence offering its service between 8am and 12midnight. And with St Lucia Golf Links on our doorstep, corporate golf days are an important part of business events activity.
In addition to weekly events and meetings, we also host a number of large-scale functions for various celebrations throughout the year. These include Melbourne Cup, Mother’s Day and Christmas Day, as well as myriad events as thank-you celebrations for our regular patrons and local customers.
Hillstone function venues has three traditional-style rooms, with each one offering outdoor terraces and plenty of natural light and fresh air. The Grand View Room is the largest, offering a space only a handful of others can match in Brisbane. Functions set here are enhanced by a powder room, AV operations room, client storage/green room, private bar area and outdoor terrace.
The Rosewood Room and Library Room can also accommodate larger functions, acting as potential break-out rooms, or they can operate as independent meeting rooms. Further additional space is also available with various gardens and courtyards – these are perfect for wedding ceremonies.
Hillstone St Lucia has a strong, directive approach within the market and with our product development strategies. We offer a diversified range of offerings so we can benefit from opportunities within multiple industries. This diversification has ensured our growth, even in the face of adverse changes to the industry (including three financial recessions).
Our business focus is to foster our dynamic business plan and grow to accommodate the changing needs of our customers and the wider community. We continue to do this by staying in touch with our customers and employing our well-developed and valued feedback process. Having detailed control systems also gives us a durability and control.
We provide our facilities and services to many sectors for different types of events. Our core market sectors include:
• Weddings and private events (up to 200 events per year)
• Corporate events and meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) (upwards of 150 events per year)
• Social and corporate golfing (upwards of 25 golf events per year and more than 32,000 social rounds!)
• School events (up to 30 school events per year)
• Fundraising and charity events (up to 30 events per year)
Our onsite restaurant and wine bar is a relaxed space with an extraordinary atmosphere and panoramic views looking over more than 100 acres of golf course. Offering sittings for lunch and dinner, with morning bakery options and a substantial bar menu available at all other times, the restaurant caters for up to 1000 guests per week with more than 140 seats. We offer:
• Semi-private event spaces
• Formal and casual dining
• A menu to engage every guest
• Fresh local produce
• Flexible catering
• An eclectic mix of cuisine influences
• A wide selection of beers and wines
• A unique sensi loci (sense of place).
As the venue rests among St Lucia’s green golf course, hundred acre bar embraces a unique sense of place. Along with its rustic décor, customers can experience the serenity of the area as the air from the surrounding nature rises with the wind, through the restaurant and up to the Rooftop Terrace.
Our seasonal menu is fresh and sensational. With influences from far and wide places, our menu is an interesting story of flavours and ingredients that you’ll surely enjoy. The extensive menu of beers and wines also adds another dimension, evolving with the seasons, like the menu and décor, to complement your experience. Hundred acre bar was also the very first restaurant to serve breakfast to the public in 1986, marking our place in history as first movers with this now iconic and much loved outing.
Hundred Acre Bar and Restaurant is well established in the hospitality industry and has a strong reputation grounded in over 30 years of operation. In fact 2022 marks 34 years in hospitality for owners Hans Pettersson and Jens Holland, who have helped Brisbane families celebrate many special occasions in hundred acre bar. On behalf of the growing spirit from these occasions that have been celebrated here, the venue has received additional upgrades to include a new Pavilion with glorious views overlooking the golf course and Garden mini golf. These new facilities have been specifically designed for the get-togethers and entertainment hundred acre bar is so well known for.
Above all else, Hundred Acre is a celebration of our culture. With our indoor and outdoor dining spaces, and an exciting selection of fresh meals served by a friendly team, the only thing you’ll need to worry about is inviting the right company to share it with.