Funds provided to the Veolia Mulwaree Trust by Veolia Environmental Services have once again been put to good use. The Taralga Golf Club was successful in obtaining a grant from the Veolia Mulwaree Trust. Graham Lambert, Club President, wrote to say “if it had not been for this grant the club would have found it all but impossible to have maintained the course in a playable condition and ultimately, it would have led to the closure of the course. This would have been a disappointing and unacceptable outcome after the many years of planning and hard work by the foundation committee who transformed a travelling stock reserve into a golf course.

“At the time of the grant the club was battling to re-establish a playable golf course of which the community could be proud. A hardworking band of volunteers were struggling to keep mowing equipment in working order. Thankfully the Trust provided a grant of $12,602 which enabled us to purchase a second hand tractor and a new Berends 3 mtr razor cut pasture topper. The improvement on the condition of the golf course has been amazing. We have been able to demonstrate to the Lands Department that we are good custodians of the land and as a result they have created a Reserve Trust to manage the land.

“The course is regularly played on by local members and visitors. The most noted of our visitors being John Odell, Course Superintendent of The Royal Sydney Golf Club along with Course Superintendents Dave Warwick from Avondale, Richard Kirkdy from Pennant Hills, Mark Parker from Concord, Michael Bradbery from Manly and Dan Cook from Elanora. Dan spent some time as the assistant course superintendent of the famous Augusta National, home of the US Masters. All enjoyed a round of golf at Taralga and said they would like to revisit.