St Georges Basin

Sanctuary Point sits on the southern shore of St Georges Basin, the sprawling tidal lake that gives this course its name. The Basin is part of the Shoalhaven region, roughly 2 hours south of Sydney, where the South Coast's mix of coastal waterways, national park bushland, and relaxed beach-town culture defines the landscape. It's holiday and retirement country, the kind of place where golf is woven into the social fabric of the community rather than treated as a prestige pursuit.

St Georges Basin Golf Club carries that same unpretentious character. A par 70 layout suggests a course that trades raw length for variety and positioning — likely a tighter, more tactical test where accuracy off the tee matters more than distance, and where local knowledge rewards the regular member. The surrounding bush vegetation typical of the NSW South Coast almost certainly comes into play throughout the round.

For visitors making the drive from Sydney or staying along the Shoalhaven coast, courses like this one represent honest, affordable regional golf — the kind of round where the surroundings do much of the talking.