Spooky Putt Putt at Victoria Park
Get into the Halloween spirit by putting your way past creepy clowns, critters and jacks-in-the-box in Herston.
Overview
Before mini-golf bars started popping up around Brisbane — Fortitude Valley, the Wintergarden, Chermside, Mt Gravatt and South Bank all have them, just to name a few spots — the Victoria Park Putt Putt Course provided a trusty place to get tap, tap, tapping. Don't go thinking that it doesn't like to theme its courses, just like its fellow golfing havens. Head by as Halloween approaches, in fact, and you'll see just how much it loves making over its turf.
One of Brisbane's most recent traditions is also one of its most fun: themed mini golf at different times of year at Victoria Park. At Christmas, the site gives itself a festive revamp. At Easter, a candy-themed wonderland has popped up in the past. And the Halloween spirit kicks in leading up to the spookiest date of the year.
From Friday, September 19–Sunday, November 2, the venue's greens will be getting a horror-themed makeover again — and, no, missing a hole in one won't be the most terrifying thing about your stint on the course. As it did in 2023 and 2024, the mini-golf spot is busting out something that's haunted one of Stephen King's best-known horror novels, the movies based on them, and just life in general: clowns being creepy, chilling and downright terrifying.
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Fancy seeing how you cope with eerie decorations while tap, tap, tapping? Wondering if that unsettling vibe will put you off your short game? When you're doing the monster mash on the green this year, you'll also be trying to avoid frightening zombies, ghouls and more.
Haunted tents, creepy jack-in-the-boxes, evil clowns: they're among the petrifying things that'll be improving or scaring your short game again. So is a spot called Freakshow Freeway. If a haunted house was to meet up with a mini golf course, this is what it'd look like.
Bookings are essential, with the course staying open till midnight on Friday and Saturday for maximum spook. Just remember that it's a family-friendly affair, so you'll likely have plenty of company — and tickets cost $24 per adult.
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