The best mini golf in Brisbane for getting your putt putt on

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Victoria Park Putt Putt is an 18-hole mini golf course featuring sand and water traps and swinging poles. There are regular themed events, including Halloween and Christmas, as well as live music and family events at the bistro. With great city views and an on-site bar, the putt putt course is perfect for family fun, first dates and after-work hangs. Check out the bistro after a taxing round of mini golf for a bite to eat. Top tip: visit later in the evening during the summer months to beat the heat and soak up the night time views.

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Holey Moley, Australia's mini-golf juggernaut, has its base in the former Valley Presbyterian Church. In case you haven't heard, the Holey Moley concept is indoor mini golf for grown ups. You can drink booze and eat bar food while you make your way around either of the two nine-hole courses. Kids aren't actually allowed in after 5pm, but they get a warm welcome during the daytime, and the whole place has more colour and movement than your typical putt putt. Holes have been conceived like Rube Goldberg machines, with some, such as the Willy Wonka-themed hole 7, involving a pneumatic pipe that sucks your ball up and takes it on a wild ride. You pay more for the experience – considerably more – than elsewhere, but to be fair you can see where the money goes. From the pretend gumball machines that dispense multicoloured golf balls to the neon signage, this is mini golf turned up to 11. There are also Holey Moleys in Chermside, the CBD, Surfers Paradise and Maroochydore.

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Adjacent to Mount Gravatt Showgrounds is this cheerful and unpretentious putt putt. There’s an undercover course for poor weather tournaments and an outdoor course among pleasant trees and bushes. Spin one of the occcasional challenge wheels to change up your game and groove along to a constant soundtrack of '70s and '80s feelgood anthems under the disco lighting. Budding Harry Kewells will be in their element on the nine-hole “foot golf” course where you simply have to get a soccer ball into various marked holes across a field in as few kicks as possible. Friendly staff here make a huge difference, helpfully explaining everything and perfectly happy to let you play each course multiple times at no extra charge. They even have a licence to serve alcoholic beverages to the grown-ups if they want them.

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In a nod to the proximity of the international airport, the puttt putt comes with an all-nations theme – the 18 holes are named after 18 countries. The holes are all par 2 and challenging enough to make you want to come back. The course runs between bushes and fountains and doesn't have too many fancy tricks. The 'Denmark' hole has two levels joined by underground pipes, but that's as tricky as it gets. Pricing is very fair, with littlies under five years old getting to play free. If you feel like playing again at the end, it's only $5 per person.

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This pristine, manicured mini-golf course involves bubbling brooks, rock features, wooden bridges, and multiple-hole putting challenges. The difficulty level is not too high – many holes are designed for the ball to roll back into the hole if you miss it. The 'sandtraps' look authentic, and the piped music leans towards 1990s cool. It's clearly well looked after as far as putt putts go and worth a look. 

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Occupying a huge warehouse space, the Jungle has different kids' attractions all with separate pricing. You can drop in for an hour and just do one or two, or buy a package and stay half the day. In January 2023 the Jungle opened its Mini Golf Safari offering. This 16-hole putt putt has an exotica/pirate treasure theme with obstacles including a carved totem poles, a skull fountain, giant snake, jeep and a pond complete with a special pole for fishing out your ball when you inevitably misjudge the shot and end up in the drink. Expect weird scenes inside the goldmine when you get to hole 14.

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The mini golf at the Alexandra Hills Hotel has been cleverly landscaped around the Fairway Beer Garden, meaning that parents can drink and dine while watching their kids make their way around the course. There are boulders, rock gardens, a waterfall, a fountain and palm trees to play around. Our favourite greens are the 'Pinball Maze' – multicoloured poles that your ball richochets off – and the 'Pole Hole' – with hanging poles above each hole that will knock your ball away if you don't time the putt correctly. There are only 12 greens rather than the traditional 18, but each has four different holes of varying difficulty: Blue (kids), White (Easy), Yellow (Medium) and Red (Hard).