KALANGADOO ™
'Ridgey Didge' is Aussie slang for 'The Truth' or 'Real' - Kalangadoo - The Rules
Main Skinny
ALL WAYS RESPECT & GIVE WAY TO DISC GOLFERS. COURSES ARE MADE FOR THEM NOT US.
MAJOR TIP: DO NOT USE YOUR KEYS AS A BALL MARKER, THEY GET LOST EASILY. SECURE THEM SAFELY BEFORE YOU START MATE.
Kalangadoo is similar to disc golf and FootGolf however it is played on a disc golf course with an Australian Rules Football. The goal is to get your ball into the disc golf basket by either kicking it or hand passing it into the basket with the least amount of shots. Each time the ball is kicked or hand passed, it is considered a shot/stroke.
Equipment
The game is played with an Australian Rules Football and is best played with a size 4 ball, however it can be played with a size 5 or size 3 as well. Using one ball for driving and a smaller ball for putting is permitted.
We highly recommend a rubber synthetic ball that you can get from Play Aussie USA here, as leather balls tend to get scratched and marked by trees, rocks and other course obstructions.
The game can be played in cleats, turf shoes, or running shoes.
Playing
Tee Shots
The tee shots are taken at the same place as they’re taken for Disc Golf. On a tee shot, the player is permitted to walk or run up 18’ (6 yards or steps) from behind the front of the tee box or the tee marker. (In the event of a concrete/asphalt tee box, one can go from just beside the tee box if wearing cleats).
Fairway Shots
All subsequent shots that are taken after the tee shot are to be taken from where the ball comes to a complete stop, use a marker on the ground to indicate your next shot. Just like the tee shot, the distance allowed to back up before taking the kick is 18’ (6 yards or steps) and must be straight back from the mark where the ball stopped. If that line back is impeded by a tree or other obstruction, too bad mate.
Hazards
All trees, limbs, sticks, pine cones, etc. are in play and not to be moved. If your ball hits a tree, you have to play it from where it lies. There is no out of bounds rule, unless your ball lands on Private property, is lodged in a tree or bush, or is considered unsafe to play, ie. on a road or highway, in which case you play it from the closest spot not nearer the basket, and take a one shot penalty. If the ball lands in a ditch or gully you must play it from there, or take a one shot penalty.
Putting, seems easy but it is not mate.
Putting is required once within 18’ (6 yards or steps) of the basket, but can be from farther distances as well. Putting is completed from the point at which the ball stops moving and you cannot have a run up when putting. It is completed with a hand pass as is done in Australian Rules Football, which means resting the ball in one hand and then punching it with the closed fist of the other.
Completion of a Hole
The Hole is complete when the ball is resting in the disc golf basket. If the ball is sitting on top of the basket, then it must be taken off and hand passed into the basket from right next to the basket.
There are no ‘gimmies’ in Kalangadoo, you must handball into the basket. If you kick the ball and it lands in the basket (an extremely rare thing, it is called a ‘Kalangadoo’) you take one point off your score for that hole. If you kick the ball into the basket from your tee shot, you score one for the hole then subtract 1 shot from your next hole. (Eg you can't score zero on a hole on most scoring apps, so it is adjusted on the next hole)
12 shot max. If you fail to get the ball in the basket with your 11th kick or handball, pick it up mate and move on. Take a 12 on that hole and try to do better.
What the? Kalangadoo, what does it mean?
It is several things actually.
Kalangadoo is the name of the game, using an Aussie Rules Football on a Disc Golf course.
Kalangadoo is a ‘nic’ name for when you kick an Aussie Rules Football with it tilted sideways as it makes foot contact, so it turns through the air or tumbles along the ground in a curved path. In Aussie Rules Football the kick is often called a ‘Snapshot’. Not to be confused with a ‘Boomerang’ kick that is kicked in a similar way but curves in the opposite direction. Players should all yell 'KALANGADOO' when a player kicks this way.
Kalangadoo is also a shot in the game that lands straight in the basket without being handballed, eg putted.
Kalangadoo is a small town with a population of 287 people located 216 miles South East of the City of Adelaide, in South Australia.
Kalangadoo is an Aboriginal word meaning “Big trees in water”. Neither of which you want to land in mate.
