Hi Lou,
My husband is one of the Golf Operations team a The Pacific in Carindale. He used to be the manager at Links in Hope Island on the Gold Coast. He reckons The Pacific is a far more friendly place, quite a few expats and reasonably priced compared to some. He played off scratch / +1 so is reasonably fussy but I don't think it is a "real flash" place. Depends what he is looking for.
Good Luck with everything