Rick,
I too stayed at Victoria for a number of nights and used it as a jumping off point for play at the Sandbelt courses. I had a small room upstairs which had an excellent view of the entire property. Because the room also included board, I took breakfast and dinner downstairs in the dining room for which I had to wear appropriate attire which, in the case of the Club, meant jacket and tie at dinner. It was no bother at all and I enjoyed all of the those moments.
What I distinctly remember about the course was that it played faster, both on the fairways and on the greens, than any course that I had ever been on. If I recall correctly, the first hole is a short par 4, probably 280 meters or so with a fence or bushes behind the green. I'm not a very long hitter but the first time I played the hole, I hit an ok drive, perhaps 240 yards in the air and ended up finding the ball in the bushes. The greens rolled even faster, perhaps 15 on the stimp. And they were rock hard. One of the major Australian tournaments had been played at Victoria earlier that year and one rounds had to be cancelled completely when one of the greens (6 perhaps) became impossible to hold or to putt. The property, the movement of both the grounds and the greens, and the remarkable bunkering are well known and have been commented on above.
All in all, a glorious experience and one that I will long remember.