Amazing Barns To Hire For Weddings In Victoria
Wedding Barns: VIC | NSW
Victoria has a great range of barn wedding venues situated on picturesque farms across the state, and with 19 million sheep & lambs grazing across 6 million hectares, the state has no shortage of shearing sheds to hire for wedding ceremonies & receptions.
With agricultural farming particularly prevalent in the north & west of Victoria, many of the state's best barn wedding venues are located in this region. Daylesford and Geelong are popular spots for country weddings and offer a number of beautifully converted barns to hire for weddings within 1.5 hours of Melbourne.
Victoria's best barn wedding venues range from original farm buildings that ooze rustic character to more contemporary event spaces with luxury appeal. Popular barns for rustic weddings include bluestone stables and woolsheds, many of which were originally built in the 1800's and lend a wonderful heritage atmosphere to events.
Most farm wedding venues in Victoria are DIY locations where you pay a venue hire fee and BYO caterers & drinks. A small selection of the state's wedding barns offer all inclusive wedding packages with the average cost being $170 - $180 per person for food & beverages. Hire fees are in addition to wedding packages and range from $1,200 - $20,000+ with accommodation included at the upper end of this range.
Victoria's best barn wedding venues not only offer an atmospheric space for wedding receptions, but are located on incredibly beautiful country estates with unique ceremony sites and photo opportunities. From secret billabongs and enchanted forests to scenic ridge top paddocks, these amazing country properties are some of the most stunning places to get married in South Eastern Australia.
These are the top 10 barn wedding venues in Victoria.
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Top 10 Barn Wedding Venues In Victoria
The Shearing Shed
- Location: 116 Gap Road, Cowes, VIC 3922
- Capacity: 40 - 110
- Venue Hire: $3,600
- Food & Drinks: $155 - $204 per person
This refurbished old shearing shed wedding venue is located on Victoria's Phillip Island just 1.5 hours from Melbourne and has been updated from its original build in the 1950's offering a warm rustic space for wedding receptions with a fire place, modern air conditioning & heating, polished concrete floors and atmospheric lighting.
The barn is situated on 20 acres of private farmland and has a secret garden ceremony space with rustic timber pews set within a tranquil, nature-immersed billabong. The ceremony & reception venue hire fee is $3,600 and all inclusive wedding packages range from $155 - $204 per head. Optional extras include cocktails and champagne towers.
Yarra Valley Estate
- Location: 2164 Melba Highway, Dixons Creek, VIC 3775
- Capacity: 120 - 170
- Accommodation: Sleeps 96
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
- Curfew: 1am
Yarra Valley Estate is nested within 120 acres of rolling hills, native forest and edible gardens and with a rustic barn reception space, 2 cottages and 46 guest rooms, is the perfect destination for a country wedding with all your guests staying onsite.
The rustic barn seats up to 120 wedding guests or caters for cocktail functions with up to 170 people and offers all inclusive wedding packages catered with sustainable produce grown onsite. Four beautiful ceremony sites adjoin the reception barn and include an open-air chapel, a wetlands conservation area, manicured sculpture gardens and an indoor option.
Barn Events at Homestead Park
- Location: 75 Mount Ararat South Road, Nar Nar Goon, VIC 3812
- Capacity: 150
- Venue Hire: $7,150
- Wedding Planner: $2,900+
At the heart of Homestead Park in Gippsland is a contemporary-style barn wedding venue with a blank canvas white interior and cosy fireplace, perfect for luxe-rustic receptions. The barn adjoins brand new stables and an outdoor event area in cattle yards and overlooks 15 hectares of picturesque farmland less than one hour from the Melbourne CBD.
There are two gorgeous ceremony spaces at Homestead Park including English-style gardens that surround the property's federation Homestead, and a more rustic location on the lawn in front of the barn. Barn venue hire starts at $7,150 and all weddings are required to hire Events By Annie who liaises with suppliers and provides on-the-day wedding coordination.
Woolbrook Homestead
- Location: 704 Teesdale-Inverleigh Road, Teesdale, VIC 3328
- Capacity: 60 - 130
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10
- Wedding Package: $19,500
- Food & Drinks: BYO
With its original bluestone walls constructed in 1856, the historic Woolshed at Woolbrook Homestead is an ideal venue for rustic weddings and is located on a family-owned working farm 30 minutes inland from Geelong.
Venue hire to host your wedding reception in The Woolshed starts at $11,000, or $19,500 with a two night stay for up to 10 guests in the property's heritage bluestone homestead. Included in this fee are wedding amenities such as toilets and exclusive use of the homestead grounds which include a swimming pool, tennis court and billiards table.
Rocklea Farm
- Location: Friend in Hand Road, Fyansford, VIC 3218
- Capacity: 150
- Glamping: Sleeps 20
- Venue Hire: $5,990 - $11,990
- Catering & Drinks: BYO
The original woolshed at Rocklea Farm near Geelong has been transformed into a beautiful barn wedding venue that seats up to 120 guests in a softly lit, timber-walled ambience. The barn adjoins a festoon lit courtyard perfect for pre-reception canapés, food truck weddings or dancing under the stars, and has a moody rustic bar inspired by the cigar lounges of yesteryear.
This tranquil family owned & operated property sits on 80 acres of quintessential Aussie farmland and has a stunning country vista that takes in the Barrabool Hills. Rustic ceremony spaces include a garden marquee permanently arranged for wedding ceremonies with a unique barn door altar, intimate stables and a 600 year old gum tree that sits in an authentic farm paddock.
Quirindi Stables
- Location: 60 Telegraph Road, Newlyn North, VIC 3364
- Capacity: 60 - 200
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Quirindi Stables is situated at Hepburn Lagoon Trail Rides 10 minutes from Daylesford and is the perfect barn wedding venue for cocktail-style receptions with food trucks. The rustic barn, stables and outdoor courtyard come fully furnished with bar tables, stools and festoon lighting, and there's a new pear tree arbour set within a private garden purpose-built for intimate wedding ceremonies.
Horse lovers will revel in the beautiful photo opportunities at Quirindi Stables where 40 mares & stallions graze in lucerne paddocks and where amazing sunsets offer incredible country wedding photos.
Inglewood Estate
- Location: 130 Eltham-Yarra Glen Road, Kangaroo Ground, VIC 3097
- Capacity: 50 - 120
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
- Minimum Spend: $11,900 - $16,500
Inglewood Estate is a rustic reception centre located 40 minutes north of Melbourne at Kangaroo Ground and is set within a private vineyard and stunning gardens with water features. The rustic barn was formally an old hay shed and has been elegantly renovated into a beautiful reception space with two open fires & corrugated walls keeping with the rustic charm of the property.
Venue hire includes access to the property's original farm house Inglewood Cottage for getting ready, and use of the rustic chapel or lakefront gardens for your ceremony. Beautiful wedding photo locations include antique farm backdrops such as colonial buildings, horse drawn carts and an old windmill.
The Burrow Barn
- Location: 189 Springhill Road, Denver, VIC 3461
- Capacity: 200
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
The Burrow's modern barn event space seats up to 170 wedding guests and is located in the Wombat State Forest within a few minutes of Daylesford. Inside the barn's contemporary white walls is a large stone fireplace and the space opens through timber bi-fold doors to a large verandah with views of surrounding farmland and forest.
Rustic wedding ceremony spots at The Burrow include many tranquil forest clearings, a small paddock beside a Peppermint Gum Forest and an earthy courtyard overlooking the grounds. Pet friendly.
Chapter Barn
- Location: 100 Lomagnos Road, Outtrim, VIC 3951
- Capacity: 110
- Accommodation: Sleeps 4
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Chapter Barn is a specialist barn wedding venue located on the scenic ridge top in the South Gippsland region of Victoria and sits on 27 acres of sloping farmland with stunning views over Wilsons Promontory to the Bass Coast. Purposefully restored as a luxe-rustic reception space, the barn is notable for its intentionally raw aesthetic with exposed hardwood beams and insulated roofing.
Swallowfield Vineyards
- Location: Swallowfield Road, Gembrook, VIC 3783
- Capacity: 50 - 130
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Swallowfield Vineyards in the Yarra Valley is the perfect venue for rustic barn weddings with repurposed stables opening to beautiful valley views where horses graze in surrounding fields. The stables has an open log fireplace and comes fully furnished for up to 100 guests including tableware, with the ability to bring your own preferred caterers and drinks.
Also within the 150 acres at Swallowfield Vineyards is a gorgeous lakefront ceremony site that is fully encased in lush pine forest and provides a very special place to say "I do" immersed in tranquil nature.
Rustic Barn Wedding Spaces in Victoria
The best barn venues to hire for rustic weddings in Victoria are authentic farm sheds that have been repurposed into functional ceremony & reception spaces. These buildings include a wide variety of sheds originally used for storing hay and machinery, packing fruit or shearing and include the uniquely Victorian bluestone stables & barns built throughout the mid 1800's.
Recommended Victorian properties with bluestone barn wedding venues include Woolbrook Homestead and Barunah Plains which are both located near Geelong.
Modern Barn Wedding Spaces in Victoria
Victoria has a growing number of contemporary barn wedding venues that offer a sophisticated setting for luxe rustic events. Popular wedding barns to hire for a chic, modern reception in Victoria include American-style barns imported from the States, white-walled barns with timber trimmings and refurbished sheds that juxtapose modern building materials such as polished concrete floors with original timber & iron.
Venues that have modern wedding barns in Victoria include Chapter Barn and Homestead Park which are both located near Gippsland, The Burrow in Daylesford and Coombs Hill Barn north of the Yarra Ranges.
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