Resort wedding venues are the ultimate destination for all-in-one weddings with ceremony & reception spaces plus onsite accommodation all located in the one convenient spot. Whether you’re looking for a luxury wedding destination for 100+ guests or you’re planning to elope, Australia has an amazing variety of stunning wedding resorts that offer packages for nuptials of all sizes.
The best wedding resorts in Australia include private islands & coastal resorts, exclusive-use hotels, luxury farm stays, private retreats and high-end camps. Other wedding venues with accommodation that offer resort-like facilities include luxurious private estates, rainforest hideaways and country lodges, many of which offer exclusive venue hire giving you & your guests private use of the entire property for a 3 day wedding experience.
Most of the top resort wedding locations in Australia offer all inclusive wedding packages that come with a beautiful ceremony & reception venue, in-house catering & drinks and an onsite stay in stylish accommodation. Many also include access to holiday facilities such as golf courses, spas, swimming pools and private beaches, making them the perfect destination for a wedding and combined honeymoon.
If you're tossing up between getting married overseas or a destination wedding down under, we highly recommend checking out these amazing wedding resorts located all over Australia. From tropical island getaways to unique bushland retreats, Australia has an incredible choice of world class wedding resorts that are just as stunning and more affordable than flying abroad for an island wedding.
Here are the 20 best resort wedding venues in Australia.
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1. The Cove Beachfront Resort
- Location: Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay, NSW 2540
- Capacity: 150+
- Accommodation: Sleeps 111
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Cove is one of the best coastal wedding resorts in New South Wales and is located in Jervis Bay on its own private white sand beach. The Cove specialises in destination weddings with a 3 day venue hire package providing the entire resort for your exclusive use for 2 nights with onsite accommodation for 111 guests.
Wedding facilities at The Cove include an oceanfront garden for your wedding ceremony, a luxe all-weather reception hall and a beautiful festoon-lit courtyard surrounding an outdoor bar. The Cove oozes Mediterranean vibes with a warm coastal breeze floating across the spectacular seaside location and free paddle boards available during your stay.
2. Daydream Island Resort & Living Reef
- Location: Daydream Island, Whitsundays, QLD
- Capacity: 2 - 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 300+
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Daydream Island is a world class wedding resort immersed in the tropical waters of the Whitsundays just 30 minutes by boat or helicopter from mainland Queensland. With onsite accommodation for all wedding guests, multiple swimming pools, private beaches for snorkelling, stunning rainforest walks and an underwater reef observatory, this stunning tropical island is perfect for an extended wedding & honeymoon experience.
Modern wedding venues on the island include a glass chapel with uninterrupted ocean views, a seaside deck perfect for ceremonies & receptions on the water's edge and poolside event spaces. The island caters for elopements & micro weddings up to celebrations with 300+ guests.
3. The Lodge Wedding Resort
- Location: 406 Jamberoo Mountain Road, Jamberoo, NSW 2533
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 136
- Catering & Drinks: $120+/pp
The Lodge is located down a quiet country lane near Wollongong in New South Wales and is a luxury hotel that offers 3 day wedding packages with up to 136 guests staying onsite. With exclusive use of the entire resort including 43 stylish hotel rooms set around a huge outdoor swimming pool, The Lodge is the perfect destination for a fun-filled wedding weekend.
Amenities at The Lodge include an open-air Pine Tree Ceremony Cathedral, a luxe wedding reception hall, private gardens & courtyards and tree covered avenues that offer a spectacular setting for outdoor dining. There's also a bar, restaurant and facilities for a welcome night and after party.
4. The Woods Farm
- Location: Bayly Road, Tomerong, NSW 2540
- Capacity: 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps 120
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The most luxurious resort for country weddings in NSW is The Woods Farm located in Jervis Bay. This incredibly unique farm stay is nestled in 40 acres of native bushland 2.5 hours from Sydney & Canberra and offers exclusive venue hire for two nights with wedding accommodation for up to 120 guests.
The farm's open-air bush chapel is one of Australia's most sought after ceremony venues and is accessed via a 120 metre aisle of jasmine-covered archways. A garden bar & outdoor dance floor sets the scene for evening frivolities and there's a gorgeous reception venue in a vintage chandelier shed.
A Woods Farm wedding starts with a welcome night BBQ on day 1 and finishes with a poolside recovery brunch on day 3.
5. Jonah's Whale Beach
- Location: 69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach, NSW 2107
- Capacity: 122
- Accommodation: Sleeps 22
- Wedding Packages: $230 - $450/pp
Jonah's offers the most exclusive wedding experience of any boutique hotel in Sydney and features a spectacular cliff top garden for wedding ceremonies, two chefs-hatted dining rooms and 11 luxury suites that all have stunning ocean views.
This award winning coastal resort can be hired for your exclusive use by booking all 11 seaside suites and hosting your wedding reception onsite. Non-exclusive bookings are available for lunch time weddings in the main restaurant which seats up to 122 guests, or in the private dining room which seats 30 - 40 people.
6. Greystone Estate
- Address: 617 Hermitage Rd, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 30 - 110
- Accommodation: Sleeps 32
- Wedding Packages: $400+/pp
Greystone Estate is located on 10 park-like acres in the Hunter Valley and is a 5 star wedding estate with 15 luxury guest suites across 4 seperate onsite dwellings. The Hamptons-inspired property has an all-white open-air chapel and a sophisticated reception hall that caters for high end weddings with up to 110 guests. Completing the resort wedding experience at Greystone is an exquisite pool & bbq area, games room, butlers pantry and private chef.
7. Vista Hinchinbrook
- Location: 51531 Bruce Highway, Rungoo, QLD 4849
- Capacity: 100
- Accommodation: Sleeps 14
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Vista Hinchinbrook was originally a tea rooms and with the recent addition of a covered function deck, bridal suite and onsite accommodation, it's now an idyllic destination for a tropical wedding escape in North Queensland. The property sits within lush rainforest half way between Townsville & Cairns and features a unique garden altar for wedding ceremonies and a large outdoor deck that both overlook stunning views of the Cardwell Range & Channel.
If you're looking for an affordable place to tie the knot, Vista Hinchinbrook ticks the box with budget friendly venue hire, cheap catering and pub-priced drinks. It also has a late curfew of 12pm.
8. Sheraton Grand Mirage Wedding Resort
- Location: 71 Seaworld Drive, Main Beach, 4217
- Capacity: 600
- Accommodation: Sleeps all
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Sheraton Grand Mirage is the only 5 star wedding resort on the Gold Coast and is a popular beachfront location that comes with beautiful oceanfront villas for your wedding guests.
Resort facilities at the Sheraton Grand Mirage include a lagoon pool with a swim up bar, restaurants, bars & lounges, and a range of world class event spaces for private celebrations. With tropical gardens for a wedding ceremony overlooking the lagoon pool, oceanfront function rooms and outdoor beachfront terraces, the Sheraton Grand Mirage is one of the best resort hotels in Australia.
9. The Oasis Micro Wedding Resort
- Location: 5 Koala Place, Boat Harbour, NSW 2316
- Capacity: 80
- Accommodation: Sleeps 50
- Wedding Packages: BYO
The Oasis is situated on One Mile Beach in Port Stephens and is a luxury coastal resort with onsite accommodation in 9 self contained units. Destination wedding packages include exclusive use of the property with a styled ceremony and catered wedding reception set within 5 acres of tropical gardens.
What stands this magical resort apart from other all inclusive wedding venues is its amazing reception area which features an outdoor bar on a large covered deck hidden in a fairy-lit rainforest.
10. Linga Longa Estate
- Location: 256 Cassia Road, Southampton, WA 6253
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: Glamping/Camping
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Linga Longa Estate is one of the more exotic wedding destinations in Western Australia and is a park-like camping venue located at Blackwood River in the South West of the state. The secluded 700 acre property is hidden within a private forest offering a beautifully secluded and intimate destination for relaxed outdoor weddings.
Wedding ceremony locations include an enchanting festoon-lit forest cathedral and floating lake gazebo. For wedding receptions there's a permanent marquee with a timber deck that overlooks the lake and surrounding hills. As your reception draws to an end, an outdoor log lounge provides a relaxed and romantic site to wind down for the evening.
11. The Woodhouse Wollombi
- Location: 2674 Paynes Crossing Rd, Wollombi, NSW 2325
- Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 17 - 33
- Catering & Drinks: $140 - $240/pp
The Woodhouse Wollombi offers luxury stays in the Hunter Valley and is the perfect resort for elegant country weddings as it has an architecturally designed event barn that sits within manicured European gardens. The contemporary function space adjoins a covered outdoor dance floor and has a Tuscan pergola with a garden bar that overlooks the property's private lake.
Wedding accommodation at The Woodhouse includes 8 modern king suites that guests are able to book themselves, and a bridal suite and group barn stay that comes with the all inclusive wedding packages.
12. Great Ocean Road Resort
- Location: 105 Great Ocean Road, Anglesea, VIC 3230
- Capacity: 20 - 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 60+
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Great Ocean Road Resort is located on Australia's most famous coastal road and is a luxury beachfront resort with beautiful places to get married on the sands around Anglesea. Amenities at this luxury hotel include boutique resort rooms, coastal-themed reception venues, an upscale day spa, modern Australian restaurant, gym, indoor pool and tennis court.
Among the resort's wedding facilities is a bright and airy private dining room perfect for micro weddings and elopements, a fine dining restaurant for larger receptions, an indoor ceremony space and a sunken lounge and open-air fire pit area set amongst beautiful tropical landscaping.
13. Sylvan Glen Estate
- Location: 570 Kareela Rd, Penrose, NSW 2579
- Capacity: 140
- Accommodation: Sleeps 62
With a private 9 hole golf course nestled amongst 60 acres of ecologically protected woodlands, Sylvan Glen is one of the best resorts to get married at in the Southern Highlands. This stunning garden venue specialises in affordable destination weddings and has versatile onsite accommodation for 20 - 62 guests, an amazing vine covered altar and a romantic reception space in an intimate library room.
Sylvan Glen offers a comprehensive wedding experience over 3 days with onsite facilities for pre & post wedding events. All inclusive wedding packages are cheaper than any other private golf resort in New South Wales.
14. Hayman Island Resort
- Location: Hayman Island, Whitsundays QLD
- Capacity: 2 - 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 300+
Hayman Island Resort is one of Australia's most luxurious beach wedding resorts and is located on the iconic Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. The Whitsundays landmark offers a range of destination wedding packages from elopements to grand celebrations with up to 300 guests and has 166 luxury guest rooms spread across 3 wings - offering the option to book out your own wing.
Hayman Island's world class wedding venues include a spectacular pool deck, lush tropical gardens, private beaches and modern function rooms. The resort is accessed via luxury catamaran, helicopter or seaplane.
15. Berry Hill
- Location: 1832 River Road, Leets Vale, NSW
- Capacity: 15 - 150+
- Accommodation: Sleeps 14 - 54
- Venue Hire: $12,300+
- Catering & Drinks: BYO
- No Curfew
Berry Hill is located in a stunning wilderness setting just outside of Sydney and is a premium wedding destination for outdoor celebrations hosted across 3 days. The 75 acre property has a village of luxury bell tents that come fully furnished for an upmarket camping experience, plus contemporary wedding accommodation in 3 modern suites and a cottage.
This all in one wedding venue features a riverside ceremony site, a timber-floored marquee and an outdoor reception space with romantic festoon lights and stunning views over the Hawkesbury River and surrounding blue gum covered hills. If you're looking for a private location to tie the knot in nature with your own private beach & swimming hole, Berry Hill is the ideal spot.
16. Spicers Sangoma Retreat
- Location: 70 Grandview Ln, Bowen Mountain, NSW 2753
- Capacity: 30
- Accommodation: 6 Luxury suites sleep 16
- Wedding Packages: Top end
Spicers is a name synonymous with Australia's best wedding resorts with the brand's renowned 5 star service and luxury surrounds on offer at Sangoma Retreat. This tranquil destination in the Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury region offers the epitome of luxury for small weddings of up to 30 guests immersed in natural serenity.
There are 6 private and individually unique suites at the resort which can be booked for your exclusive use with an overnight or two night package. Weddings are catered by the chefs hatted onsite restaurant with a 5 course degustation menu and drinks package. Elopement packages available.
17. Cypress Lakes Wedding Resort
- Location: 15 Thompsons Rd, Pokolbin, NSW 2320
- Capacity: 900
- Accommodation: Sleeps 900+
- Wedding Packages: Affordable
- Elopements & micro weddings available
Cypress Lakes is the largest golf resort in the Hunter Valley and has 12+ ceremony & reception venues alongside its 18 hole championship course. This resort is too big to hire for the exclusive use of your wedding, but offers a fun atmosphere in which to celebrate with your guests and amazing facilities including a luxury day spa, multiple restaurants, a public bar, several swimming pools, tennis courts and an amazing kids playground.
Event spaces within the 25 acre country-club venue range from a man-made lake with rotunda and water fountain, to poolside spots and secluded garden, bush & golf course settings. Function rooms include a grand marquee for weddings with 400+ guests, a ballroom and smaller more intimate spaces.
18. Freedom Shores
- Location: Pringle Road, Woodwark, QLD 4802
- Capacity: 40
- Accommodation: Sleeps 34
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
- Elopements: From $9,890
Freedom Shores is an oceanfront wedding destination located in a hidden valley at Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays. Surrounded by hills and with its own private beach, the expansive grounds and luxurious boutique accommodation is like its own island getaway and the perfect spot for an overseas wedding in the pacific, right here on Australian sand.
At Freedom Shores you get your own private wedding resort with on-shore accommodation in purpose-built boats for the weekend. Guests pay their own accommodation. All inclusive destination weddings are $32,150 for 40 guests including ceremony, celebrant, flowers, hair & make up, reception & catering plus accommodation for the Bride & Groom for 2 nights.
19. NRMA Murramarang Beachfront Holiday Resort
- Location: Banyandah Street, South Durras, NSW 2536
- Capacity: 20 - 120
- Accommodation: Villas sleep 40+
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive from $160/pp
Murramarang Beach Wedding Resort is located just north of Batemans Bay on the South Coast of NSW. The oceanfront resort is surrounded by National Park with villas just a few steps from the sand. There are four receptions venues at the resort that cater for micro weddings of 20 - 40 guests up to parties of 120 and include both indoor & outdoor settings.
All inclusive wedding packages come with a choice of menus including gourmet banquets or low-key canapés. Being a non-exclusive resort, packages are relatively affordable and there is a restaurant and kiosk onsite to cater to the remainder of your stay should you wish to honeymoon.
20. Pullman Magenta Shores Resort
- Location: 1 Magenta Drive, Magenta, NSW 2261
- Capacity: 220 - 400
- Accommodation: Sleeps everyone
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Pullman Magenta Shores is a 52 acre, 5 star beachfront wedding resort located on Tuggerah Lake on the Central Coast. The resort is set amongst landscaped gardens and has 1 - 3 bedroom appartments, 3 swimming pools, a pool bar and day spa.
Pullman Magenta Shores is much like a country club wedding venue and has an 18 hole championship golf course where golfers can T-off on the morning of their wedding. There are 6 reception venues within the resort plus a manicured lakeside lawn should you prefer a garden wedding over the nearby beach.
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Luxury Wedding Resorts
- Jonah's, Whale Beach NSW: 20 - 122 guests
- The Lodge, Jamberoo NSW: 60 - 300 guests
- The Woods Farm, Jervis Bay NSW: 30 - 150 guests
- Greystone Estate, Hunter Valley NSW: 30 - 110 guests
- Sheraton Grand Mirage, Gold Coast QLD: 2 - 600 guests
Beach Wedding Resorts
- The Cove, Jervis Bay NSW: 30 - 150 guests
- The Oasis, Port Stephens NSW: 10 - 80 guests
- Daydream Island, Queensland: 2 - 300 guests
- Great Ocean Road Resort, Victoria: 20 - 150 guests
- Hayman Island, Queensland: 10 - 300 guests
- Freedom Shores, Airlie Beach QLD: 40
Affordable Wedding Resorts
- Sylvan Glen Estate, Southern Highlands: 20 - 140 guests
- The Oasis, Port Stephens NSW: 10 - 80 guests
- Midginbil Eco Resort, Byron Bay NSW: 40 - 170 guests
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