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Looking for an amazing wedding location in the Illawarra region of New South Wales? The Illawarra's unique landscape offers a wide range of picturesque wedding venues that pair stunning coastal views and dramatic clifftop settings with a relaxed regional vibe. Whether you're looking for an elegant ceremony site, a unique reception venue or an all-in-one wedding destination, this stunning region offers an incredible choice of spectacular event spaces.
The Illawarra's best wedding venues include luxury beachfront hotels, exclusive-use resorts, private clifftop estates and a variety of farm stays with modern event facilities. Whether you’re dreaming of a barefoot beach wedding, a romantic celebration in the hinterland, or a chic reception overlooking Wollongong Harbour, the Illawarra has it all.
Here are the top 21 places to get married in the Illawarra. They range from seaside pavilions and boutique wineries to modern function spaces and heritage halls. If you're looking for the perfect setting to make your dream day truly memorable, read on below...
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Top 21 Illawarra Wedding Venues
1. The Pavilion Kiama
- Location: 2 Bong Bong Street, Kiama, NSW 2533
- Capacity: 80 - 400
- Catering & Drinks: $125+/pp
The Pavilion Kiama is the Illawarra's best wedding venue for couples seeking affordability and stunning ocean views. The elegant function room is situated on the Kiama headland and is a light-filled space with huge windows overlooking the local surf beach to Kiama Lighthouse.
Function facilities at The Pavilion include an in-built bar, stage & dance floor, an outdoor balcony, a seperate entrance foyer that doubles as a wet weather ceremony space, and a hidden bridal party retreat. Just outside the venue are two stunning ceremony sites on the water's edge, including a park bordered by grand Norfolk Pines and a sheltered space between two rows of rustic boat sheds.
2. The Lodge Jamberoo
- Location: 406 Jamberoo Mountain Road, Jamberoo, NSW 2533
- Capacity: 50 - 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 136
- Catering & Drinks: $105 - $180/pp
The Lodge Jamberoo offers the ultimate wedding destination experience with exclusive use of your own resort-style hotel for two nights including poolside accommodation for your entire guest list. The hotel is situated down a quiet country lane in the Jamberoo Valley just 30 minutes south of Wollongong and has everything you need onsite for an unforgettable weekend of celebrations.
The amazing ceremony space at The Lodge is an open-air timber chapel nestled in a paved Pine Forest where the tranquil sound of a trickling creek provides an incredibly romantic setting for exchanging vows. A contemporary reception venue sits nearby surrounded by tropical gardens and outdoor courtyards, two huge getting ready rooms and a late night bar are among the many other amenities.
3. Ravensthorpe Estate
- Location: 56 Tongarra Road, Albion Park, NSW 2527
- Capacity: 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps 14
Ravensthorpe Estate centres around a restored 19th century manor located in Albion Park and is an idyllic wedding location for couples seeking heritage elegance & country charm. This stylish Georgian manor comes with a refined reception space in a modern pavilion, a private courtyard perfect for cocktail parties and outdoor functions, and 3 acres of gardens featuring an impressive vine-covered ceremony rotunda.
Unlike most high end Illawarra venues, Ravensthorpe Estate specialises in overnight celebrations and offers comprehensive wedding packages with exclusive venue hire for 24 hours. All catering, drinks, and luxury accommodation for up to 14 guests is included, along with a late night supper, brunch the following day and use of the estate's pool and tennis court.
4. The Homestead Berry
- Location: 8 Homestead Lane, Berry, NSW 2535
- Capacity: 120
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
If you're looking for a modern wedding venue with a luxe rustic edge, The Homestead Berry is the perfect location and is just 30 minutes south of Wollongong. This scenic private estate is set across 5 acres of manicured country grounds and features unique ceremony spots at a vine-covered silo, a rustic timber rotunda and overlooking a pretty dam.
The contemporary reception space is a beautifully re-imagined shed that's rich in both rustic character and modern amenities. The shed features a one-of-a-kind silo bar and elegant bi-fold doors that open onto a covered courtyard perfect for late night grooving. Venue hire includes a 2 night stay for up to 10 guests in 5 luxury suites, and a fully furnished ceremony & reception with custom catering. Styling & flowers can also be included.
5. Coolangatta Estate
- Location: 1335 Bolong Road, Coolangatta, NSW 2535
- Capacity: 2 - 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps 70
Coolangatta Estate is the Illawarra's best wedding destination for vineyard nuptials and is situated across 100 acres of stunning coastal scenery & vines at the mouth of the Shoalhaven River. Set within grand heritage buildings are two charming reception venues including a large function room for up to 200 guests and the region's original town hall which suits intimate long table dining for up to 80 guests.
Coolangatta Estate is the cheapest wedding location in the Illawarra for a destination event, providing affordable venue hire for your ceremony & reception plus budget friendly onsite accommodation for all your wedding guests in a 26 unit motel.
6. Willow Farm
- Location: Galls Lane, Berry, NSW 2535
- Capacity: 130
- Accommodation: Sleeps 8
Willow Farm is one of the best wedding venues on the South Coast of New South Wales for outdoor ceremonies & receptions in a stunning country setting. The 160 acre farm centres around a rustic entertainment shed and outdoor event space that overlooks stunning scenery including tree-lined paddocks, grazing fields and a romantic dam with a jetty & row boat.
Exclusive venue hire at Willow Farm gives you the entire property for two nights and the freedom to design your own dream wedding. Marquee, tipi and Sperry tent hire is available through the venue owner who also provides a list of excellent local vendors to assist your planning.
which most couples utilise as a lounge or dance floor area, and host their wedding reception at the adjoining outdoor event space.
7. Private Property Illawarra
- Location: 8 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Park, NSW 2508
- Capacity: 10 - 60
- Accommodation: Sleeps 18
- Venue Hire: $2,850 - $5,000
- Catering & Drinks: BYO
This Victorian-era private estate is located near the Bald Hill Lookout on a scenic cliff top at Stanwell Park and has sweeping views over the Illawarra coastline offering a spectacular location for intimate weddings with 10 - 60+ guests. The spacious 5 bedroom house features a covered outdoor event space in the backyard, an open plan dining room that seats up to 18 guests and a wrap around oceanfront balcony perfect for cocktail events with a view.
The affordable venue hire fee at this private estate ranges from $2,850 - $5,000 for a 2 night stay and comes with the freedom to hire all your own suppliers.
8. Eleven Eighty Weddings
- Location: 1180 Bolong Road, Coolangatta, NSW 2535
- Capacity: 80
- Accommodation: Sleeps 15
- Venue Hire: 3 days
Eleven Eighty is one of the quirkiest wedding venues in the Illawarra and is perfect for small celebrations with 12 - 80 guests. Located in Coolangatta on a private 3 acre block with 5 separate event spaces for your exclusive use all weekend, this mighty little venue offers a one-of-a-kind backdrop for a truly unique wedding experience.
The main function area is the rustic courtyard which seats up to 80 guests and comes fully furnished with tables, chairs and velvet lounges with an optional glass marquee. There's also a micro wedding barn that seats 30 guests, an old school hall that seats 50 and a train carriage salon for getting ready.
9. City Beach Function Centre
- Location: 1 Marine Dr, Wollongong, NSW 2500
- Capacity: 100 - 420
- Wedding Packages: $119 - $150pp
City Beach Function Centre is the Illawarra's most popular reception venue for beachfront weddings thanks to its convenient location in the heart of Wollongong city and panoramic coastal views to the Flagstaff Point Lighthouse. City Beach specialises in large wedding receptions of between 100 - 400 guests and has two impressive function rooms with pillarless layouts, starlit ceilings and private balconies.
If you're looking for a chic beach venue that combines affordability with stunning Pacific Ocean views, City Beach is an ideal choice with all inclusive wedding packages ranging from $119 - $150 per person. Full styling & floral packages are also available.
10. The Sebel Harbourside Kiama
- Location: 2 Minnamurra Street, Kiama, NSW 2533
- Capacity: 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps everyone
- Catering & Drinks: $119+/pp
The Sebel Hotel provides a grand heritage setting for all-in-one seaside weddings in the heart of Kiama, and with stunning views over Kiama Harbour, is one of the most popular ceremony & reception venues on the South Coast.
Affordable reception spaces at The Sebel include an oceanview function room and courtyard marquee which come with all inclusive wedding packages priced from just $119 per person. With boutique accommodation for all guests plus a honeymoon suite, this is the perfect wedding destination for an unforgettable seaside celebration over a few days.
11. Panorama House
- Location: 811 Princes Highway, Maddens Plains, NSW 2508
- Capacity: 40 - 550
- Catering & Drinks: $145+/pp
- BYO Catering: $40 - $60/pp
Panorama House is one of the most sought after wedding venues in the Illawarra, offering a spectacular clifftop location for ceremonies & receptions at Bulli Tops near Sublime Point Lookout. This versatile function centre has four flexible reception spaces that cater for weddings with 40 - 550 guests including panoramic ocean view spaces and marquee-style rooms.
Panorama House is particular well known for its large cultural weddings and offers BYO catering packages with non-alcoholic drinks so you can create your own unforgettable wedding experience and serve authentic cuisine to your guests.
12. Crooked River Wines
- Location: 11 Willowvale Road, Gerringong, NSW 2534
- Capacity: 100 - 200
- Catering & Drinks: All inclusive
Crooked River Wines is located in Gerringong just south of Kiama and is one of the Illawarra's two award winning wedding venues set within lush vineyards. The affordable function space provides an ideal blank canvas for rustic country weddings and with a hilltop position overlooking year-round greenery is a spectacular location to get married against a backdrop of mountain & winery views.
13. The Woolshed Yallah
- Location: 601 Princes Highway, Yallah, NSW 2530
- Capacity: 150 - 350
- Catering & Drinks: $160 - $210/pp
This character-filled shearing shed has been transformed into a gorgeous wedding venue with wooden floors, exposed beams and grand fire places providing the ideal backdrop for rustic weddings with heritage charm. Perfect for couples who love vintage style or a touch of country elegance, The Woolshed provides a blank canvas to create your dream wedding setting, and comes with modern catering by Finespun Group.
14. Ruby's Mount Kembla
- Location: 39 Harry Graham Dr, Kembla Heights, NSW 2526
- Capacity: 40 - 150
- Wedding Packages: $220 - $250/pp
The historic Ruby's at Mount Kembla is the Illawarra's finest wedding destination for degustation dining and is located within an old post office building just 10 minutes from the Mount Keira Lookout. Inside the restaurant seats up to 50 guests and there's a larger silk-lined marquee reception space that accommodates up to 150 guests.
Aside from the memorable dining experience on offer at Ruby's, there's also a private heritage courtyard that offers a delightful space for wedding ceremonies, so you can have your entire foodie wedding in the one location.
15. Headlands Austinmer Beach
- Location: Headland Avenue, Austinmer, NSW 2515
- Capacity: 12 - 350
- Accommodation: 50 Apartments
- Wedding Packages: $145 - $215/pp
If you're looking for a beachfront wedding venue with stunning views over the Illawarra coastline, Headlands Hotel offers 3 modern event spaces directly on the sand of Austinmer Beach. The grandest reception space in this architecturally designed building is the Ocean View Room which seats up to 240 guests and has floor to ceiling windows overlooking the Northern Beaches of Wollongong.
Micro weddings are also catered well at Headlands with an all-weather terrace and small function room offering the perfect reception spaces for intimate weddings with 12 - 70 guests. The terrace can also be used as a ceremony location or the nearby Glastonbury Gardens and Little Austi Beach offer alternative outdoor ceremony sites nearby.
16. Diamonds Reception Centre
Location: Jason Avenue, Barrack Heights, NSW 2528
Capacity: 60 - 200
Wedding Packages: $109 - $149/pp
Diamonds Reception Centre is Shellharbour's premier function venue for ocean-view weddings and is the perfect seaside location for an affordable celebration you'll never forget. The beautiful reception space seats up to 200 guests overlooking little Lake to the ocean and has a romantic ambience with modern decor and a canopy of fairy lights.
With a beachside ceremony space and comprehensive wedding packages priced from just $109 per person, Diamonds Reception Centre is the cheapest all inclusive wedding venue on the South Coast.
17. Altitude 1148
- Location: Princes Highway, Bulli, NSW 2516
- Capacity: 140
- Catering & Drinks: $160 - $220/pp
Located just off the Princes Highway at Bulli Tops and with sweeping views over the entirety of Wollongong, Altitude 1148 is the Illawarra's most spectacular wedding venue. The dramatic clifftop restaurant offers exclusive venue hire for weddings and serves a modern Australian menu with plenty of fresh seafood, and offers the option of authentic Indian cuisine and 100% halal certified menus.
18. Seacliff House
- Location: 151 Princes Highway, Gerringong, NSW 2534
- Capacity: 130
- Accommodation: Sleeps 24
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Seacliff House is a popular wedding destination with a purpose built event barn that has a huge glass wall overlooking sloping green farmland to the ocean. The barn has an adjoining courtyard and lawn area perfect for scenic wedding ceremonies and comes with a two night stay in the property's original cottage plus a new modern farmhouse.
The wedding barn can seat up to 108 people with a dance floor and has noise restrictions from 10pm. All furniture, styling, catering and drinks are DIY & BYO. Venue hire is usually discounted by up to 25% during winter and micro wedding rates are available mid week.
19. Mercure Gerringong Resort
- Location: 1 Fern St, Gerringong, NSW 2534
- Capacity: 50 - 180
- Accommodation: Sleeps everyone
Mercure Gerringong is an all in one wedding venue with facilities for intimate courtyard ceremonies and terrace receptions with countryside views. The classic wedding gardens feature cobblestones, manicured lawns and picturesque views across the hinterland to the ocean.
The reception venue overlooks the resort pool where wedding guests can enjoy cocktails and canapés while you have wedding photos at surrounding beaches. The resort offers discounted accommodation for everyone onsite and there's also a day spa for pre and post wedding chill out sessions and an in-house bar and restaurant.
Affordable wedding packages start at $99 per person.
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20. Figbird Cottage
- Location: 330 Comerong Island Road, Terara, NSW 2540
- Capacity: 150+
- Accommodation: Sleeps 8
Figbird Cottage is one of the prettiest wedding locations in southeastern New South Wales with tall topiary trees framing manicured gardens with hundreds of rose & camellia bushes. To enter the gardens you walk through an ornamental white gate and under a romantic fairy-lit rose arbour before saying "I do" surrounded by tranquil dairy paddocks.
The grand reception venue at Figbird Cottage is a luxury European marquee which fully opens on one side to a festoon-lit cocktail lawn. Budget-friendly venue hire provides exclusive use of the entire estate including the marquee and all ceremony & reception furniture, and comes with option of onsite accommodation in two refurbished cottages. The gardens are ideal for food trucks & drinks carts.
21. The Woods Farm
- Location: Bayly Road, Tomerong, NSW 2540
- Capacity: 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps 120
- Wedding Packages: BYO
The Woods Farm is an incredible 40 acre wedding wonderland located an hour south of the Illawarra a few minutes from the beaches of Jervis Bay. At The Woods Farm, all your family and friends join you for a 2 night get-together staying in a fun village of glamping tents and an assortment of self-contained cottages.
An amazing open-air bush chapel is the hero of this farmstay, accessed via a 120 metre walk through jasmine covered arches. There is a chandelier shed for wedding receptions of up to 150 seated guests or 200 for a cocktail style celebration and large barn style doors open to a vast lawn area with tables, chairs and an outdoor bar.
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