Off-The-Beaten-Track BYO Wedding Venues
BYO Wedding Venues: Off-The-Beaten-Track | Blue Mountains | Byron Bay | Central Coast | Hunter Valley | Illawarra | North Coast | Riverina | South Coast | Southern Highlands | Sydney
Looking for a BYO wedding venue? Here's a list of BYO venues in off-the-beaten-track locations around NSW. All of these amazing wedding venues allow BYO catering and drinks.
Top 6 Regional BYO Wedding Venues
1. The Woods Farm
- Location: Bayly Road, Tomerong, NSW 2540
- Capacity: 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps 120
- BYO: Food & Beverages
The Woods Farm is a private farm stay immersed in 40 secluded acres of beautiful nature in Jervis Bay. With the beach just 5 minutes away, in intimate forest to explore, friendly farm animals onsite and accommodation for 120 guests, The Woods Farm is a BYO wedding destination quite unlike any other.
The Woods Farm has one of the most incredible wedding ceremony venues in Australia. Matching the relaxed grandeur of the property's chandelier reception hall is an open-air bush chapel which is hidden in the woods and accessed via a 120 aisle that curves through native shrubs and trees under jasmine-covered archways.
2. Blair Athol Bathurst
- Location: 281 Keppel Street, Bathurst, NSW 2795
- Capacity: 10 - 100
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Blair Athol is a prestigious Italianate mansion that has only recently become available to hire for weddings having undergone a 7 year multimillion dollar refurbishment. The landmark Victorian style residence offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to create your dream wedding in immaculate 19th century surrounds complete with ornate high ceilings, golf leaf gilding and beautiful furnishings sourced from around the globe.
Stately reception & dining rooms provide a grand blank canvas where you can BYO caterers and alcohol for your wedding day as well as pre & post wedding events. A sweeping staircase and internal elevator lead to 5 luxury bedrooms with bathrooms in each and outside an acre of gardens featuring a pavilion offer stunning views over Bathurst.
3. Eleven Eighty Weddings
- Location: 1180 Bolong Road, Coolangatta, NSW 2535
- Capacity: 20 - 80
- Accommodation: Sleeps 15
- BYO: Catering & drinks
Eleven Eighty is a quirkly little DIY & BYO venue situated in the Shoalhaven region on a 3 acre historic block. Perfect for an intimate 3 day celebration the property comes with two cottages sleeping up to 15 guests and a range of event spaces that can be utilised for your wedding and pre & post wedding events.
The central courtyard seats up to 80 guests and comes with or without a glass marquee. Making the courtyard private on two sides are an adjoining indoor/outdoor bar attached to a luxe little barn which seats 30 guests and refurbished school hall which seats 50. There's also a train carriage dressing room and an Argentinian BBQ pergola that comes stocked with wood.
4. St Joseph's Guesthouse
- Location: 1029 Saint Albans Road, Saint Albans, NSW
- Capacity: 100
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10
- BYO: Catering & Alcohol
Situated just outside of Sydney and surrounded by beautiful views over the Hawkesbury, St Joseph's Guesthouse is a unique DIY wedding venue that was built in the ruins of a 160 year old Catholic Church. Now an Airbnb wedding venue, there are 5 luxury bedrooms on the upper two storeys and an intimate event area that seats up to 60 guests on the ground floor.
The facade of the church offers an incredible backdrop for outdoor wedding receptions and you can BYO all your preferred wedding vendors including caterers and grab your drinks from Dan Murphy's.
5. Dantosa Estate
- Location: 76 Mort St, Katoomba, NSW 2780
- Capacity: 16 - 75
- Accommodation: Sleeps 18
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Dantosa Estate is an intimate 9 acre property that is completely surrounded by nature in the Blue Mountains world heritage national park. Centred around a private lake which has a ceremony pontoon and picturesque lake house, the property offers an all-in-one setting for destination weddings with two self contained houses onsite.
The larger of the two houses has a reception area that seats up to 60 guests and where you can BYO caterers and drinks. The room adjoins a covered deck that overlooks the lake and sweeping views of the gardens and surrounding forest.
6. Figbird Cottage
- Location: Nowra, NSW
- Capacity: 150+
- Accommodation: Sleeps 8
- BYO: Catering & Alcohol
Figbird Cottage is a beautiful & affordable outdoor wedding venue where you can bring your own catering and drinks. The property is accessed via ornamental white garden gates and a romantic 10 metre rose-covered arbour and opens onto large lawns overlooking surrounding dairy country.
The gorgeous marquee completely opens on one side and has a clear roof over the dance floor so you can dance under the stars. The grounds at Figbird Cottage are ideal for outdoor dining with food trucks & drinks carts under festoon lighting. This budget-friendly venue comes with all furniture, tableware etc offering huge cost savings.