Top 10 South Coast Wedding Venues
½½Planning a destination wedding on the South Coast of NSW? This list features the best wedding venues on the South Coast for a destination style celebration within 2 - 3½ hours of Canberra. They all have picturesque ceremony and reception spaces as well as accommodation for you and your guests onsite, and specialise in 3 day wedding weekends, offering one relaxed location to host your entire celebration.
All of these beautiful South Coast wedding venues are easily accessible from the ACT via the Monaro Highway, Federal Highway or Main Road 92, and range from private beachfront resorts and national park venues, to exclusive-use vineyards and luxury farm stays.
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Top 10 South Coast Wedding Venues
1. The Cove Jervis Bay
- Location: Ellmoos Road via Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay NSW 2540
- Capacity: 150+
- Accommodation: Sleeps 111
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Cove is a 3 acre seaside resort that offers all inclusive destination weddings on your own private beach in Jervis Bay. The exclusive-use resort sits within the Booderee National Park about 3 hours drive from Canberra, and is a completely secluded nature-filled setting where you can celebrate all weekend, with up to 111 guests staying onsite in a beach house, cabins and luxury glamping village.
Wedding ceremonies can be held on the beach, on a beachfront lawn or standing ankle deep in ocean water on a shallow sandbar. Reception spaces include a festoon-lit courtyard set within fairy lit trees and a coastal-themed wedding hall that seats up to 150 guests with large windows and ocean views.
Seasonal venue hire fees start at $25,000 including all accommodation for two nights (and free use of paddleboards). Payment facilities allow guests to pay for their own rooms which largely covers this fee. Catering and drinks start at $120 per person. The Cove is ideal for couples wanting an exclusive use beach wedding venue where celebrations start with a welcome night and finish with a recovery party.
2. Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat
- Location: 55 Radiata Road, Kangaroo Valley, 2577
- Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 64
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
- No Curfew
Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat is a nature-filled wedding venue set within 100 acres of unspoilt wilderness just 2½ hours from the ACT. The property specialises in three day weddings and has onsite accommodation for up to 64 guests in 32 stylish suites, a glamping area where additional guests can stay, and spacious rooms for getting ready on the morning of your wedding.
Ceremonies are held in a 320 million year old rock cathedral beneath the soaring trunks of ancient gum trees. Guests then enjoy cocktail hour on the sunset deck with a spectacular birds eye view over the Kangaroo Valley. The modern reception venue features glass walls overlooking stunning bushland surrounds, and for your after party there's an African-inspired fire pit where you can star gaze till dawn.
With dedicated spaces for a welcome night party and poolside recovery, Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat is the perfect location for a destination wedding immersed in spectacular natural surrounds. The seasonal venue hire fee includes exclusive use of all facilities for two nights and onsite wedding coordinators. Catering and drinks are BYO. All suites must be booked and payment facilities are available for your guests.
3. Mimosa Wines
- Location: 2845 Tathra-Bermagui Rd, Bermagui NSW 2546
- Capacity: 180
- Accommodation: Sleeps 25
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Mimosa Wines is one of the only chefs hatted wedding venues on the far South Coast and is a 200 acre coastal vineyard set beside Mimosa Rocks National Park. Receptions are hosted in the architecturally designed restaurant with elevated views over surrounding gum forest and 7 acres of manicured vines. A large balcony offers an unforgettable location for wedding ceremonies with sweeping regional views to the coast.
When you host your wedding at Mimosa Wines you get exclusive use of the vineyard on the day of your wedding including onsite accommodation for up to 13 guests in a farmhouse and cottage. Additional beds are available in brand new glamping lodges. All inclusive wedding packages are surprisingly affordable and include a customised gastro menu paired with matching wines. This venue is ideal for foodie couples seeking a fine dining wedding experience in an elegant coastal vineyard with incredible regional views.
4. The Woods Farm
- Location: Bayly Road, Tomerong, NSW 2540
- Capacity: 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps 120
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Woods Farm offers immersive wedding weekends where up to 120 guests stay onsite with you amongst 40 acres of private woodlands near Jervis Bay. This highly sought after venue is situated just 15 minutes from Hyams Beach where you can have wedding photos on the world's whitest sand, and features one of the South Coast's most instagrammable ceremony spaces - an open-air bush chapel with a winding aisle through native bush under a series of jasmine covered archways.
Cocktail hour kicks off in an outdoor reception area that centres around an open-air bar with a dance floor under the stars. Seated receptions for up to 150 guests are hosted in a luxe rustic shed adorned with vintage chandeliers, and a veggie patch and poolside area cater for pre & post wedding events.
Weddings at The Woods Farm incur a seasonal venue hire fee that starts at $35,000 and includes all onsite accommodation in 8 x 3 bedroom cottages and 18 glamping tents. Catered wedding packages start at $120 per person.
5. Fig Tree Park
- Location: 58 Sherringham Lane, Central Tilba, NSW 2546
- Capacity: 100
- Accommodation: Sleeps 2
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Fig Tree Park is a spectacular hilltop wedding venue with panoramic views over rolling hills to the Pacific Ocean. The horse grazing property is located 3 hours from Canberra near Mystery Bay on the far South Coast and centres around a two storey French-style cottage where wedding ceremonies are hosted on the ocean facing lawns.
There are two ocean view reception spaces at Fig Tree Park. One is a romantic outdoor space under the sprawling fairy-lit branches of a huge fig tree. The other is a hilltop pavilion with opening sides that seats up to 100 guests.
Fig Tree Park offers the most comprehensive wedding packages on the Sapphire Coast with all furniture, catering, drinks, flowers, styling and coordination provided for you. All you have to do is turn up, and with onsite accommodation in a refurbished barn, this stunning country estate is ideal for a romantic wedding weekend getaway.
6. Figbird Cottage
- Location: Comerong Island Rd, Terara - South Coast, NSW
- Capacity: 10 - 150+
- Accommodation: Sleeps 8 + glamping
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Figbird Cottage sits within the peaceful dairy paddocks of Nowra and is a relaxed garden wedding venue with a large reception marquee that seats up to 150 guests. The property is entered through ornamental gates and features an aisle that passes under a fairy lit rose arbour, creating a romantic setting for outdoor ceremonies and receptions amongst hundreds of rose and camellia bushes.
The marquee features permanent timber floors and opens onto spacious festoon-lit lawns where you can opt to dine under the stars with horses and cows grazing in surrounding fields. The property is a BYO wedding venue so you can bring your own caters and drinks including food trucks and mobile bars.
Dry hire packages start at $45 per person depending on the season and day of week and include exclusive use of the entire property plus all furniture and tableware. There are two onsite cottages offering optional onsite accommodation making this venue perfect for relaxed country weddings in a manicured garden setting.
7. Willow Farm Berry
- Location: Galls Lane, Berry - South Coast, NSW
- Capacity: 130
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10
- Wedding Packages: Semi inclusive (BYO caterers & drinks)
Willow Farm is a 160 acre lush country property just a few minutes from Berry and the South Coast's white sand beaches. The entire property is exclusively yours for 2+ days and features versatile spaces for you to style to your preference.
There is a rustic entertainment shed that caters for up to 100 guests and an adjoining marquee lawn for larger receptions of up to 130. The weather here is typically beautiful for outdoor weddings and you can set up long table dining and an outside dance floor with stunning views over the property's dam and beyond.
Wedding packages at Willow Farm are semi inclusive with venue hire, legal staff requirements and accommodation bundled together. Your DIY components include food & beverage and optional hire of a marquee &/or outdoor dance floor. Owner Keri will help with this.
8. The Lodge Jamberoo
- Location: 406 Jamberoo Mountain Road, Jamberoo, NSW 2533
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 109
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
The Lodge is a newly renovated 39 room hotel that specialises in all inclusive destination weddings. The hotel has reopened under new management in 2024 and brings a fun pine forest and poolside setting to South Coast weddings.
Wedding venues at The Lodge include a tree cathedral which features an open sided timber chapel, a luxe reception hall, an outdoor champagne courtyard, two dedicated getting ready spaces and a restaurant where guests are served breakfast each morning.
Venue hire starts at $25,000 and includes all accommodation. Guests typically cover this fee by paying their own accommodation. Food & beverage packages range from $95 - $180 per person.
9. Ravensthorpe Guesthouse & Restaurant
- Location: 56 Tongarra Rd, Albion Park NSW 2527
- Capacity: 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps 14
- Wedding Packages: Semi inclusive (BYO caterers)
Ravensthorpe is a romantic Georgian manor house on a private estate surrounded by 3 acres of classic manicured gardens. The property offers a versatile layout with seperate areas for ceremony, drinks & canapés and either an indoor or outdoor reception.
A reception marquee is the largest wedding venue onsite and adjoins a private cocktail courtyard. The homestead itself offers smaller rooms for micro weddings and a light-filled conservatory well suited to mid sized receptions.
Wedding packages include exclusive use of the entire estate and are all-inclusive of ceremony, reception and post-wedding recovery breakfast. You have the freedom to choose your own caterers.
10. Mountain View Farm
- Location: 11 Mount Dromedary Trail, Tilba Tilba, NSW 2546
- Capacity: 2 - 130
- Accommodation: Sleeps 20
- Venue Hire: $3,950 - $11,950
- Catering & Drinks: DIY/BYO
Mountain View Farm provides an authentic farmyard setting for rustic weddings on the far South Coast and is a picturesque country venue that sits in the foothills of Mount Gulaga. The main function space caters for cocktail style wedding receptions in an open-sided dairy shed with an adjoining a cattle yard featuring original tiled pavers. If you're looking for a rustic wedding venue in a genuine farm environment, this is the most authentic option on the South Coast.
Four acres of country gardens feature a pair of rustic iron gates that offer a built-in altar (that requires little styling) set against a backdrop of bush covered hills.
This farm also features a pop-up elopement space that caters for wedding ceremonies with up to 25 people in a field of everlasting daisies. The fields can be booked for elopements during their 6 week blooming season in late August and September, and feature a unique aisle and alter custom crafted into the fields each year.
All wedding packages include two nights accommodation onsite for up to 18 guests and owner Kathryn (who's very flexible and accommodating) to assist with wedding coordination.
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