Wedding Venues With Camping: QLD | NSW
Looking for a wedding venue with camping for all your guests? Here's a list of the best camping wedding venues in Queensland, where all your guests can stay onsite with you for a fun wedding weekend around the camp fire.
These beautiful camping venues include large farms and rainforest retreats to luxury glamping resorts and are dotted along Queensland's scenic coast and hinterland regions from the NSW border to the northern tropics. If you're looking for affordable spots for a camping wedding, several places listed below are among the state's cheapest wedding venues and even includes one free camping venue.
Most of the locations on this list are either campground wedding venues where you BYO tents or places with permanent bell tents for a more luxury glamping experience. They all have onsite wedding facilities, amenities for campers, and are all-in-one wedding destinations with stunning ceremony sites and reception spaces.
These are the top 7 wedding venues with camping in Queensland.
Top 7 Camping Wedding Venues in QLD
1. The Farm Plumeria Road
- Location: 405 Plumeria Road, Black River, QLD 4818
- Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 76+
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Hidden at the end of a country road and surrounded by tranquil bushland, this beautiful 540 acre farm is one of Queensland's best places for a laid back camping wedding. And it's also one of Australia's only free camping venues!
The all-inclusive venue hire fee is super affordable and provides exclusive use of the farm for 3 days, free camping for up to 60 guests, a choice of rustic ceremony spaces and use of the covered pavilion and festoon-lit lawns for your wedding reception. Furniture for a seated or cocktail reception is included, as is fuel for the fire pits. No curfew. Pet friendly. 6 units available to hire.
2. Maleny Retreat
- Location: Mears Lane, Booroobin, QLD 4552
- Capacity: 2 - 40
- Accommodation: 14+
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
High in the hills of Maleny, 555m above sea level, is an incredibly scenic wedding destination with 20 tents arranged in a permanent glamping village. With additional accommodation for 14 guests in a bridal homestead, Maleny Retreat offers the perfect facilities for a luxury camping wedding experience.
The main event space is situated on the property's scenic hilltop with views to the Pacific Ocean past the Glasshouse Mountains, and is a blank grassy canvas on which to pitch your choice of a marquee, sperry tent or tipis. For pre & post wedding events the homestead's wraparound balcony seats up to 40 guests and is also perfect for elopements and micro weddings.
3. Cedar Banks
- Location: 643 Cedar Creek Road, Gheerulla, QLD 4574
- Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 50
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
This new camp ground wedding venue is situated on 50 acres of ancient rainforest and mandarin orchards in Noosa's Hinterland and is the perfect spot for celebrations under the stars, immersed in nature. There are four distinct event spaces on the property including the banks of a quiet creek, a starry hillside, the camping flats and a lush farm paddock.
The affordable venue hire fee is $2,500 for weekend stays with a $20/pp per night camping fee for guests. There's no permanent weather proof structure at Cedar Banks just yet, so you'll need to hire a marquee or tipis in case it rains.
4. Reflections Lake Cooby
- Location: 239 Loveday Road, Geham, QLD 4352
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 150+
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Reflections Lake Cooby is a private, waterfront wedding venue located 30-minute drive from Toowoomba. The scenic 50 acre property boasts stunning views over Lake Cooby and surrounding green countryside and is an ideal spot for destination weddings with up to 150 guests able to stay onsite.
A large marquee and adjoining lawn comes fully equiped with festoon lighting and is a beautiful spot for outdoor weddings. The property also features a rustic barn, 8 bell tents for campers, 18 cabins and a Lakehouse which sleeps 10. You can BYO drinks, choose your own caterers and there’s a bonfire set up for when it gets dark.
5. Midginbil Eco Resort
- Location: 252 Midginbil Rd, Midginbil, NSW 2484
- Capacity: 150
- Accommodation: Sleeps 150+
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Just south of the Queensland border in the Tweed Hinterland is one of Australia's most unique camping venues, hidden within 400 acres of sub tropical rainforest. With exclusive hire for 3 days, Midginbil accommodates your entire guest list in a hillside village of safari tents (that each have their own timber balconies), a collection of bell tents and a lodge.
This fun wedding destination comes with a rustic reception barn, 3 scenic ceremony sites, a late night bonfire and plenty of space for outdoor or marquee weddings. There's a communal dining room for breakfasts & lunches, a games room, swimming pool, tennis & volleyball courts and bush walks to explore.
6. Hedlow Retreat
- Location: 74 C H Barretts Road, Barmoya, QLD 4703
- Capacity: 180
- Accommodation: Sleeps 25 + camping
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Located on the banks of Hedlow Creek with an impressive backdrop of volcanic plugs, this unique 14 hectare retreat offers a picturesque destination for glamping weddings just outside of Rockhampton. And there's plenty to do for a weekend stay too from yarns around the camp fire to bike riding, hiking and paddling canoes.
Hedlow Retreat is fully set up for weddings with two furnished reception spaces including a silk lined marquee with chandeliers, and a rustic deck with seating for 75 guests at the onsite lodge. Glamping tents can be arranged on request.
7. The Barn At The Mountain
- Location: 291 Mount Wheeler Road, Cawarral, QLD 4703
- Capacity: 200
- Accommodation: Camping
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
The Barn At The Mountain is located on a scenic equestrian property between Yeppoon & Rockhampton and has a beautiful outlook over rural surrounds including Mount Gai-i. Named after the festoon-lit, open-air barn synonymous with country venues in Queensland's tropics, the property is an idyllic location for country weddings with bush camping.
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