Everything for a Wedding Reception
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A Blue Mountains wedding usually turns on one choice: the cliff edge, a cool-climate garden or the valley floor. Each brings its own guest numbers, weather plan and accommodation question, so settle the setting before the date.
Escarpment hotels in Katoomba and Medlow Bath seat the big receptions, garden estates around Blackheath take marquee weddings, and the Megalong and Hartley valleys hold the barn and farm venues.
The main ways couples put a Mountains reception together:
Celebrants on this page start at $595, $600 and $700, and a reception MC from $1,200. The wedding reception venues page lists every room to compare.
The escarpment ballroom in Medlow Bath takes up to 250 seated, garden estate marquees in Blackheath take up to 250 for cocktails, and barns in the valleys suit 30 to 150 depending on the property.
Dennarque Estate in Mount Wilson and Megalong Creek Estate in the Megalong Valley host weddings only, as does a restored colonial inn in Hartley Vale. Megalong Creek Estate starts at $6,000 room hire for DIY weddings.
Cold nights, early sunsets and the chance of fog. Choose a reception room with heating or fireplaces, book transport so guests are not on the roads late, and keep photos to the early afternoon.
Some do, and booking one person for both the ceremony and the speeches can lower the combined fee. Ask when you enquire, since others focus on ceremonies alone.
Many venues have rooms, lodges or cottages on the property, from a guesthouse with more than 20 rooms in Mount Victoria to farm cottages in the Megalong Valley. Book blocks early for peak seasons.
Yes. The vintage car service goes as far up as Mount Victoria, taking in Blackheath and the towns below it, with Jaguar hire from $715 for a set number of hours.
