Everything for a Wedding Reception
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Most couples marrying on the Sunshine Coast choose between two settings: the hinterland ridge around Maleny, Montville and Yandina, with private estates, chapels and garden pavilions, or the coast itself, with surf clubs, marina rooms and lakeside function centres. That one choice drives the rest – the season you want, how guests travel and where they sleep.
Pricing comes in three forms. Exclusive estates and properties usually charge room hire, often several thousand dollars, such as a $3,950 room hire for a chapel with its own reception room; restaurants, pubs and function centres price per head, from $20 per person at a pub up to $285 per person at an estate; and some waterfront rooms set a minimum spend, such as a $2,000 minimum spend on a river deck.
What each style of reception setting brings to the day:
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Per-head venues start from $20 per person at pubs and taverns and reach $285 per person at an exclusive estate. Private properties more often charge room hire – a $300 room hire for a hinterland restaurant room, a $15,000 room hire for a whole estate run as a DIY wedding – with catering usually on top. A few waterfront rooms use a minimum spend, such as a $2,500 minimum spend at a surf club.
The hinterland suits couples who want garden ceremonies, chapels, cooler air and exclusive use of a property, with guests needing transport home. The coast suits a beach or water backdrop and easy access to accommodation, often with in-house catering at surf clubs, resorts and function centres.
Several private estates in the hinterland are hired as a blank canvas, so you bring the caterer, furniture and styling. Others insist on their own kitchen. Confirm this before comparing quotes, because a room hire price that excludes food is not comparable to a per-head package.
Winter is mild and dry, which is why it suits lawns and headlands. Summer is humid with storms, so a summer outdoor wedding needs a marquee or an indoor room on standby whatever the forecast says.
Most cover the whole coast, though fewer service suppliers reach Noosa and the hinterland than the central beaches. Celebrants here start from $650 and photographers from $350 for shorter coverage, so ask whether travel is included in the quote. For the reception itself, a DJ and MC crew with a 360 video booth covers all six areas, from $300 per hour.
Yes. A multi-deck riverboat can be chartered for up to 65 guests, and smaller covered boats and a gondola take intimate groups. A riverside club deck in Noosaville also seats dinners of 40 with a $2,000 minimum spend for those who want the river view without the boat.
