Everything for 60th Birthday Parties
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A 60th is often organised by the children rather than the guest of honour, and the brief tends to be the same: a seated meal, room for speeches, and enough space that grandchildren and old friends fit at one celebration. The Wollongong rooms below cover that brief at very different scales.
For long tables, The Auditorium @ Kiama Leagues Club seats 180 that way, or 100 at rounds, with a stage, a dance floor and shared platter packages from $25 per person. In central Wollongong, The Loft @ The Builders Club offers free on-site parking, including undercover spaces, which helps when older guests are driving in, and the Sorrento Room @ Centro CBD seats 240 beneath chandeliers.
For a smaller family dinner, Lu Mare and Harbourfront Seafood Restaurant both look over Wollongong Harbour, and Panorama House has dining rooms on the escarpment at Maddens Plains with ocean outlooks.
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Planning for a 70th next? See the 70th birthday party page, or browse all Wollongong venues.
The Auditorium @ Kiama Leagues Club seats 180 at long tables, the Sorrento Room @ Centro CBD seats 240, and The Loft @ The Builders Club takes sit-down banquets in its first-floor room.
The Loft @ The Builders Club has free on-site parking, including undercover spaces.
Gerringong Bowlo runs barefoot bowls at $15 a person, with bowls and the green included and optional tips from the staff, before the group moves to the bistro or a private function space.
Harbourfront Seafood Restaurant has floor-to-ceiling glass over Wollongong Harbour, Lu Mare is a harbour-view Italian restaurant, and Panorama House looks out to the ocean from the escarpment.
Shared platter packages at The Auditorium @ Kiama Leagues Club and canapé packages at The Loft @ The Builders Club both start from $25 per person, and barefoot bowls at Gerringong Bowlo is from $15 per person.
The Iron Yampi in Port Kembla charges no room hire fees for functions, and The Loft @ The Builders Club has no room hire with 50 or more guests.
Q Strings travels to venues across the Illawarra as a string trio of two violins and cello, a violin and cello duet, or a solo violinist. Its list covers classical pieces through to pop songs and film themes, and special requests can be arranged for a toast or the cake.
