Wedding Venues In The Brisbane Hinterland
Wedding Venues: Brisbane Hinterland | Gold Coast Hinterland
Looking for a Brisbane Hinterland wedding venue? The Brisbane Hinterland region has an eclectic collection of modern, historic and rustic wedding venues that range from chapels and halls, to barns, farms and private estates. They offer a variety of beautiful wedding settings from hilltop vistas to private gardens and intimate gum forests.
Many wedding venues in the Brisbane Hinterland offer accommodation onsite and are fantastic wedding destinations for an overnight or 3 day celebration. The region also has dedicated ceremony & reception venues that you can book separately, and many venues offer micro wedding and elopement packages.
Brisbane Hinterland wedding venues tend to be all-inclusive, making the process of wedding planning super easy. The region's most affordable wedding venues offer all inclusive packages from $80 per head, while the average budget is $160+/pp. The Brisbane Hinterland also has DIY & BYO wedding venues where you can cater to your own budget.
Here's a list of 15 amazing wedding venues in the Brisbane Hinterland region.
Top 15 Brisbane Hinterland Wedding Venues
1. White Chapel Kalbar
- Location: 87 George Street, Kalbar, QLD 4309
- Capacity: 90
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive or ceremony only
Nestled in the quaint country town of Kalbar, White Chapel offers a modern alternative to traditional wedding venues in the Brisbane Hinterland. The little white chapel is surrounded by picture-perfect gardens for wedding photos and is a beautiful setting for outdoor wedding receptions & lawn games.
Also in the gardens is a rustic barn bar where pre-dinner drinks are served and an elegant, Hampton's style barn for indoor receptions. White Chapel can be hired exclusively for wedding ceremonies, or you can add the gardens, bar and barn to have your entire wedding day in the one location.
2. Black Hall Receptions
- Location: 87 George Street, Kalbar, QLD 4309
- Capacity: 90
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Black Hall is the most intimate & modern of all Hinterland reception venues in Brisbane. The room oozes luxe simplicity with polished timber floors, black walls, elegant cross back chairs and exposed beams. Little to no styling is required in this space offering an opportunity to save on budget, but it's also the perfect blank canvas to dress in any wedding theme.
The white framed doors of this beautiful wedding hall open onto lush gardens where a rustic barn bar serves drinks on the lawn. You can book Black Hall exclusively for your wedding reception or combine chapel hire so your entire wedding is in one place. The owners have an Airbnb 10 doors down the road, and a 1948 Bentley & private bus for easy transport.
3. Workshops Rail Museum - Moving Goods Hall
- Location: North Street, North Ipswich, QLD 4305
- Capacity: 300
- Wedding Packages: $90+/pp
The Moving Goods Hall at the site of Queensland's first railway workshop is one of the most unique wedding venues in the Brisbane Hinterland. Sitting centre stage in the industrial-style hall is the grand PB 15, No444 steam locomotive which puffs steam on queue and creates an amazing backdrop for wedding ceremonies, photos and receptions.
The bright and airy wedding hall features soaring 11 metre high ceilings, open walls on 3 sides and space to seat up to 180 guests or 300 for a cocktail function. The 1800's building has huge barn doors and there's a large fig tree and spacious rail avenues that offer alternative wedding ceremony areas and photo locations. Guests are able to visit the museum after hours while you have photos.
4. Workshops Rail Museum - Wedding Hall
- Location: North Street, North Ipswich, QLD 4305
- Capacity: 200
- Wedding Packages: $90+/pp
If you're on the hunt for a rustic wedding venue, the museum's dining hall offers a character-rich setting for affordable weddings in the Brisbane Hinterland. This atmospheric space is the site of the original refectory where the workshop employees dined. It's now a modernised reception space that tributes history with fresh white walls alongside heritage carriage tables.
Sometimes called the Trackside Café, this fully furnished venue seats up to 120 guests or caters for cocktail events of up to 200. Ceremonies can be held on the museum's grounds in front of the 1901 Power House doors, under a massive fig tree or in front of the iconic steam locomotive which puffs fog on cue.
5. Holy Red Deer Estate
- Location: 65 Ipswich Street, Esk, QLD 4312
- Capacity: 120
- Accommodation: Sleeps 10
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
In the quiet Hinterland town of Esk, Holy Red Deer Estate offers an affordable wedding destination where you can stay & play for 3 whole days. The quaint corner property is home to the town's chapel (which can be utilised as a ceremony and/or reception venue) and also features a billiards hall, stags bar, open lawns with a stage, a bridal suite and 2 bedroom cottage.
Holy Red Deer Estate is synonymous with relaxed, outdoor weddings with an intimate small country town vibe. Before the railway came to town the property was the original town centre and hence, all accommodation for guests in the town is a convenient 5 minute stumble away.
6. Skyline Farmhouse
- Location: 303 I Zahnow Rd, Rosevale, QLD 4340
- Capacity: 16
- Accommodation: Sleeps 16
- Venue Hire: $5,000+
Skyline Farmhouse is a small private property to hire for weddings in the Brisbane Hinterland. The Airbnb wedding venue has accommodation for 16 in 7 luxury bedrooms it is best suited to intimate weddings & elopements. There's no neighbours here, and hence no curfew.
The farmhouse is located on a 755 acre cattle farm and its front lawns overlook lush grazing paddocks with friendly alpacas. Your reception can be set up pool-side, under the covered verandah or inside in the large open plan dining area. There is a large kitchen suitable for use by a private chef or caterers.
7. Preston Peak Functions
- Location: 430 Preston Boundary Road, Preston, QLD 4352
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 18
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Preston Peak Functions is a polished, all-inclusive wedding venue located on 330 picturesque acres just under 2 hours from Brisbane. The property offers breathtaking valley views from its glasshouse ceremony pavilion where your wedding altar is a beautiful big tree and your backdrop, a lush escarpment vista.
Preston Peak is renowned for its grand cellar door where a huge tree chandelier twinkling with Swarovski crystals spreads metres across the room. It is one of the venue's many spots for wedding photos and offers a romantic setting for your first dance. The function centre, cocktail courtyard, bridal suite and off-site accommodation complete the easy-planning facilities.
8. Woodlands of Marburg
- Location: 174 Seminary Road, Marburg, QLD 4346
- Capacity: 300
- Accommodation: Sleeps 65+
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Just 45 minutes from Brisbane and oozing old world charm is the grand estate of Woodlands of Marburg. Set on 250 acres, this heritage homestead is an all-in-one wedding destination with an historic chapel, beautiful lawns and gardens and 4 reception venues that offer a range of sophisticated 19th century style spaces.
All inclusive wedding packages with catering for 100 or more guests are around $200/pp. Woodlands of Marburg is one of few Brisbane Hinterland venues to specialise in micro weddings and offers packages starting at $9,500 inclusive of catering.
9. Spicers Hidden Vale
- Location: 617 Grandchester Mount Mort Road, Grandchester, QLD 4340
- Capacity: 120
- Accommodation: 34 Rooms
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Just over an hour's drive from the city is Spicers Hidden Vale, a massive 12,000 acre landscape that offers the best of country Queensland to Brisbane Hinterland weddings. The historic homestead is surrounded by a wonderful variety of local wildlife, views over lush rolling hills and thriving bushland.
Spicers Hidden Vale has 6 ceremony and reception venues that can be booked for weddings with up to 120 guests, including private dining rooms for micro weddings with as few as 25 guests. Rustic weddings, old world elegance and outdoor dance floors are the vibe here, with all inclusive packages and Queenslander style cottages.
10. Walkabout Creek
- Location: 60 Mount Nebo Road, Enoggera Reservoir, QLD 4520
- Capacity: 60 - 300
- Ceremony Only Packages: No
- Wedding Packages: All inclusive
Immersed in the bushland of D’Aguilar National Park just 25 minutes from Brisbane, Walkabout Creek is a nature lovers paradise with amazing outdoor amphitheatres for wedding ceremonies. Tranquil forest settings overlook Enoggera Reservoir making Walkabout Creek one of the most picturesque locations for Brisbane Hinterland weddings.
There are 3 ceremony 'stages' to choose from and 3 reception venues within the grounds, all catering to different sized weddings. All inclusive wedding packages cater to most budgets and include 6 hour venue hire, cocktail & seated menu options and uncapped beverages.
11. Maleny Retreat
- Location: Mears Lane, Booroobin, QLD 4552
- Capacity: 12 - 200
- Accommodation: Sleeps everyone
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
One hour and thirty minutes north of Brisbane at 555 metres above sea level sits Maleny Retreat, one of the most popular Hinterland wedding venues in SE Queensland. Spectacular views that stretch from the Glass House Mountains to the Pacific Ocean are the draw-cards of this venue, setting the scene for amazing outdoor weddings.
Surrounded by 100 acres of mountain vistas, you can choose from marquees, sperry tents or giant Nordic tipis to create your ideal wedding set up. The hilltop oasis offers packages catering to 60, 80 and 100 guests including 4 days exclusive hire (time to set up/pack down), 2 nights accommodation for up to 14 guests and your ceremony set up.
12. Darling St Chapel
- Location: 16 Darling Street East, Ipswich, QLD 4305
- Capacity: 100
- Wedding Packages: $95+/pp
Darling St Chapel is a non-denominational ceremony & reception venue located 45 minutes inland from Brisbane in Ipswich. Originally built in 1879 and restored both inside and out, the chapel now features a modernised all-white interior with polished timber floors, original stained glass windows, crystal chandeliers and subtle mood lighting.
Darling St Chapel is one of the most charming & affordable wedding venues in the Brisbane Hinterland region with all inclusive packages around $95/pp with BYO drinks. If you book both your ceremony & reception here, guests can mingle in the rear courtyard between events and while you explore the many beautiful wedding locations for photos nearby.
13. Coronation Hall
- Location: 2 Short Street, Somerset Dam, QLD 4312
- Capacity: 250
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Coronation Hall is an authentic country gathering spot for local folk and offers a character-filled and affordable space for rustic weddings in the Brisbane Hinterland. Still in its original condition, Coronation Hall was originally utilised as a picture theatre for the community of construction workers who built Somerset Dam.
Outside, the wedding hall provides a wonderful backdrop for photos, while inside is a basic but nostalgic space that presents the perfect blank canvas on which to style a rustic wedding. Hall hire includes trestle tables, pews and access to a modern amenities block.
14. Ipswich Events & Entertainment Centre
- Location: 219 Brisbane Road, Bundamba, QLD 4304
- Capacity: 40 - 500
- Wedding Packages: $80+/pp
The Ipswich Events and Entertainment Centre is an affordable wedding venue located at the Turf Club, a half hour drive from Brisbane. In 2020 the venue was upgraded to include the brand new Grange Lounge, a reception venue with views over the race track which seats up to 260 guests.
Wedding packages average between $80 - $117 per person with all food and drinks included. There are smaller reception venues within the complex that seat up to 40 & 120 guests.
15. Bebe's Lakeview
- Location: Crossdale Road, Crossdale, QLD 4312
- Capacity: 300
- Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO
Bebe's Lakeview is a private farming property that permits wedding ceremonies & photos through Bebe's Country Weddings. Weddings incur a venue hire & styling fee and includes furniture hire, set up, pack down and any styling or catering requirements.
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