With private and spacious lawns, the now non-denominational location is a dream setting for outdoor weddings with views across the Hawkesbury River bushland.

This all-in-one location offers secluded daytime weddings in the ruins of the oldest Catholic Church on the Australian mainland - complete with the original church bell. St Joseph’s Guesthouse is a unique bush wedding venue with 'wow factor' nestled in the lower McDonald Valley, 90 minutes from Sydney.

LOCATION: 1029 Saint Albans Road, Saint Albans, NSW 2775.

There's a range of food & beverage packages that start at $95 and go up to $180 per person including cocktails. Venue hire starts at $25,000 which includes all accommodation and is typically covered by staying guests who pay their own lodgings. Also onsite is a luxury reception hall, a champagne courtyard for cocktails & canapés and separate prep rooms for each of the bridal party.

The ceremony venue is a magical, open sided timber chapel set amongst a tall pine forest. The 43 room hotel surrounds a huge 25 metre swimming pool and offers exclusive-use bookings for weddings. The Lodge Jamberoo is a pine forest wedding venue that borders rainforest just 10 minutes from Kiama on the southern coastline of NSW. The reception shed is a 200 square meter luxe rustic space with impressive vintage chandeliers and cascading flower arrangements. Huge barn sliding doors leading to a large balcony and open outdoor area complete with fire pit, tables and armchairs, open air bar and festoon lights all surrounded by bush. The centrepiece of the farm stay is this one-of-a-kind open air chapel at the end of an impressive curving arbor under which you make your grand entrance. The boutique property is well suited to vintage and rustic weddings with old horse carts, bikes and trucks dotting the landscape. The Woods Farm is a hidden bushland oasis on 40 acres near the white sandy shores of Jervis Bay on the South Coast. An exclusive-use wedding destination where all your guests stay onsite with you for 2+ nights in cottages and a glamping village.

LOCATION: Bayly Road, Tomerong, NSW 2540.

Off The Beaten Track Top 10 Forest Wedding Venues in NSW So if the great outdoors are calling, here is an incredible list of 50 Forest Wedding Venues nestled in native bushland throughout NSW. All wedding venues located inside a National Park will assist you in obtaining a permit. Permits cover the use of public spaces for your event and can cost anywhere upward of $250, depending on the site, the season and popularity of the location.

If your venue or ceremony location is in a National Park or NSW State Forest, you will most likely require a permit to enter and hold your event in the park. For your convenience, we've provided an indication of package inclusions as well as wet weather plans for each venue below. Many forest wedding venues offer all inclusive wedding packages while others are fully DIY giving you control over catering choices and budget. There are forest venues to suit grand weddings with hundreds of guests, to more intimate spots for micro weddings and elopements. There are affordable wedding venues that allow DIY, BYO, camping & glamping to luxury destinations with boutique accommodation. This list of bushland wedding venues includes eco-retreats, resorts in heritage-listed forests, private country estates surrounded by native bush, working farms & woodlands, wineries by National Parks, coastal bushland properties, and the list goes on. Looking for a Forest wedding venue in NSW? This curated list of 50 forest wedding venues in New South Wales includes a stunning collection of bushland settings for ceremonies and receptions. From world-class hinterland weddings to iconic escarpments and National Parks, New South Wales has an incredible variety of bush and forest wedding locations.

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