Charming Country Victoria Wedding Venues

Charming Country Victoria Wedding Venues

We're so spoiled for choice with wedding venues in country Victoria. Some of the most beautiful landscapes and scenery in all of Australia are right here, and you don't have to go far to find it, with farmland, bushland and rolling hills replacing the city skyline within an hour or so of Melbourne.

One of the best things about country Victoria's wedding scene is just how different each pocket of it feels. Head north-east into the high country and you'll find Bonfire Station, a thousand-acre family farm near Taggerty with its own microbrewery, views of the Cathedral Ranges and the option to turn your wedding into a full weekend with on-site accommodation. Out west towards Eynesbury, Warrawong Estate offers a different kind of rustic, an 1850s bluestone woolshed set across 185 acres, all rolling paddocks and that classic country-barn charm. Up around Mount Macedon, the cool-climate vineyards and historic grounds make for an entirely different mood again, all misty hills and elegant garden backdrops. And down in Gippsland, you've got two absolute favourites of mine: The Grove, 60 acres of olive groves and forest tucked into the South Gippsland hills, and Mewburn Park Homestead, an 1850s homestead on a working 300-acre farm near Maffra, all lush gardens, lagoons and that timeless country elegance.

There's so many to choose from all across Victoria, so here's a few of the greats.

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MOUNT MACEDON WINERY

Rust-coloured winery sign beside garden plants and tall trees.

Only an hour from Melbourne yet worlds away. In terms of atmosphere, views & genuinely good country vibes.  

Couple embracing on a green hillside beneath heavy grey clouds.

The grounds of the property are that big and varied. I could photograph 50 weddings at MMW, and use a different location for the couple portraits each time. You’ve got forests, open fields, vineyards & beautiful gardens.

Two photographs of a couple embracing at sunset and the smiling bride in dim light. Bride and groom smiling together on a lawn with a white and green bouquet. Bride approaching the groom beneath sunlit evergreen trees. Two portraits of a couple beside a weathered shed and in a grassy field. Wide view of a couple walking beside a lone tree beneath sunset clouds. Two photographs of a couple walking and posing among vineyard greenery.

Catering for sit down weddings or epic cocktail weddings, you’ve got it all here.

Long wooden reception table decorated with pink flowers and candles. Long white reception tables beneath chandeliers and hanging greenery. Man giving a microphone speech before the seated couple in a reception room. Purple and pink sunset clouds above guests on a reception terrace.

With excellent ceremony locations in their beautiful garden or rustic shed, you’re all good here.

Wedding party facing guests at a garden ceremony beneath leafy trees.Couple and wedding party standing before seated guests inside a rustic shed. Couple leaving the ceremony through guests throwing red rose petals.

The best part about Mount Macedon Winery is their staff.  You’re treated like family here, no just another number. I photographed the owners Dylan & Elisha’s wedding here at their venue, at the end of 2019. What an incredible day that was.

Couple walking hand in hand along a muddy track beside tall trees.

MEWBURN PARK ESTATE

Clear marquee on a lawn beneath a grey cloudy sky.

Located just out of Maffra, a couple of hours east of Melbourne. Mewburn Park Estate is how you dream a rustic country Insta/Pinterest worthy wedding to be.

Rows of wooden ceremony chairs facing a floral arch outside a brick building.Two black-and-white photographs of a bride adjusting an earring and fastening a shoe.Guests gathered outside a long brick building beneath leafy branches.

Set on a 400-acre working farm, with homesteads & buildings on site dating back to the 1850s. As soon as you arrive and drive up the massive old oak tree-lined driveway, you know you’re visiting somewhere pretty special.

Two photographs of a tree-lined avenue and a couple walking together on a garden path.

The clear view marquee permanently located on-site, makes for a perfect location for a wedding reception, under the stars. And you’re spoiled for choice with the fantastic grounds, where you’d like to hold your ceremony. 

Reception tables beneath hanging greenery inside a clear marquee beside a turquoise vintage van. Two photographs of marquee reception tables and a man giving a microphone speech. Clear marquee and vintage van on a lawn beside a water tower.

I get excited every time I get an enquiry from a couple getting married at this stunning property.

Couple laughing while guests throw colourful confetti outside a brick building. Two photographs of a groom lifting the bride among garden trees. Black-and-white portrait of a couple embracing in a field.

 

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