Sydney Wedding Ceremony Locations

7 Year Wedding reader ChanFantastic sent me an email this week asking for some helping searching out Sydney wedding locations. As Cher from Clueless would say - project!!!

First up parks..... We have an abundance of parks here in Sydney. I've picked my top five but there are oh so many more.... Yarranabbe Park in Darling Point; Bellevue Park, Birriga Road, Bellevue Hill; Chiswick Gardens, Ocean Street, Woollhara; Green Point Reserve, Pacific Street, Watsons Bay; Dawes Point Park, Hickson Road, The Rocks; Observatory Hill, The Rocks; Clyne Reserve, Merriman Street, Millers Point, oh the list goes on!!!!

1. Wendy's Secret Garden, Lavender Bay

Source: Time Out Sydney

2. Blackburn Gardens Double Bay

Source: Ideal Getaways

3. Parsley Bay, Vaucluse

Source: Woolhara Council

4. McKell Park, Vaucluse

Next up, Islands! Yes I know this sounds crazy, but the hire prices of some of the islands are really reasonable, and it would be easy to get a boat to ferry guests from the wedding to the reception all via stunning harbour views. So lets check em out....

1. Shark Island

2. Clark Island, Sydney

Source: Harbour Islands

3. Goat Island, Sydney

Source: Flick River

4. Rodd Island, Sydney

Source: Sydney Sheller

Last up, lets go crazy and look at a few more left of centre ceremony locations. This is a mish mash of cool spaces that could be perfect if you want something a little different...

1. Strickland House, Vaucluse

Source: Kate's Photo Diary

2. Chinese Gardens of Friendship, Darling Harbour

Source: Matt's Blog

3. Bradley's Head, Mosman

Source: Ceremonies With Soul

How to Create Alters and Aisles in a Garden Wedding

One of the wedding venues we were looking at was Blackburn Gardens at Redleaf Pools. Its a beautiful spots but I've had to think about how you signify an aisle because Woolahra council don't allow structures, fabrics or petals within the grounds. So this got me thinking, how do you signify an aisle?  Let's take a look at how we can easily create alters and aisles at a Garden wedding@

Start with this.... 

1. Potted plants lining an aisle

2. Perhaps some vintage fabric hanging from a tree as an altar alternative

3. What about rows of chairs with an aisle lined with candles

4. To personalise the chairs lets leave little note for guests and have flowers hanging from chairs

Sources: Outdoor Weddings, Once Wed

Wedding Location Hunting Today

Today is an exciting day. The big A and I are on our way to Palm Beach to check out some wedding venues! Palm Beach has come out of the blue as a location, but it seems to work - it's 1.5 hours out of sydney so it meets the 'people can stay the night' criteria but close enough that it meets the 'people don't need to fly' criteria. Here's the shortlist we are working to, cross your fingers!

Barrenjoey House

Source: The Age

Beach Road Cafe

Source: Beach Road Cafe

Ripples Whale Beach

Source: Ripples Whale Beach

Bilgola Surf Life Saving Club

Source: Bilgolaslsc

The BoatHouse Palm BeachSource: Madison Magazine via The Boat House