Ceremony
The Lower Terrace
Where most of our couples say I do, home to the fire pit, with views out to the Macedon Ranges.
Weddings at Sunnystones
The wedding that lasts all weekend
Fifty acres, one stone homestead, and beds for ninety of your favourite people. An exclusive-use wedding weekend, 45 minutes from Melbourne, Ballarat and Geelong.
The Sunnystones way
No taxis home at midnight. No strangers in the next function room. Just your people, all weekend.
Camp Sunnystones isn’t a wedding factory. It’s a much-loved family property that becomes entirely yours from Friday afternoon to Sunday.
Say your vows on the lower terrace with the Macedon Ranges on the horizon. For the reception, the choice is yours: eat and dance in our architecturally designed stone homestead, or raise a marquee or tipi on the wedding lawn. Then, instead of goodbyes, keep the fire pits going and wake up to kookaburras and a big shared breakfast with everyone still there.
The shape of it is simple. Arrive Friday afternoon, settle in, and spend the evening around the fire pits. Marry on Saturday. Then let Sunday go slowly, with a lazy breakfast and a 2pm checkout. Or, on The Long Weekend, stay for a Sunday night under the stars and head home on Monday morning.
It’s a true DIY-friendly venue: bring your own caterer or food trucks and your own drinks, and make the weekend unmistakably yours.
The spaces
Your ceremony, your reception, and fifty acres for the photos
Reception
The Homestead Hall
The 26-metre dining hall of our architecturally designed stone homestead, seating up to 100 (150 cocktail), with flexible furniture and a glass wall looking onto the courtyard.
Reception
The Lawn
A double-levelled 35m × 25m lawn made for marquees and tipis, looking out to the Macedon Ranges, with a fire pit on the lower terrace below.
Drinks
The Courtyard
Stone walls, festoon lights and greenery, the perfect spot for pre-ceremony drinks while everyone arrives and settles in.
Stay
Guest Accommodation
Ninety beds across nine ensuite rooms inside the homestead, all with fresh white linen, so your guests stay right on site.
Stay
The Glamping Suite
A fully furnished bell tent set up as the couple’s own private retreat, just for the two of you.
Included in your hire
Yours, all weekend
- Accommodation for up to 90 guests each night, with beds made up with white sheets and pillows
- Commercial kitchen with oven, stove, industrial fridge, sanitiser-dishwasher, plus extensive crockery and cutlery for your caterer or your own crew
- Furniture including dining tables, trestles and plenty of chairs, all movable to your plan
- Festoon and fairy lights, a wooden arbour ready for flowers, and rustic barrels for styling
- Three indoor fireplaces and two outdoor fire pit areas with seating, firewood supplied
- Games room with a changing line-up of games to keep guests (and kids) happy
- Sunroom, BBQ area and free laundry for the whole weekend
- Genuinely pet-friendly, a rarity among wedding venues. Your dog can be ring-bearer, star of the photos and an honoured guest all weekend, with 50 acres for the morning-after walk
Optional extras
- Glamping bell tent for the couple, included in The Hosted Weekend and The Long Weekend, or add it to The Blank Canvas for a flat $500 for your stay
- Glassware packages with champagne, wine and beer glasses for 100+
- Camp activities for your guests, such as archery and canoeing, with our instructors ($150 per instructor per half-day)
Good to know
- Check-in 4pm Friday · check-out 2pm Sunday
- Food trucks are a Sunnystones favourite, with easy access and room to park them
- $1,000 refundable bond, returned after inspection
Make it yours
Your caterer. Your drinks. Your rules (well, almost).
We’re proudly DIY-friendly, which is rarer than it should be. Bring the taco truck, the family paella pan, the case of wine from your uncle’s vineyard. Our commercial kitchen makes it easy for any caterer to work their magic.
Need a starting point? Past couples have loved Happy Camper Pizza, and we keep a full list of recommended caterers, food trucks and suppliers, just ask.
The “almost”: amplified music switches off at 11pm on Saturdays (10pm Fridays) out of respect for our neighbours. Lots of our couples keep the dance floor going with a silent disco, and the fire pits and acoustic guitars come into their own.
Packages
Choose your weekend
Three packages, one setting. Each builds on the one before. Every one includes exclusive use of the whole property and accommodation for up to 90 guests.
The Blank Canvas
$12,400 peak
$9,900 off-peak
For couples who already have a planner and just want the space.
- Two nights · Friday 4pm to Sunday 2pm
- Exclusive use of the whole property
- A blank canvas
“The space is yours to shape as you please.”
The Hosted Weekend
$13,500 peak
$11,000 off-peak
- Everything in The Blank Canvas
- Kim, our Events Manager, coordinating on the day, so you can be present
- A 2-hour planning consultation with Kim beforehand
- A glamping suite set up as your private retreat for the two of you
“You dance, we coordinate.”
The Long Weekend
$15,400 peak
$12,900 off-peak
- Everything in The Hosted Weekend
- A third night: Friday to Monday, relaxed 10am checkout
- Sunday night under the stars: fire pit, marshmallows and open-air cinema
- A second 2-hour session with Kim (four consult hours total)
“An extra night to soak it all in.”
Prices are GST-inclusive. Peak is September to April; off-peak is May to August. $1,000 refundable bond applies to all packages.
| Venue hire | Whole property, exclusive use, with no other bookings and no shared spaces |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 100 seated or 150 cocktail in the hall; larger receptions on the lawn under marquee |
| Accommodation | 90 guests across 9 ensuite rooms, beds made up with white linen and pillows |
| Catering | BYO caterer, food trucks or self-catering, with the commercial kitchen included |
| Drinks | BYO, no corkage |
| Bond | $1,000, refundable after checkout inspection |
Real couples
Married at Sunnystones
What an amazing venue! Kim and the team were so lovely to deal with, with plenty of great hire gear to make life easier! All our guests loved it too, and our photographer commented that it was a beautiful spot. Lots of flexibility, you can camp as well as bunk, and party all weekend. Highly recommend if you’re interested in a weekend-long wedding!
Camp Sunnystones was the perfect location for our wedding! The grounds have been recently landscaped which created the perfect location for our marquee reception and outdoor ceremony. The homestead was awesome for sleeping our guests, and the grounds were great for our glamping tents! Absolutely awesome venue!
This venue is a beautiful spot to create exactly what you want. Kate was an absolute legend ensuring it was executed exactly how we wanted.
We had an incredible weekend, our guests loved it, the owners and managers were so lovely to work with and we couldn’t have chosen a better venue.
Such a gorgeous venue. We had our wedding at Sunnystones and everything about the venue and owners/staff was just incredible. 10 stars if I could! Bloody legends!
The film
See a real Sunnystones wedding
A whole weekend, from the ceremony above the valley to the last song in the homestead.
Film by Spectacular Weddings
Questions couples ask
The practical stuff
How late can the music go?
Amplified music switches off at 11pm on Saturday nights and 10pm on Fridays. After that, lots of couples keep dancing with a silent disco, or the party moves to the fire pits, which many tell us is their favourite part of the night.
What if it rains?
The stone homestead hall seats every guest, so both ceremony and reception have an all-weather backup on site.
Do we have to organise everything ourselves?
With The Blank Canvas, yes. That’s the freedom of it, and we’re always at the end of the phone. With The Hosted Weekend and The Long Weekend, Kim, our Events Manager, coordinates your day so you can be a guest at your own wedding.
Can we visit before booking?
Absolutely, we’d love to walk you around. Tours run on Sunday afternoons — book a time online, or get in touch if none of the times suit.
Do you have preferred vendors we must use?
No, that’s the point of Sunnystones. Bring any caterer, celebrant, photographer, stylist or food truck you love. We share our list of recommended caterers, food trucks and suppliers with every enquiry, so you’ll have a head start if you want one.
Are pets welcome?
Yes! Camp Sunnystones is pet-friendly. Dogs regularly appear in our ceremony photos, usually stealing the show.
Can guests do camp activities?
They can. Archery, canoeing and more, run by our instructors at $150 per instructor per half-day. A Saturday-morning archery tournament is perfect for the morning after.
Is smoking allowed?
Outside only, with butts in the ashtrays and bins provided, as we’re surrounded by beautiful, flammable bush.
Also perfect for group stays
Family reunions, church groups, milestone birthdays and retreats book the same exclusive-use weekends. Same property, your own pace.
Explore private group stays
Come and take in the views to the Macedon Ranges
Ten minutes on the property tells you more than a hundred photos. Tours generally run on Sunday afternoons, so hit the button below and bring your favourite co-decision-maker.
Start planning
Enquire about your Sunnystones wedding
Tell us about the two of you, your guest numbers and preferred weekend, and our team will be in touch within one business day.