Weddings at Centennial Parklands

Celebrate your wedding surrounded by gardens, ponds, open lawns and secluded groves, just minutes from Sydney’s CBD. Choose from beautiful settings for your ceremony, outdoor reception and wedding photography.

Wedding couple in park

Celebrate your day in the parklands

Centennial Parklands offers a range of outdoor settings for weddings of different styles and sizes. Hold your ceremony beneath tall trees, beside the water or within a formal garden. Continue the celebration with a marquee reception or at Centennial Homestead, and capture your wedding and engagement photos across the parklands.

Wedding ceremonies

Choose from 9 outdoor ceremony locations, including secluded groves, formal gardens and picturesque waterside settings. Explore the locations to compare photographs, capacity and site features before applying.

Ceremony bookings include exclusive use of your selected site for 3 hours, including setup and pack-down, as well as permission to take wedding photos in other available areas of Centennial Parklands and 4 reserved parking spaces.

Explore ceremony locations

Bride and bridesmaids walking together in the parklands

Wedding receptions

Create an outdoor marquee reception at one of 2 dedicated locations within Centennial Parklands. Our reception venues provide the setting, while you arrange your marquee, suppliers and experienced event organiser.

Alternatively, hold your reception at Centennial Homestead, in the heart of the parklands.

Apply for a marquee reception

Brazilians Fields functions and wedding receptions
Brazilian Fields is a large, flat, open setting with a pine forest backdrop.
Large marquee at Church Grounds overlooking the pond
A wide open space with views of Sydney's skyline over Randwick Ponds.
Interior of Centennial Homestead set up for a wedding reception
Celebrate your reception in Centennial Homestead’s Wisteria Room, with garden views and flexible styling options.

Wedding photography

Capture your wedding or engagement photos among Centennial Parklands’ gardens, ponds, woodlands and heritage landscapes. Photography during your ceremony booking is included. 

A separate permit is required for a wedding photography session without a ceremony booking. A 2-hour permit costs $340 and can be booked online.

Book a wedding photography permit

Cropped image of hands holding camera against newlywed couple celebrating with opening champagne bottle at park

See weddings at Centennial Parklands

Watch our short video for a glimpse of the ceremony settings, landscapes and photography opportunities available across Centennial Parklands. 

Download our wedding brochure (PDF 3 MB) for further inspiration.

How to apply for a wedding ceremony

Step 1. Explore the locations

Browse the 9 ceremony locations and choose your preferred and alternate site.

Explore ceremony locations

Step 2. Plan your booking

Decide on your preferred date and time, expected number of guests, equipment or entertainment, and any suppliers you intend to use.

Step 3. Review the booking information

Read the fees and charges, frequently asked questions and ceremony terms and conditions before submitting your application.

Step 4. Submit your application

Complete the online application form with your preferred and alternate locations, proposed date and ceremony details.

Apply for a wedding ceremony

Step 5. Confirm your booking

The Venue Bookings team will review your application and contact you about availability. If your application is approved, you will receive an invoice. Your booking is confirmed once full payment has been received.

Need help with your application?

Call (02) 9339 6699 or email our team.

Commercial filming and photography

Wedding and engagement photography is managed through the wedding booking process. Advertising campaigns, editorial shoots, fashion photography, filming and other commercial work require a separate application.