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Bayside
Wedding
Guide

Celebrate your 6
love at Bayside
Band Rotunda
The City of Bayside welcomes all celebrations Sandringham
of love. Whether your wedding or commitment
ceremony is traditional or contemporary, intimate
or extravagant, Bayside has the perfect location
for your life-long memories.

Only 15 minutes south of Melbourne’s CBD,
Bayside is home to formal gardens, bushland
parks, heritage buildings and a coast that
embraces Port Phillip Bay.

From the charm of the Sandringham Band
Rotunda to the vibrancy of the Brighton Bathing
Boxes, there are 17 kilometres of stunning
foreshores and beaches where you can toast
to love in the afternoon and kiss as the sun
melts into the sea.

You can commit to each other in the green
summer shade or orange autum light of a park,
or celebrate with your family and friends in the
formal gardens of a heritage building.

With stunning photo opportunities and iconic
landscapes, Bayside will help make your
ceremony and celebrations unforgettable.

We hope you enjoy this guide to some of our
most picturesque locations and we look forward
to welcoming you to Bayside for your special day.

Kamesburgh Gardens, Brighton 3

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1 Ricketts Point reaches into Port Phillip 2 The bathing boxes on Brighton Beach
Bay with spectacular uninterrupted are Melbourne icons. Sitting on the
Ricketts Point views. Turn around to see shady native Brighton spotless sand with views of the city,
Beaumaris scrub with hidden paths that lead to Bathing Boxes their vibrant colours will add extra joy
the famous teahouse, sandy beach and Brighton to your special day.
rock-pool marine sanctuary.
Features
Features • sandy beach
• foreshore access • Melbourne city skyline views
• barbecues • car park
• car park • toilets
• toilets

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3 Overlooking the bay, the grass-covered 4 With Norfolk Island pines to frame
Ferdinando Gardens are close to Hampton breathtaking city views, Brighton Beach
Ferdinando Station and have shady palm trees, quiet Brighton Beach Gardens offer private nooks, grass and
Gardens corners, easy access to the sandy beach Gardens, shade. For more amazing photos, the
Hampton and a paved beach-side path. Green Point famous beachside bathing boxes and
Brighton the Bayside walking trail are close by.
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• foreshore scenery Features
• sheltered area • city skyline and bathing boxes nearby
• barbecues • small pavilion
• close to Hampton train station • close to Brighton Beach train station
• car park
and shops • toilets
• toilets

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5 Follow the Bayside Trail into a garden 6 With a rock seawall instead of a
of palm and native trees where you can beach, North Road Gardens are a
Band Rotunda climb the stone steps of the landmark North Road photographers dream with a panoramic
Sandringham 1926 Band Rotunda for unrivalled views Gardens view of Port Phillip Bay and the city, lots
of the bay, beach and cliffs. Brighton of green space, walking paths, native
parkland and a fantastic playground.
Features
• Port Phillip Bay views Features
• playground • well-maintained parkland
• barbecues • nearby jetty
• close to Sandringham train station • playground
• car park
and shops • toilets
• car park
• toilets 11

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7 Alexander Park was once a local dairy. 8 At Basterfield Park, you’re spoilt for
Today, you walk along a winding tree- choice with a large grass-covered open
Alexander Park lined path to find a cosy green park Basterfield Park garden, established trees for privacy and
Hampton that’s ideal for sharing your dreams Hampton East shade, and a beautiful ornamental lake,
in a sun-lit celebration. with its own islands at the centre.

Features Features
• native trees and shrubs • covered pergola
• playground • playground
• close to Hampton shops • barbecues
• toilets

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9 The 19th-century Victorian elite flocked 10 Romance is in the air at Billilla Gardens.
to Black Rock House to socialise by With its 1880s Art Nouveau mansion
Black Rock the sea. Today, you can make your own Billilla Gardens as a magnificent backdrop, choose a
House Gardens memories under its majestic Moreton Brighton picture-perfect spot on the manicured
Black Rock Bay figs, which were planted over 160 lawns by the roses or under the
years ago. towering trees.

Features: Features
• listed on the National Trust register • listed on the National Trust register
• gardens • fountain
• stables • rose garden
• shelter • toilets
• Black Rock shops

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11 The 1885 Brighton Town Hall provides a 12 With natural shelter and seclusion,
grand and historic sense of occasion for John Batman Gardens is a secret
Brighton Town outdoor celebrations in its immaculate John Batman garden in the suburbs. Covered
Hall Gardens gardens, including a formal rose garden. Gardens with grass and filled with trees, this
Brighton The hall is also available for receptions. Sandringham mini-park welcomes friends and
families for intimate gatherings.
Features
• listed on the National Trust register Features
• Renaissance Revival architecture • natural shelter and privacy
• formal rose garden
• pergola provided by trees
• close to Brighton shops • close to Sandringham shops
• car park

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13 Whether your celebration is by the 14 The Italianate-style Kamesburgh
ornamental lake or on an expanse of mansion was built in the 1870s and is
Landcox Park grass, the Landcox Park trees offer Kamesburgh best known as being an Anzac veterans
East Brighton blazing autumn colour, delicate winter Gardens hostel. Its formal gardens are exquisite,
light, welcoming spring warmth or Brighton secluded and simply unmatched for
tranquil summer shade. elegant outdoor ceremonies.

Features Features
• ornamental lake • listed on National Trust register
• playground • formal gardens
• toilets • fountain
• toilets

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15 The AJ Steele Reserve is also known 16 With its native plants and animals, the
as the Acorn Patch, because of the large and informal Cheltenham Park can
AJ Steele gorgeous oak trees that surround this Cheltenham feel like you’re out in the Australian bush
Reserve long and narrow park, creating a natural Park but its only half an hour from the CBD
Sandringham avenue of seasonal colours and moods. Cheltenham with Cheltenham village close by.

Features Features
• deciduous foliage • pavilion
• set between distinguished homes • myriad of flora and fauna
• nearby playground
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• barbecues
• car park
• toilets

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17 Elsternwick Park has a just-right spot for
every celebration with shady corners,
Elsternwick Park grassy slopes and a large lake. It feels
Brighton far from the crowds, but the charm of
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Features
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Location 9. Black Rock House Gardens
guide 26 Ebden Avenue
Black Rock
1. Ricketts Point
Foreshore between Reserve 10. Billilla Gardens
and Hayden Roads 26 Halifax Street
Beaumaris Brighton

2. Brighton Bathing Boxes 11. Brighton Town Hall Gardens
Foreshore between Dendy Corner Wilson and Carpenter Streets
and Gould Streets Brighton
Brighton
12. John Batman Gardens
3. Ferdinando Gardens Corner of Bay Road and Waverly Street
Foreshore end of Small Street Sandringham
Hampton
13. Landcox Park
4. Brighton Beach Gardens Mavis Avenue
Foreshore Green Point East Brighton
Brighton
14. Kamesburgh Gardens
5. Band Rotunda 78 North Road
Foreshore end of Bay Road Brighton
Sandringham
15. AJ Steele Reserve Acorn Patch
6. North Road Gardens Between Brighton Street
Foreshore North Road and Grange Road
Brighton Sandringham

7. Alexander Park 16. Cheltenham Park
Corner of Thomas and Park Road
Alexander Streets Cheltenham
Hampton
17. Elsternwick Park
8. Basterfield Park St Kilda Street
Corner of Dane Road Brighton
and Seafoam Street
Hampton East 29

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To book
your location

For further information or to book a venue
visit www.bayside.vic.gov.au/weddings
or call 9599 4444.
Special conditions apply for the use of gardens
in Bayside and a permit is required to hold
a wedding ceremony in a Council owned
location. Please also note that bookings and
permits do not grant exclusive use of spaces.

Photo credits Brighton Beach, Brighton
Thank you to Passion8 Photography
for their images used in this publication
Telephone: 0418 331 162
1300Number: 1300 848 200
www.passion8photo.com.au

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Bayside City Council 0271
76 Royal Avenue
Sandringham VIC 3191
Tel (03) 9599 4444
[email protected]
www.bayside.vic.gov.au