Kallista · Dandenong Ranges
One wedding. An entire forest. The day is yours.
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The grounds
Lyrebird Falls sits in the evergreen forest of the Dandenong Ranges, about fifty minutes from Melbourne. Towering trees, ferns and running water are the setting. The difference couples talk about afterwards is the care: one wedding on the property, and coordinators who stay with you from the first visit to the last song.
You have the chapel, the gazebo, the gardens and the dining room to yourselves. Up to 120 guests. Nowhere else on the day.
Ceremony
Choose the chapel, the gazebo, or the garden. If the weather changes, the ceremony moves indoors without leaving the grounds.
01 — The chapel
Named Victoria’s best ceremony venue for two years. Mirrored walls, daylight, and a quiet room that photographs as if it were built for the forest outside. This is also the wet-weather ceremony, so the day does not depend on the sky.
02 — The gazebo
The ornate gazebo is set in the garden and lit when evening comes. Guests walk the blue-stone path, past the waterfall, with music already playing in the trees.
03 — The garden
Between the ceremony and dinner there is time in the grounds: the bridge, the fernery, the stream. The property is closed to every other event, so the portraits are unhurried.
Reception
The dining room was rebuilt to face the gardens. After dark, the waterfall and fernery are lit, and the glass becomes part of the table.
Floor-to-ceiling glass, handcrafted timber, and a floodlit waterfall just outside. Guests take pre-dinner drinks on the deck, then come inside for a generous three-course menu. Colours, layout and flowers are arranged with you. A coordinator hosts the evening, from the first meeting through to the end of the night.
Seventy to one hundred and twenty guests. Exclusive use of the whole property.
Victoria’s Best Reception Centre in 2006, 2010 and 2011. The chapel was awarded Best Ceremony Venue in Victoria for two years running.
The film
A short film of the ranges, the waterfall, the gazebo and the room. Sound starts when you press play.
Lyrebird Falls. Filmed by Bright Light Weddings.
A wedding here
The highlight film featured on the Lyrebird Falls homepage, hosted here so it plays without leaving the page.
Shelley & Jarrad. Filmed by Allure Productions.
Gallery
A few of the photographs already published by Lyrebird Falls. Select any image to see it larger.
Photographs by Be Here Be Now Photos and Films, Georgia Verrells Photography, T-One Image, Ashleigh Haase Photography, Vanessa Norris Photography, Emily Howlett Photography, ATEIA Photography & Video, Perla Photography, Dewinta Dandot Photography, Lena Lim Photography, Bright Light Weddings, PiXRay Photography, Louisa Bailey Wedding Photographer, Finder Seeker Photography, and TRUphotography by Leslie Truong.
Visit
Viewing is by appointment through the week. Drop-in visits cannot be taken. The grounds are about 35 kilometres, and fifty minutes, from the Melbourne CBD.