Wakes & memorials venues

Clovelly Bowling & Recreation Club — Clovelly

Clifftop bowlo with a dance floor, a stage and the best ocean view per dollar in the East.

100 seated · 100 standing

Nepean Belle Paddlewheeler — Penrith

A timber paddlewheeler churning through the Nepean Gorge with a licensed bar and a dance floor doing its own churning.

110 seated · 150 standing

Belmont 16s Sailing Club — Belmont

A gleaming club built out over Lake Macquarie, where the South East View room pairs a private bar and terrace with a white marble dance floor.

350 seated · 600 standing

The Founders Room at Wanda SLSC — Cronulla

Licensed club lounge metres from Wanda sand, with live music every Sunday.

300 seated · 450 standing

Concord Golf Club — Concord

An 1899 clubhouse of timber and trophies with a verandah over formal lawns — old-school club elegance without the CBD price tag.

180 seated · 210 standing

Terrey Hills Golf & Country Club — Terrey Hills

A polished private country club ringed by Ku-ring-gai bushland, chandeliers and fairway views included.

160 seated · 200 standing

City Beach Function Centre — Wollongong

Floor-to-ceiling ocean views, starlit fibre-optic ceilings and festoon-lit private terraces — Wollongong's polished big-night stalwart.

200 seated · 300 standing

Royal Hotel Paddington — Paddington

Grand old Five Ways pub with a rooftop and rooms named after elephants.

55 seated · 100 standing

Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club — Tamarama

Bare-bones surf club hall perched right on tiny Tama beach.

80 seated · 120 standing

Audley Dance Hall — Royal National Park (Audley)

A 1920s timber dance hall on the Hacking River — full-room dance floor, wraparound verandah, kookaburra soundtrack.

200 seated · 200 standing

Petersham Bowling Club (The PBC) — Petersham

Pokie-free, community-owned bowlo with live music, a stage and a much-loved top green.

Sergeants' Mess — Mosman

A glamorous white dining room and wraparound deck hanging over Chowder Bay — pure harbour theatre from every seat.

250 seated · 350 standing

Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club — Terrigal

A freshly renovated clubhouse with a full-length balcony over Terrigal Beach — front-row ocean views at surf-club prices.

150 seated · 250 standing

The Carrington Hotel — Katoomba

Katoomba's 1883 grande dame — chandeliers, stained glass and one of the last working Victorian dining rooms in Australia.

200 seated

Ivanhoe Hotel — Manly

The Corso's classic pub, two minutes' stumble from Manly Beach.