What to know about Bowral Mittagong
- A park booking with Wingecarribee Shire Council does not give exclusive use of the park, garden or reserve, so other people may still use the space.Source: Wingecarribee Shire Council, wedding and formal ceremony application
- Once a park booking request is complete, Wingecarribee Shire Council says an approval letter should arrive within 10 working days.Source: Wingecarribee Shire Council, wedding and formal ceremony application
- Wingecarribee Shire Council's event management guidance limits event noise to 72 dBA at the nearest sensitive receptor unless otherwise approved.Source: Wingecarribee Shire Council, event management
- Wingecarribee Shire Council says event organisers must tell it how they intend to notify residents and businesses nearby.Source: Wingecarribee Shire Council, event management
- To protect parklands, Wingecarribee Shire Council says event organisers must provide adequate supervision during bump-in and bump-out.Source: Wingecarribee Shire Council, event management
- East Bowral Community Centre at 71 Boardman Road lists private parties among its uses and has a hall for 64 people.Source: Wingecarribee Shire Council, East Bowral Community Centre
- The 2021 Census counted 41,600 people in the Bowral - Mittagong Significant Urban Area.Source: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats, Bowral - Mittagong SUA
Park bookings in the Highlands
Wingecarribee Shire Council takes park bookings for formal ceremonies and one-off events. A booking does not hand over the park, garden or reserve, so other people may still be there, and the approval letter should arrive within 10 working days of a complete request (Wingecarribee Shire Council).
Sound and the neighbours
The council's event management guidance caps event noise at 72 dBA at the nearest sensitive receptor unless it approves otherwise, and organisers have to tell it how nearby residents and businesses will be told (event management). Keep the speakers modest and pointed away from houses.
Someone on site for bump-in
To protect the parklands, organisers supervise bump-in and bump-out, so a person from the party should be there when the hire is delivered and again when it is collected.
A hall in East Bowral
East Bowral Community Centre at 71 Boardman Road lists private parties among its uses and has a hall for 64 people (East Bowral Community Centre).
Bowral and Mittagong party hire FAQs
Does a Wingecarribee park booking give me the whole park?
No. Other people can still use the space, as the council's booking page explains.
How loud can an event in a Bowral park be?
The council's event guidance sets 72 dBA at the nearest sensitive receptor unless it approves otherwise.