New NSW conference centre opens at Willinga Park

Set on more than 800 hectares on the NSW South Coast at Bawley Point, Willinga Park’s new conference centre, the Equine Education Centre, officially opens today (28th November).

The centre offers a conference experience set amid national parks with coastal and bushland walking trails, beautiful sandy beaches, popular surf breaks, a temperate climate, wildlife and access to Australia’s finest equestrian centre.

Terry Snow of Willinga Park notes “There is no other location which allows you to experience Australia this way. No other venue offers guests the chance to be just minutes from some of Australia’s most beautiful beaches and surrounded by vast bushland at the best, equine centre in the Southern Hemisphere. Guests will not be disappointed.”

The Conference Hall seats 300 people in cocktail mode, 280 people in conference mode and 200 people dining. It features floor-to-ceiling windows with unparalleled views to surrounding bushland and natural light that will impress even the most selective guests.

Flexible room layouts coupled with state-of-the-art technology and fully-adaptable conferencing equipment with a variety of options for staging and lighting makes for an exceptional space.

Guests can host a variety of events from small to medium scale conferences, corporate retreats, meetings, functions and expos. A private function bar and restaurant are connected to the main hall.

Facilities also include the Willinga Park Boardroom, a sophisticated space to meet, collaborate and share ideas, with the convenience of proximity to both the main hall and accommodation. Other breakout areas are available including the Grand Prix building, an architectural-award-winning space with adjoining commercial kitchen, ideal for meetings and formal dinners.

18 luxury, freestanding pavilions, including two four-bedroom pavilions and 16 two-bedroom pavilions are offered exclusively for events, so privacy is assured. All are self-contained, with spacious interiors and uninterrupted north facing views of the surrounding bushland. Guests can enjoy the park’s botanical gardens and sculpture collection, heated outdoor swimming pool, communal BBQ area and fire pit. Available team building activities include horse trail rides, guided hikes, mountain biking, local tours and more.

Willinga Park has been home to numerous equine sporting events including the first-ever CDI 4 Dressage competition in the Southern Hemisphere. It has been used as a film set and for photoshoots. Its facilities include luxury stables, commercial cattle stud facilities and extensive facilities for the agistment and training of horses.

Each year, Willinga Park hosts several community-wide events and premier equine sporting competitions across dressage, showjumping and campdrafting. Willinga Park fully supports Australia’s athletes across equestrian disciplines and aims to fully support past and future Australian Olympians.

Willinga Park’s new conference centre, the Equine Education Centre is just 2.5 hours east of Canberra and 3.5 hours south of Sydney.

For more information go to willingapark.com.au.