Recommended Venues
| Name of venue | Address | Phone, fax, email | Capacity (people, rooms etc) | Cost | Catering available, quality, cost |
Comments |
Recommended by |
| Landmark School Supplies (upstairs room) | Pascoe Vale Road, Essendon |
Ph 9379 7900 |
20’s good – 30’s a squeeze | FREE, with tea, coffee. Bickies provided!!! | Only as above | Good, free venue for small group. Has whiteboard and clear wall for projected images. Has air conditioning | Deborah Burke |
| "The
Meadows"
Greyhound Racing Victoria |
80 Northcorp Blv Broadmeadows 3047 | Ph 9355 5222 |
200 – 300 |
$ 330/day | $15.90 per person for catering - coffee on arrival, morning tea and lunch which can be a sit down affair | They seem happy to negotiate on these prices if the numbers are beyond 200. | Sue Crisp |
| Jika International |
551 Heidelberg Rd Fairfield 3078 |
Ph 9481 2822 | 4 rooms, largest holds 50 | Large room is $200 for half-day | Large room is $200 for half-day | Used a lot by NMR (is across the road) | SDOs |
| The Centre (Banyule Town Hall) | 275 Upper Heidelberg Rd Ivanhoe | Ph 9490 4300 | Various – from meeting room to ballroom | Not cheap, but big. Eg McCubbin room $575 half-day | Yes- not cheap but good quality Eg lunch & coffee/juice $22 | Among the classier of these venues | Peter B |
| Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre | Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd Preston | Ph 9416 8933 | Various – from meeting room to 400-seat theatre | Yes | SDO's | ||
| Moreland City College Conference Centre | Alva Grove, Coburg (off Bell St) | Ph 9354 1004 | 3 rooms, kitchen, 60+ capacity | ??$150 for half-day | Basic catering available | Good value (not near student areas!), tons of parking | Peter Bennet |
| Treacey Centre |
At
Garvey House |
Phone
8359 0101 |
Number of rooms – several large and break outs | Yes | Purpose designed for teacher PD and recently refurbished, Free parking at zoo. Easy access from city via Royal Pde trams | Giuliana
Gabrielle |
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LaTrobe
Uni |
Bundoora |
Brad
Richards |
Various | Moderate | Yes | Very helpful April 04. Excellent food and large space. Needs good signage and arrange parking discount prior to arrival as bays are designed to charge uni students. | Geoff, Gabrielle |
| Local councils have community rooms for hire | Free or cheap | ||||||
| Eltham Community & Reception Centre | Cnr Main Rd & Pitt St | Lots | $350 | Really lovely, relaxed big venue. 2 large rooms, great facilities. | Kerri & Viv | ||
| Brunswick Nth PS conference room | Pearson St, Brunswick | 9383 1400 | Up to 100 | Can be organised through school canteen | |||
| VUT Convention Centre | Ballarat Rd, Sunshine | 9284 7100 | 40-50 | Yes | MYPRAD PD | ||
| Apprenticeships Plus | 640 Sydney Rd, Coburg | 9354 4022 | 25 | Catherine McMahon | |||
| Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre |
Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd Preston Map 30 F 1 |
Ph
9416 8933 |
Various – from meeting room to 400-seat theatre | Yes – generous servings in 04 | SDOs | ||
| Plenty Ranges Arts & Convention Centre | Ferres Blvd Sth Morang | 9217 2317 | Huge, lots of rooms | Up the top end of the range | Yes |
Lots
of parking |
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| Hume Global Learning centre |
1093
Pascoe Vale Rd, Broadmeadows 3047 |
Phone
9356 6940 |
2 large rooms can seta up to 100 theatre style plus foyer | $ 270 per room (Feb 05) | Need to organise but list of local caterers supplied. | Need to organise but list of local caterers supplied. |
KP
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| Aitkin Conference centre | |||||||
|
Rydges
on Bell (Formerly
Hotel William) |
205
Bell Street
|
Phone:
9485 0100
|
Several rooms and lecture theatre. Large room seats over 100 at table rounds. | $200+ per day, per room – negotiate Govt rate | $42 per day for all meals, wide selection of interesting modern cuisine | Recently refurbished and high quality surrounds. $69 for a studio room for residential if attached to a conference. Pool and outdoor areas available for breaks. Plenty of parking at front of hotel and in rear car park off Hotham street. Flip board and white board provided. BYO datashow etc. | GE |
| Ford Learning and Development Training Centre. | Hume Highway Campbellfield 3061 | Rita
Mala Phone (03) 9359 8300 Fax: (03) 9359 8930 Email: rmala@ford.com |
$50.00 per hour excluding GST (2003 prices) | Catering which is from the Ford canteen |
The
Ford Centre is available every day but can be heavily booked.
They have a number of other rooms as well which are of various
sizes. They
allowed a school group to bring in their own food - not
another caterer. |
Ray Kaso | |
| Moonee Valley race course |
Moonee
Valley |
Office
(Business Hours & Race Meetings) ask for functions |
Range
of spaces. |
Packages form $39.50 to $56 pp (Feb. 05) | Western region | ||
| Hilton Melbourne Airport |
Melbourne
Airport |
(03) 8336 2000 | Very large and multiple spaces | $70 per head for the full package | Too far out of Government budget limits | ||
| Greenville Receptions |
13-15 Green St |
Phone: 9466 2744 |
30-400 | See leaflet at \\nmrserver1\ data\ Development&Accountability\ D&Asupport\reference\ venues\Conference Package.doc | Chef will make anything … | Sandra Hurst (Glenroy Nth PS) is partner in business | |
| Rivers Cafe | 28 Kurrak Rd Yarrambat 3091 |
Phone 9436 1466
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Lakeview
U shape 20 + presenter
|
LV
$295 pd
|
Morning
tea $5.50 to $6
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Detailed
fax with Dianna Robertson and in Peter B’s file
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DR |