Our venues

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Sorrento
Terminal

On the first floor of the Sorrento terminal, the bay comes right up to the glass. Afternoon light bounces off the water and across the room, and every so often a ferry slides in to dock below. It’s a space that relaxes people the moment they walk in. Fill the whole floor with 200 guests and a busy bar, keep it to 50 out on the balcony with the sea breeze, or close the door on the Nepean Room for a board day where the view is the only distraction.

    • First floor, exclusive use during or after hours: up to 200 cocktail, 100 seated

    • Bar and balcony section: up to 50 cocktail

    • Nepean Room: cocktail 30, boardroom 22, round table 18, two long tables 28, three squares 36

    • Take the whole first floor for launches, milestone birthdays, reception drinks or end-of-year parties

    • Book the bar and balcony for a relaxed drinks gathering

    • Use the Nepean Room for workshops, board days and long lunches

    • Start or finish at Onda downstairs, or add a crossing or charter on the bay

    • The ferry docks out front, with crossings to Queenscliff in 40 minutes

    • Parking is close by but can fill in peak periods

    • Fully accessible for those with mobility issues.

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Queenscliff
Terminal

The building looks like a wave about to break. A single sweep of steel arcs over the dunes at Queenscliff, and underneath it the first floor opens onto a wall of glass looking out over the Heads, the old pier, the lighthouse and the open ocean beyond. Inside, the light is soft and constant, the lounges are deep blue velvet, and each event space has its own balcony where you can step out for salt air between sessions.. The building connects straight to the ferry, so a session can end with the whole group walking onto the bay.

    • Large space: banquet 120, cabaret 90, theatre 140, cocktail 200

    • Medium space: banquet 72, cabaret 54, theatre 70, cocktail 150

    • Small space: boardroom 12, U-shape 12, cocktail 50

    • Whole first floor: up to 250 cocktail, with multiple bars and room for a dance floor

    • Full-day meeting packages for 10 to 100 guests, in Standard or Premium. Premium adds a share-style lunch in the TARRA restaurant. Half days are available on request.

    • Cocktail parties for 30 to 200 guests, with cheese, charcuterie and oyster tables as add-ons

    • Ferry breakout: walk from the event space onto the ferry for a two-hour sail in the Portsea Lounge

    • Team building options include a chef’s masterclass, a mixology class, Bellarine winery and distillery visits, bay and vessel tours.

    • 90 minutes from Melbourne, 50 from Avalon Airport, 40 by ferry from Sorrento

    • On-site parking

    • Full accessibility via lift and ramps

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The
Ferries

Most venues come with a view. On the ferries, the view keeps changing. Leave Sorrento with the peninsula behind you, cross water that turns from green to deep blue, and watch for dolphins in the wake as Queenscliff’s lighthouse gets closer. The private lounges are bright, rooms where a glass of bubbles sits steady on the table. Take a whole vessel and the deck becomes a dance floor at sunset, with the lights of both peninsulas coming on around you.

    • MV Sorrento: cocktail 400, long tables 120, theatre 150, boardroom 100

    • MV Sorrento - Portsea Lounge: cocktail 60, long tables 45, theatre 60, boardroom 20

    • MV Queenscliff: cocktail 400, long tables 100

    • MV Queenscliff - Lonsdale Lounge: cocktail 80, long tables 60, theatre 80, boardroom 20

    • MV Peninsula Princess: cocktail 300

    • Sail to your event: board in Sorrento, have breakfast or bubbles in a private lounge, and step off directly into the Queenscliff Terminal

    • Break out mid-event with a two-hour return sail

    • Charter a whole vessel for a cocktail party, wedding celebration or corporate sunset sail

    • The vessels are built to sail on Port Phillip always meaning a calm and safe journey

    • Vessels are fully licensed venues

    • MV Sorrento and MV Queenscliff are fully accessible, with bathrooms on board

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Onda
Sorrento

Onda sits at water level in the Sorrento terminal. It’s close enough to watch boats come and go from your table, and relaxed enough that nobody wants to leave. The gathering tables suit a casual crowd of 30, with plates moving down the middle and the bay doing the backdrop. For something bigger, take the whole restaurant and seat up to 100 for a long, unhurried celebration. With a menu offering that leans into the Mediterranean namesake of Sorrento.

    • Gathering tables: 30 cocktail, 30 seated

    • Whole restaurant: up to 100 seated

    • [Set menus or share tables, plus the kinds of events that suit Onda]

    • Pair it with the first floor or the Nepean Room upstairs, or a crossing on the bay

    • Ground floor of the Sorrento terminal, with the ferry out front

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Tarra
Queenscliff

TARRA is the restaurant inside the Queenscliff Terminal. Timber tables sit beside floor-to-ceiling glass, and the ferry glides past close enough that it feels like part of the room. It’s where meeting-day lunches stretch a little longer than planned, and where a small celebration can feel like a long lunch on the coast.

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    • The share-style lunch venue for Premium meeting packages at the Queenscliff Terminal

    • In the Queenscliff Terminal, with full accessibility via lift and ramps

    • 1 Wharf Street, Queenscliff