Minden retreat is a short drive from Brisbane and is situated in the beautiful Lockyer Valley, close to Ipswich, Marburg, Plainlands, Lowood, Fernvale, Gatton, Esk, Toowoomba, Warwick just to name a few of the fascinating country towns you can visit while staying here.
Facilities include:Huge hall of 300 square meters.Seats 120 at dinner functions. 200 at conferences.Room for a dance floor30 x 1800mm x 760mm tables and 120 function chairs plus othersChildren's area with soft toys and play mattresses to keep them entertained.Commercial kitchen complete with ovens, gas burners, deep fryer, dishwasher, huge cold room, deep freezers and spacious pantry.Outdoor entertainment area with barbecue facilities, servery for drinks & "goodies", lawns and a sheltered seating area.Antique reception hall construction featuring hot-riveted trusses.Reception hall overviews our 3 1/2 acre dam and the rolling hills of the Marburg range all in a setting of tall gums.AccommodationThe fully renovated "Bawden Lodge" has 9 serviced rooms accommodating 44 people. Yes, they're large rooms. Also available are additional rooms which sleep another 58 people. These are let only to those who book the whole of our complex for functions. No charge is made for their use, but guests have to supply their own linen, sleeping bags, pillows etc.
ChapelOur fully renovated 100 year old chapel seats 84 (plus) people.
ParkingOur 27 acre property has plenty of all weather parking. Bitumen roads service all facilities.
PhotographyYour Photographer will recognise lots of visual opportunities at Minden Retreat. Cliff faces, tall gums, the old wagon, by-the-waterside shots, stone walls and aged farm sheds. All great for group photos at your function too.
