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A couple sharing a kiss beside the Ayers House sign on the bluestone wall out the front

Elopements · 288 North Terrace, Adelaide

Elope in Adelaide.Intimate and timeless.

Your ceremony and a long lunch or dinner in our historic Library, for up to ten guests. Food, drinks and your own event manager included, for $2,000 flat, Monday to Saturday.

$2,000 flat●2 to 10 people●Monday to Saturday●Lunch or dinner

Two ways to marry small

The Elopement and the Micro Wedding

For couples who would rather spend the budget on a holiday or a house deposit, and share the day with the people who matter most. Nothing about either is scaled down: the same kitchen, the same rooms and the same event manager as a wedding ten times the size.

2 to 10 people · The Library

The Elopement

$2,000Flat price · Monday to Saturday

Your ceremony in the Library, the small, elegant room with the fireplace, then lunch or dinner around its one long table. The same price whether there are two of you or ten. Sundays and public holidays are 15% more.

Included in both

  • ✓A three-course menu, two options every course, ordered on the day
  • ✓Five hours of Premium II drinks
  • ✓Canapes with your pre-dinner drinks
  • ✓Your cake cut and served
  • ✓Dedicated wait staff throughout
  • ✓Tables, chairs and white linen
  • ✓Your own event manager
  • ✓The option to upgrade the menu or the drinks

How it works

From first hello to “I do”

  1. 1

    Ask about your date

    We reply by the next business day.

  2. 2

    Book your celebrant

    They take care of the legal paperwork.

  3. 3

    Choose your menu

    Three courses, two options each.

  4. 4

    Say “I do”

    Then stay for lunch or dinner.

We provideThe room, food and drinks, tables and linen, and cake cutting.

You bringYour outfits, celebrant, cake, and any flowers or centrepieces.

A couple under a pearl veil outside the bluestone wall and green shutters of Ayers House

A bluestone house on North Terrace, built in 1846, with gardens of its own and the Botanic Garden directly opposite. The tram stops at the front door.

A couple walking along the path in front of Ayers House

Eloping in Adelaide

Questions couples ask us

How much does it cost to elope at Ayers House?

The Elopement is $2,000, one price for two to ten people, Monday to Saturday. That covers your ceremony in the Library, lunch or dinner around its one long table, five hours of drinks and your cake cut and served. Sundays and public holidays are 15% more.

What is included?

A three-course menu with two options every course, ordered on the day; five hours of Premium II drinks with canapes before you sit down; your cake cut and served; dedicated wait staff; tables, chairs and linen; and your own event manager from the first meeting to the last dance.

Where does the ceremony happen?

Every elopement is held in the Library: a small, elegant room with bookshelves down one wall, a marble fireplace at the end and one long table. You marry at one end and eat at the other. Photographs are in our gardens or the Botanic Garden across North Terrace.

Do we need witnesses?

Yes. Australian law needs two witnesses aged 18 or over, and they can be two of your guests.

Do we bring our own celebrant and photographer?

Yes. You book your own authorised celebrant, and your photographer is welcome all day. Your event manager will coordinate both on the day.

What paperwork do we need?

Your celebrant lodges a Notice of Intended Marriage with you at least one month, and no more than eighteen months, before the date. Book your celebrant early and they will take you through the rest.

What do we need to bring?

Your outfits, your celebrant, your cake, and any flowers or centrepieces you would like on the table. We provide the venue, the food and drinks, the tables, chairs and linen, and we cut and serve your cake. If you bring centrepieces, we will set them on the table for you.

What if we have more than ten guests?

The Micro Wedding is for up to twenty-four: $1,000 room hire and a $3,000 minimum spend across the Library and the Ballroom, with the same menu, drinks and event manager. Above twenty-four, our wedding packages start from $176 per head.

Planning something bigger? See our wedding packages, from $176 per head for up to 350 guests.

Ask about your date

Tell us about your plans, and we will take it from there

Every enquiry goes to one of our event managers, who will check your date and come back to you personally. We would love to hear what you have in mind.

How it works
  1. Tell us a little about it. Your date, roughly how many guests, and what you are celebrating. A second date helps if you are flexible.
  2. We will be in touch by the next business day at the latest, by phone or email, whichever suits you, and often sooner.
  3. Come and see it for yourself. If your date is free, we will invite you in to walk through the rooms. Your date is secured once your deposit is paid.

Would you rather talk it through? Call (08) 8224 0666
or email eventsmanager@ayershouse.com.au

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We will be in touch by the next business day at the latest. Nothing is booked or charged until you are ready.