Facilities Hire

As the largest, and one of Australia’s leading independent schools, Wesley College has a range of outstanding facilities available for business and community use both in Melbourne and country Victoria. They include meeting spaces, sports facilities, communication facilities, music, visual and performing arts spaces, classrooms and residential accommodation.  Campus Locations & Maps

Elsternwick Campus

• Fitchett Hall-flexible seating for 350, full AV, airconditioned
• Prest Room-flexible seating for 70, full AV, airconditioned
• Music School Auditorium-flexible seating for 40, airconditioned
• Sports Hall-full-sized indoor basketball court
• Tennis courts-3 astro turf and one plexipave
• Excellent art and music facilities
• Multiple classrooms

• Cato Hall-flexible seating for 700, full AV, airconditioned 
• Alexander Room-flexible seating for 150, full AV, airconditioned
• Lynch Multimedia Room-seating for 70, full AV, airconditioned
• Conabere Multipurpose Space-flexible seating for 50, airconditoned
• Performing Arts Space-flexible seating for 60, pipe organ
• Senior School Cafeteria-multipurpose area, can seat 250
• Middle School Cafeteria-multipurpose area, can seat 150
• Goldstraw Visual Arts Centre, incorporating multiple specialist rooms
• Excellent music facilities, including flexible ensemble rehearsal spaces and recording studio
• Extensive sporting ovals, Kroger Swimming Pool, gymnasium, weights room, full-sized indoor basketball court, astro turf surface for hockey and tennis, netball courts
• Multiple classrooms

• Adamson Hall-flexible seating for 500, full AV
• Cato Room-flexible seating for 170, full AV, airconditioned
• Waugh Room-flexible seating for 30, full AV
• Senior School Lecture Theatre-seating for 170, full AV, airconditioned
• Smorgon Atrium-multipurpose area, can seat 100
• Chapel-seats 250, pipe organ and grand piano
• Excellent music facilities, including flexible rehearsal spaces and recording studio
• Excellent Visual Arts Centre, incorporating multiple specialist rooms
• Multimedia and computer centres
• Drama and dance studios
• Two sporting ovals (Kroger Front Turf and Back Turf), Samuel Swimming Pool, gymnasium, weights room, full-sized indoor basketball court, plexipave netball/tennis courts
• Multiple classrooms

The Yarra Boatshed is located in a delightful bend of the Yarra River, near Herring Island and Como Park. It is available for use, when not being used for rowing training. The function area has a spectacular view of the river and contains a kitchen, tables and chairs and can comfortably accomodate 60 people.

Victoria

Chum Creek

Chum Creek is the oldest compulsory school camp in Victoria and its history dates back over 50 years. It is situated in the foothills of the Yarra Ranges in the Chum Valley, about half way between Toolangi and Healesville and totals about 300 acres. The original 200 acres was donated to the school in 1952 by the late Alfred Wall, a parent whose family still own land adjacent to the camp and the remaining 100 acres, the East Block, was purchased in late 1999 - Chum Creek itself forms the far boundary of this block.

Chum Creek is situated on the edge of the Yarra Valley and is very close to the Yarra Valley wineries and Healesville Sanctuary.  It is about 15 minutes drive from Healesville township and a further 1.25 hours drive from central Melbourne.

The original inhabitants of the area were the Wurundjeri, some descendants of whom still live in the Healesville area.  Anglo-Celtic settlers of the region were mainly involved in the timber industry although some did move through the Chum Valley in search of gold. CJ Dennis wrote much of his poetry and musings in the area of Toolangi.

Camp Description
The campsite consists of two main accommodation blocks with adjoining bathroom facilities, the study centre and the new Lormer Centre, which has a fully equipped commercial kitchen and spacious open-plan dining and lounge facilities leading onto a large outdoor patio.  It is designed using  environmental principles and has a wood burner to heat the living area in winter and also has disabled toilet facilities.

There are two groups of buildings available for accommodation, for up to 36 people in total. Each group contains 3 bedrooms, each sleeping 6 in bunk beds and shared bathroom facilities. The beds are provided with foam mattresses, but you will need to bring all other linen, pillows and food. 

Access is not available to the Alfred Wall Studies Centre, First Aid room, gear room, laundry, visiting teachers rooms or the low or high ropes courses, or any other outdoor camp equipment, except by prior arrangement. In the case of the ropes courses, a qualified instructor must supervise all use.

The whole campsite is a non-smoking area and no pets are allowed. There is no minimum length of stay and you may stay as long as it is not required by the College.

Clunes

The Clunes campus is located in the centre of historic Clunes, about 1.5 hours drive from Melbourne or 35 kilometres from Ballarat. The campus is occupied by about 100 Year 9 students from the three city campuses of Wesley for four, 8-week blocks each year, but at other times it provides affordable seminar, conference and holiday accomodation.

Clunes, a small rural township with a permanent population of 850, has a rich gold history and there are many historical buildings including a museum in the main street. Further local information can be found at www.ballarat.com/clunes

Campus Description
The campus provides 12 double-storied, self-contained family units in a  village-style setting. Each unit has four
twin-share bedrooms and two bathrooms, a separate laundry with washing machine and dryer and a fully-equipped kitchen/dining/lounge area. No linen is provided. Several of the units provide disabled access and bathroom facilities and all units are heated. The grounds are extensively landscaped and an outdoor basketball/netball court and games oval is located next to the campus.

For large indoor functions, access can be arranged to the adjacent Clunes Town Hall or for recreational activities, the Clunes basketball stadium. The town pool is open throughout the summer period.

The whole campus is a non-smoking area and no pets are allowed. There is a minimum stay of two nights and a maximum stay of two weeks (three in January).

Camp Mallana

Camp Mallana is located on a five hectare site on the northeast tip of the Banksia Peninsula, about 4 hours drive from Melbourne between Bairnsdale and Paynesville. The site extends down to the sheltered shore of Duck Arm on one side and to the wide, open waters of Lake Victoria on the other side.

The peninsula itself is a low, sandy remnant of an ancient shoreline, but is now covered with low eucalyptus and banksia woodland. Originally owned by the Barton family, they began to donate 10-acre blocks to a number of Christian youth organisations in the 1950's to provide camping experiences for young people. A number of church or church school campsites are still located near Mallana.

Camp Description
The campsite consists of several accomodation and other buildings. There are two separate ablutions blocks, large open-plan kitchen facility with 6-burner gas stove, hotplate and double oven, assorted pots and pans, double door fridge and top opening freezer. There is also a dining area with 3 large tables seating 36 and a carpeted library for quiet activities.

Accomodation is best suited to families or groups of friends. There are three accomodation buildings, two with beds for 12 each (bunk-style beds in two separate rooms) and the other with beds for 20 (a mixture of bunk-style and single beds spread between five rooms), giving a total camp capacity of 44. Mattresses and pillows are provided, but all other linen and food must be brought. 

The boatshed, private staff facilities, camp equipment and watercraft are not available for use during the holidays, however you may bring your own watercraft and access the launching facilities at the top of Duck Arm. 

The whole campsite is a non-smoking area and no pets are allowed. There is no minimum length of stay and you may stay as long as it is not required by the College.

Enquiries and Bookings
For further information and bookings, contact the Community College office. Our rates are competitive and you will be delighted with what we can offer you!

Content Release: Dennis Freeman

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