Note Park Grazing Co.
About
Overview & Vibe
A working cattle property 30 km west of Mackay that hires itself out whole. Note Park runs premium grass-fed beef into the local community the rest of the year; for a wedding you get the entire place to yourselves — rolling green hills, grazing cattle, valley views and, as the venue puts it, “amazing sunsets”. Owner-manager Joe Attard answers the phone himself, usually within a day, sometimes from the tractor.
Setting & Style
The reception space is a fully covered al-fresco dining and entertainment area — a big open-sided shed with panoramic views, strung with lights and warmed by fire pits once the evening turns. There is open lawn beside it if you need more room, and the venue's own photographs show ceremonies out under the gum trees, oak-barrel bars, long timber tables and a bridal party in front of the property sign. Away from the town lights the sky does most of the decorating.
Ideal For
Couples who want a genuine country property rather than a function room, who like the idea of choosing their own caterer and running the day their own way, and whose guest list runs anywhere up to 200.
The Need-to-Knows
- This is a venue-hire venue, not a catering venue. Note Park supplies the site, the furniture and the bar — you bring the caterer. Its own framing is that “a BYO venue gives you even more freedom and can save you a lot of money”. Budget for food separately; there is no per-head figure to compare against other venues.
- Three hire tiers, all published. Venue Hire $4,800 (30 stools, 4 oak barrels, 2 timber slabs on barrels, rubbish removal, ensuite toilet block); Package One $5,400 (adds 60 chairs, 8 tables, a coldroom and a glass-front fridge); Package Two $6,300 (120 chairs, 15 tables, 8 oak barrels, 2 fire pits). A 50% deposit secures the date.
- Alcohol is the venue's, and this one is not negotiable. Note Park is licensed and drinks are served by RSA-qualified staff. No guest eskies, stated twice on the site and again in the brochure.
- Everything else is priced à la carte if you want to build your own tier: arbour $100, swing $250, fire pits $50 each (wood not included), oak barrels $50 each, chairs and bar stools $5 each, tables seating ten $35 each, coldroom $300, glass-door fridge $100, freezer $150.
- Guests can stay on site — in caravans. There are RV sites with wide open space and a communal open fire. There is no built accommodation.
- Viewing is by appointment only. It is a working farm with cattle on it, not a venue with an open cellar door.
- The street number is in the brochure, not on the website. The site gives only “Barrie Lane, Homebush”; the brochure's back page gives 267 Barrie Lane, Homebush QLD 4740.
Standout Feature
The whole of a working cattle station to yourselves, with a covered pavilion looking down a valley and fire pits for when the sun goes.
Contact
Amenities
- Exclusive Use Of The Entire Property
- Working Cattle Property
- Fully Covered Al Fresco Dining Area
- Panoramic Valley Views
- Open Lawn Space
- Fire Pits
- Licensed Bar
- RSA Qualified Bar Staff
- Oak Barrel Bars And Plinths
- Timber Slab Tables
- Ensuite Toilet Block
- Coldroom
- Glass Door Fridge
- Freezer
- Rubbish Removal Included
- Arbour For Hire
- Swing For Hire
- Chairs And Tables For Hire
- RV And Caravan Sites
- Communal Open Fire
- Dark Sky Away From City Lights
- BYO Catering Permitted
- Grass Fed Beef Produced On Site
- Viewing By Appointment
Ceremony Setting
- outdoor
- lawn
- paddock
- farm
- covered pavilion
- garden
Dietary Options Supported
Nearby Landmarks
- Homebush – The locality the property sits in
- Mackay – Thirty kilometres east, the nearest city
- Pioneer Valley – The cane and cattle valley running west from Mackay
- Eungella National Park – Rainforest and platypus viewing further up the valley
- Walkerston – The nearest town on the Peak Downs Highway
- Mackay Airport – About forty minutes east
- Finch Hatton Gorge – Waterfalls and walking tracks in the same valley
- Cape Hillsborough – Kangaroos on the beach at sunrise, north of Mackay
On Site Accommodation
- RV and caravan sites on the property – no built accommodation
- Advertised for the wedding party: "stay a little longer and enjoy waking up to the perfect, country sunrise"
- Wide open space with views of the surrounding countryside in every direction
- A communal open fire where guests gather
- Suits an overnight stop or a longer stay; no nightly rate published
Price Notes
- NOTE PARK IS A VENUE-HIRE VENUE AND SUPPLIES NO WEDDING CATERING, so there is no per-head rate to record. The published prices are whole-of-venue hire fees. The site states the trade-off in its own words: 'A BYO venue gives you even more freedom and can save you a lot of money.' A couple must budget separately for a caterer.
- THREE HIRE TIERS, FROM THE 2026 WEDDING BROCHURE. VENUE HIRE $4,800 - 30 stools, 4 oak barrels, 2 timber slabs on 4 oak barrels, rubbish removal, ensuite toilet block. PACKAGE ONE $5,400 - 60 chairs, 30 stools, 8 tables, 4 oak barrels, 2 timber slabs on 4 oak barrels, 1 coldroom, 1 glass front fridge, rubbish removal, ensuite toilet block. PACKAGE TWO $6,300 - 120 chairs, 30 stools, 15 tables, 8 oak barrels, 2 timber slabs on 4 oak barrels, 2 fire pits (wood not included), 1 coldroom, 1 glass door fridge, rubbish removal, ensuite toilet block. The brochure ends the page with 'PLEASE NOTE: A 50% DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED TO SECURE YOUR BOOKING AT NOTE PARK GRAZING CO.'
- INDIVIDUAL HIRE ITEMS ARE PRICED SEPARATELY, so a tier can be built up rather than bought whole: 'Arbour - $100. Swing - $250. Fire Pits (wood not included) - $50 each. Oak Barrels - $50 each. Bar Stools (black metal) - $5 each. Chairs - $5 each. Tables (seat 10) - $35 each. Coldroom - $300. Glass door Fridge - $100. Freezer - $150.' Note that fire-pit wood is excluded in both the package and the individual listing.
- ALCOHOL IS THE VENUE'S AND BYO DRINKS ARE PROHIBITED, which sits oddly beside the 'BYO venue' language on the weddings page and is worth reading carefully. The weddings page: 'Note Park has a licensed bar for the hirer and supplies drinks to guests by bar staff holding a current RSA. Your guests are not to supply their own beverages (strictly no guest esky) at this RSA venue.' The brochure repeats it: 'Note Park is a licenced venue, drinks are served by RSA qualified staff. (no guest Eskys allowed)'. The BYO freedom is about catering and suppliers, not drinks.
- BROCHURE PROVENANCE. Four pages, /Title 'NOTE PARK GRAZING CO. FUNCTION BROCHURE.pdf', /Author 'AJ Single', produced in Canva, /CreationDate and /ModDate both 15 March 2026 - current, so the prices are quotable. It is served through a WordPress Download Manager gate at /download/wedding-brochure/ rather than as a direct link, and THE GATE PAGE PUBLISHES ITS OWN DATING IN PLAIN HTML: 'File Size 7.95 MB, File Count 1, Create Date August 31, 2020, Last Updated March 27, 2026'. The 2020 create date is when the download slot was made; the file in it is from 2026.
- THE BROCHURE'S OWN METADATA FLAGS AI-GENERATED CONTENT - Canva wrote '/containsAiGeneratedContent': 'Yes' into the file. Recorded because it bears on media provenance: no image was taken from this document. Every image on this listing comes from the website.
- THE STREET NUMBER APPEARS ONLY IN THE BROCHURE. Every page of the website gives the address as 'Barrie Lane, Homebush QLD, Australia' with no number, and the contact page adds nothing. The brochure's back page reads '267 Barrie Lane, Homebush, QLD 4740' alongside the phone and email. The full address is recorded from the brochure.
- VIEWING IS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - 'Viewing by appointment only. Please contact Note Park Grazing Co. with your enquiries or to secure your date.' It is a working cattle property, not an open venue.
- THE VENUE TAKES NON-WEDDING BOOKINGS IN THE SAME SPACE: 'Functions, Fundraising dinners and other events welcome.' The site also runs beef dinners and farm tours on the property, so a date should be checked against those.
- NO STRUCTURED PRICING DATA. The site carries one schema block per page and no offer, price or priceRange - the only 'price' string in the HTML belongs to a WooCommerce quick-view template for the beef shop, not to the venue.
Price Per Head
Venue Capacity
- Up to 200
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