Planning a golf trip, corporate retreat, or family getaway with a group and struggling to find somewhere that actually fits everyone under one roof? Golf Club Accommodation Southern Highlands has become one of the most popular ways for groups to combine a great round of golf with comfortable, shared stays.

This region packs half a dozen quality courses into a small, walkable-to-driveable footprint, along with a genuinely wide spread of places to stay, from boutique golf lodges to large self-contained retreats built for club groups.

This guide breaks down exactly where to stay, what to expect from local courses, how stay-and-play packages work, and what golf club retreat planners need to know before booking a group trip.

Whether you’re a solo member sneaking away for a long weekend or organizing a 30-person club tournament, you’ll find practical, real-world detail here rather than generic filler.

Why is the Southern Highlands a Golfer’s Destination

The Southern Highlands sits roughly halfway between Sydney and Canberra, just off the Hume Highway, which is exactly why it’s become a go-to weekend escape for both cities’ golf communities. It works well as weekend golf retreat accommodation near Canberra, and just as easily as a Sydney day trip.

What sets the region apart isn’t one standout course, it’s the concentration of good ones within a short drive of each other, all set against a genuinely beautiful cool-climate landscape of oak-lined streets, wineries and heritage villages.

The Southern Highlands has great caravan parks, motels, hotels, and if you would like to visit as a group and enjoy the luxury and comfort of your own private golfers retreat, Berrima Retreat has a place to offer you a weekend getaway full of fun and memorable activities with your team members!

What Makes This a Genuine Golf Holiday Destination

Beyond the golf itself, Berrima Retreat offers cool-climate scenes and a dining room well ahead of what you’d expect from a small regional area. That combination is what turns a round of golf into a proper Southern Highlands golf holiday, good enough that non-golfing partners, families or colleagues have plenty to do too.

Best Golf Club Accommodation Options in the Southern Highlands

Accommodation near the courses splits broadly into three categories, and which one suits you depends heavily on group size and how much shared space you want.

Golf Course Hotels and Guesthouses

A course-side guesthouse is hard to beat, the kind of golf course hotel NSW golfers search for when they want to walk straight to the first tee. These properties typically sit within a few minutes’ walk of a course, offer on-site dining, and cater well to individual bookings or small parties of two to four.

The trade-off is that you’re sharing the property with other guests, and rooms are generally sized for couples rather than groups.

Self-Contained Retreats for Groups

If you’re travelling with a golf club, corporate team or a mixed group of players and non-players, a self-contained retreat is usually the better fit. This is where Berrima Retreat comes in, an exclusive, private group accommodation venue in the Southern Highlands that’s hired out to one group at a time, sleeping between 22 and 55 guests.

Rather than booking multiple hotel rooms scattered across a property, the entire group shares one private estate, complete with a massive kitchen, cinema room, pool, dam, kayaks, bikes, trampolines, a Giant Kangaroo Jumper, pizza ovens and a fire pit.

For a golf trip, this matters more than it might first seem. After a round, a group can gather around one dining table, cook together in a shared kitchen, and keep the socialising going without needing to book a separate restaurant or split up across different hotel floors.

It’s less than 90 minutes from Sydney and Canberra, which keeps travel time manageable for a weekend trip.

Stay and Enjoy a Getaway Worth Booking

Make your next golf getaway one to remember with a relaxing stay at Berrima Retreat, where comfort, nature, and peaceful surroundings come together for the perfect escape.

This is where most of the planning headaches happen, and where the right venue choice saves the most time.

Planning a Club Retreat: What Organisers Need to Know

If you’re asking can golf clubs book group accommodation in the Southern Highlands, the answer is straightforwardly yes, several properties in the region cater specifically to club trips, tournaments and corporate golf days. The key planning considerations are:

• Exclusive use vs shared property.
  • A hotel means your group shares common areas with other guests; an exclusive-use retreat like Berrima Retreat means the whole property, communal areas included, is yours for the stay.
• Communal dining and gathering space.
  • A club trip usually wants everyone together for meals and post-round drinks. Check whether the venue has a dining space that fits your whole group at once, not just individual rooms.
• Non-golf activities.
  • Not every member of a retreat group will be playing every round. Venues with a pool, games room, or outdoor space give non-playing guests something to do.

Group Booking Tips for Large Parties

• Book early, especially for weekends during golf season, when both accommodation and tee times fill up fast.
  
• Confirm bed configurations, group venues vary in how many beds are doubles, kings or singles, which matters for mixed groups of couples, families and solo members.
  
• Ask about exclusive hire. For a corporate golf retreat venue NSW-based groups often want privacy for team discussions or presentations, which only an exclusive-use property can guarantee.
  
• Coordinate tee times as a block with the course pro shop well ahead of arrival, particularly for groups of 12 or more.

Organising a club trip or corporate golf day? Request a group quote for exclusive use of Berrima Retreat and get pricing based on your group size and dates.

Berrima Retreat suits this kind of trip particularly well because it’s built for exactly these scenarios, corporate retreats, sports teams, family reunions and larger group gatherings with the whole property, including the commercial kitchen, media room and outdoor spaces, available exclusively to one group at a time.

Planning Your Trip: Practical Tips

A few things worth knowing before you lock in dates:

• Confirm cart and buggy availability in advance, especially for larger groups playing the same course on the same day.

• Book courses and accommodation together where possible during peak spring and autumn weekends, tee times can sell out before rooms do, or vice versa.

• Pack for cool-climate weather, even in the warmer months. Southern Highlands evenings can get cold, particularly if your itinerary includes fire pit or outdoor evening plans.

• Build in a non-golf activity or two the wineries, heritage villages and walking trails (Fitzroy Falls is a popular add-on) give the trip broader appeal for mixed groups.

Is Berrima Retreat suitable for a golf club trip?

Yes. As an exclusive-use property sleeping 22 to 55 guests, less than 90 minutes from Sydney and Canberra, it suits club retreats, corporate golf days and larger social golf trips that want private, whole-group accommodation rather than scattered hotel rooms.

Ready to Book Your Group Golf Trip?

Your club’s next golf weekend deserves a base that keeps everyone together. Berrima Retreat gives your whole group exclusive use of the property, on and off the course.

Visit berrimaretreat.com.au to check availability. Call 1300 76 13 76 or email bookings@berrimaretreat.com.au. Your Southern Highlands golf getaway is waiting.