Sunshine Coast rustic wedding venue approved 15 minutes from Maroochydore

A rustic wedding venue 15 minutes from Maroochydore has been given the go-ahead but with dozens of rules attached. Find out why council approved it:

A rustic wedding venue and glamping site 15 minutes from Maroochydore has received the tick of approval despite strong objections from neighbours.

Sunshine Coast Council says 59 conditions placed on the approval for the 426 and 430 Kiel Mountain Rd development will address noise and amenity concerns while allowing Julusa Valley to open a new wedding venue.

Councillors voted unanimously in support of the approval at the July, 2022, ordinary meeting despite 144 of the 393 submissions received being against it.

Divisional councillor Ted Hungerford thanked residents for making submissions, which he said helped form the conditions.

Many concerns surrounded noise, traffic, and the rural setting not being the right location for a wedding venue.

Work will start soon at Brian and Dymphna Boholt's Julusa Valley property at Kiels Mountain on a wedding venue, glamping tents and cabins.

Owners Brian and Dymphna Boholt said they were “delighted” and keen to start work.

It adds to their development of eight cabins and 15 glamping tents for short term accommodation.

Under the conditions only 100 guests would be allowed at functions and they would have to end at 10pm.

It would host one event a week, with a maximum of 40 a year, and venue doors and windows would need to be shut during amplified music.

Ms Boholt said the conditions were not a surprise.

Brian and Dymphna Boholt are keen to open their wedding venue at Kiels Mountain after they received council approval.

“We’re doing everything we possibly can to assist with the neighbours’ concerns,” Ms Boholt said.

“We’ll be planting more trees for sound barriers too.

“I think when they understand what we’re doing they’ll see it’s a great asset.”

Pending building approvals Ms Boholt said construction would start soon on a toilet block and then the accommodation facilities, with an anticipated opening of late 2022.

Ms Boholt said she had been involved in events and functions for 25 years through her work in the real estate industry.

Brian and Dymphna Boholt have received approval for a wedding functions facility at their Kiels Mountain property.

She could see the area also being used for spiritual and yoga retreats.

“We’ll launch with the cabins and invite the public to explore it and see the gardens and what’s here, because it’s a very special place,” she said.

Ms Boholt said they planned the development after their children Justin, Luka and Samantha moved out of the family home.

“It’s a beautiful site, we just want people to enjoy it,” she said.