Projekt 3488 – Wedding Photography by Rick Liston + Co

Projekt 3488 in Warburton is the venue that stops the search. Couples arrive, walk through the front door, and cancel every other inspection they had booked. After 20+ weddings here, we completely understand — and we’re still not tired of shooting it.

The space is genuinely impossible to describe to someone who hasn’t seen it. A former masonic hall transformed over a lifetime of collecting into part art gallery, part fairy garden, part the best dancefloor you’ve ever been on. Owner Mark’s gift for curation means there’s something extraordinary at every turn — paintings of ducks in regal attire, intriguingly titled books, a native garden built from a carpark that now wanders through ponds and pathways with an upstairs deck looking out over the Warburton mountains. Guests get lost in it, in the best possible way. The ceremony upstairs, the reception and long tables below that ingeniously fold away to reveal the dancefloor — and if you opt for the petal drop over the final song, you’ll have the whole room cheering.

Mark and Sandi are the secret weapon. Review after review from couples says the same thing: that they felt like family, not a booking. “They went above and beyond while remaining completely unobtrusive.” “The best night of our lives, and it’s because of them.” As one couple put it, they have “the organisational skills of your Type A best friend” and the warmth to go with it. The catering flexibility is also a genuine plus — pizza trucks, local caterers, whatever suits you — which means the day feels personal rather than packaged.

If an epic dancefloor and a venue nobody will ever forget is on your list, nothing else in the Valley comes close.

Planning a wedding at Projekt 3488? Get in touch — we know every corner of this incredible space.