Residential conferences, retreats, training camps and group gatherings for 40 to 150 people can be held at Long Point Conference Centre, with an auditorium that seats 200. The centre lies in bushland beside the Georges River on Wills Road in Long Point, a suburb in the Campbelltown area about 46 km south-west of central Sydney.
Seminars and company events
The centre hosts conferences, meetings, workshops and seminars, as well as church groups, family reunions and school camps. Groups can stay several days with meals provided, or hire the auditorium on its own for a day event, with a minimum booking of four hours, subject to availability. A small meeting room for 8 to 10 people serves breakout sessions or a working group. Between sessions, groups use the outdoor facilities: a resort-style pool with an electric sauna, a floodlit full-size sports field, volleyball courts, cricket nets, table tennis and a playground. Free Wi-Fi is available.
Rooms and capacities
The auditorium is fully air-conditioned and seats up to 200 on padded chairs. It has a stage, stage lighting with adjustable presets and coloured filters, two projectors, a 24-channel sound mixer and a sound system. The floor is large enough to move the chairs aside for group activities. For self-catered day hire, an adjoining kitchen has large coffee percolators, hot water urns and a serving counter. Toilets, one with disabled access, and plenty of parking are next to the hall.
Accommodation
Guests sleep in ten renovated, air-conditioned cabins or in two dormitories. Each cabin sleeps 4 to 8 people and has an open-plan living area, a small fridge, a kitchen counter with sink and a private bathroom. Dormitory rooms sleep 2 to 8. Linen can be supplied when requested at the time of booking.
Catering
Meals are served in a spacious dining area attached to a commercial kitchen, with a large undercover dining space for warm days. A small café with a fireplace, set in the former dining room, gives groups a quieter place to meet.
History and setting
The site once belonged to the Boys' Brigade and has been hired out to groups since 1999, first as Long Point Camp. Around 2000 it housed and fed almost 100 bus drivers working at the Sydney Olympic Games. Since then the old buildings have been turned into cabins and dormitories, the cabins have been extended with bathrooms and kitchens, the auditorium has gained a stage and new audio-visual equipment, and the pool area and sports field have been rebuilt.
Getting there
The centre is about 45 minutes by road from central Sydney, on the outskirts of Campbelltown, and parking is available on site.
