If you are thinking about using a reception centre I would book now. We booked 12 months prior to our wedding date and managed to get the last Saturday left in the month that I wanted to have it in. Also I would highly recommend a reception centre because they took care of everything from the food, drink, chapel, table centrepieces, music. I didn't have to worry about too much at all. They cost a bit more depending on when you book, but definitely worth it.
Good luck with all the planning! And once you find your dress, don't look anywhere else, EVER!
We had what I think is a small wedding - 50 all up including us. We did have it at a resort, but its one out in the Swan Valley in Perth and its really not ritzy at all - surrounded by golf course, native bush etc. Ours was outside in the garden and just gorgeous (I think!). Friends are having their wedding at our place early next year and it will be outside under the trees, with catering of some kind but really casual - maybe spit roasts or something similar. I think your wedding is about the people that are there, not the location. I've been to backyard weddings and weddings at 5 star hotels that cost literally $100,000s and the money doesn't make them any better or more memorable - at least not memorable for the right reasons!
Make sure if you are looking at an outside wedding that you have a backup plan if it is either raining or stinking hot on the day - nothing worse than having a beautiful park wedding with everyone standing around getting soaked. Friends got married in an area of the University of Western Australia called "The Sunken Garden". We had very unseasonal rain and it literally was sunken - ankle deep in mud. Just yech.
I haven't been to a small wedding in the park but we had a very casual backyard wedding. On the down side, there were a lot of little things that I would have liked to have done differently & didn't - but that was mostly due to budget & time constraints. The big plus was that our guests were very relaxed & it was much of a party atmosphere, which we liked.
In the park, you would have to be prepared for onlookers I guess, but that might just add to the fun
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