We rent high quality, highly polished chrome bollards for use with red velvet ropes. The bollards are $11 each, and the ropes are $6 each.
Combined, they give a great "red carpet" feel to your event.
The red velvet ropes are 1.5m long stretched to full length, so you will probably need to put a pole about every 1.3m to allow for sag.
Red velvet rope (for use with bollards)
AU$6.00Price