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It was amazing... I'm sure every bride and groom say that but the day was beautiful. We were in Cairns at the Colonial Club Resort, we had planned to get married in the gardens there but as it rained all day we got married on the decks there. We got married at 4.00pm so we had the whole day to take our time and chill out. the ceremony that was done by Tim's cousin was very emotional. Afterwards we headed to Trinity Beach and had photos on the beach and rocks, luckily the rain stopped just enough for us to get some amazing photos. Our reception was full of fun. laughter, great food and dancing. Tim is a Torres Strait Islander dancer and with some of his cousins and uncles performed during the night.

i had such a great day we got married in a old style masion in winchlsea, we had our ceramony on the staircase and reception in the back room we had a magic man in another room for the kids and live music and great food for the guests. it was the best day of my life.

Our wedding day was almost a complete disaster! We planned for an garden wedding on our property and did not have a plan B! The day before the wedding we had torrential rain and winds of up to 60kms per hour. On the morning of the wedding there was snow in the nearby mountains and Nicks mother and our two sons required a police escort to get down the mountain so they could make it to the wedding! It rained on and off all day however when I started walking down the aisle the sun peeked through the clouds and the rain eased to a very light mist. The song playing was The Luckiest by Ben Folds and my tears flowed as I walked towards my soon to be husband. Everything melted away and all I could see was his smiling face. The only regret I have for the day was that our two year old daughter fell asleep in the car on the way to the ceremony. When I woke her she had a HUGE tantrum and refused to get out of the car so I walked down the aisle without her. We had such a fantastic and special day with our family and friends. It was worth all the dramas to be happily married to my wonderful husband.

I was so unbelievably calm the whole morning which totally amazed me because I’m normally such a stress head and know what I’m like under pressure. The whole morning I couldn’t believe it was happening – I was finally getting ready for our wedding! At Caversham House we made our way to the start of the aisle but once our processional song played the tears started. I said to my MOH “Quick tell me something funny!” So she turned around and jokingly said “You look like s**t!” I cracked up but it wasn’t enough to stop the tears for long. I don’t even remember walking down the aisle. It felt like it happened all too quickly. Once I reached Jeff I had tears just dripping down my face. When we were saying our vows to each other I could see him fighting back tears. We then exchanged rings and I couldn’t get Jeff’s over his knuckle. I even had 2 hands on it but nothing worked so I left it on his knuckle. It was hilarious! Before I knew it we were having our 1st kiss as husband and wife. I threw my arms around him and we had a big kiss. Once we arrived at Floreat Beach we had photos on the beach then headed upstairs to the surf club. Our reception was awesome and we had a blast. Everyone loved our cupcake tower, especially our cake topper, and everyone commented on how beautiful the ceremony was. DH and I are not dancers and wanted something fun for the bridal waltz so we did the Birdy Dance. Best choice we could have made! Eleven months of planning and stress for one day – but my god was it the best day of our lives so far!