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08/07/2024

In a hurry to tie the knot? Here's how to get married quickly in Australia and a list of last-minute wedding packages & pricing that make it easy to get legally hitched fast.
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The quickest & easiest way to get married in Australia is with one of these legals only weddings including a simple ceremony with all legal documentation.

22/06/2024

From secluded beaches & private islands, to idyllic piers and secret retreats. Queensland's tropical coastline hides a delightful mix of magical wedding venues that are among Australia's funkiest places to say "I do".

Here's a shortlist of the most unique wedding destinations in QLD, from quirky weekend getaways to edgy city hideouts.

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This list of unique wedding venues in QLD includes an eclectic mix of funky wedding destinations that all have magical ceremony & reception spaces.

09/06/2024

Looking for a wedding venue that's guaranteed to wow your guests? This curated selection of luxury wedding venues are all beautiful destinations where your entire wedding day is in one scenic location - including onsite accommodation.

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These 30 exclusive wedding venues are the most beautiful places to get married in Australia and come with 5 star ceremony & reception spaces plus luxury onsite accommodation.

05/05/2024

Intimate wedding venues for 2 - 60 guests... Updated to include the newest wedding destinations in 2024 venues this shortlist of Australia's best small wedding locations are largely all-inclusive venues that come with accommodation onsite too...

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Looking for the best small wedding venues in Australia? Here's a list of the most beautiful small and intimate wedding venues in Australia. All of these amazing locations cater for micro weddings with 2 - 60 guests and offer a mix of BYO and all inclusive packages.

08/04/2024

New South Wales has an amazing variety of hotel wedding venues that provide an all-in-one location for weddings with accommodation onsite.

From Sydney's 5 star hotels with decadent ballrooms, to private country inns that you can book for your exclusive use for the weekend, hotel venues across the state offer a broad range of wedding experiences for celebrations of all sizes and budgets.

From hidden beachfront resorts, to private country hotels, here's a list of hotel wedding venues with world class ceremony & reception venues onsite. These amazing destinations include the newest concept in deconstructed hotel venues to traditional spaces accessed via the nostalgic hotel lobby.

Here's a list of amazing hotel wedding venues in NSW that offer world-class ceremony & reception spaces with accommodation onsite. From the best wedding hotels in the Sydney CBD to exclusive-use beach resorts, these the best hotel wedding venues in NSW.

18/03/2024

Mobile Cocktail Bars - They're a guaranteed crowd favourite, add a touch of visual bling to your wedding reception and are a fun way to level up the atmosphere with a little bit of fancy.

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You've got choices. There's the margarita cocktail tower, vintage caravan bars, aeronautical cocktail trolleys repurposed from Ansett Airways (that come with mile high mixologists who are awesome and which are also awesome because they easily fit in tight spaces), horse float bars, speakeasy bars and modern white pop up bars that work particularly well indoors.

You'll need a budget of $800 - $2,500 + drinks. Most mobile bars are BYO so you can take advantage of Dan Murphy's prices and their events package which allows you to return unused bottles.

01/03/2024

Flowerman had a great appreciation for the assignment

27/02/2024

Backyard weddings. Everyone loves them. They're intimate, relaxed & fun, and offer endless opportunity to get your favourite people together and create the ultimate garden party.

Today's blog features 40 unique backyard wedding ideas designed to transform your simple outdoor wedding into an unforgettable and personalised celebration. Discover creative touches that add fun, romance and uniqueness to your special day as well as practical ways to save money and ensure that your backyard wedding is both magical and budget-friendly.

From an Italian style reception like this elegant set up by The Event Artists to a festival inspired celebration with cocktail seating, find inspiration for your own backyard wedding right here.

📸 Margan Photography

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These 40 backyard wedding ideas include everything you need to know to successfully host a momentous occasion in a private property setting. You'll find the latest backyard wedding decor, fun & practical decoration ideas, plus money saving tips to ensure your backyard wedding is both magical & budge...

06/02/2024

These are the 4 most popular types of wedding ceremonies in Australia. To be legally hitched by either of these ceremonies you’ll need a registered marriage celebrant such as these 5 star legends:

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TYPES OF WEDDING CEREMONIES

🔹 Bespoke Ceremony: A 20 - 30 minute modern wedding ceremony that is written from scratch and shares your unique story usually involving lots of laughter and tears. Budget $1,200 - $2,500+

🔹 Simple Ceremony: A semi-bespoke celebration tailored to suit your personalities from a ceremony template. You can write your own vows. Budget $750 - $1,500+

🔹 Legals Only: A paperwork only marriage with the legally required words spoken that usually takes less than 5 minutes to get you officially hitched. Budget $350 - $750

🔹 Get Married By A Friend: A friend performs the majority of your wedding ceremony until it's time for the legal bits. You'll need to hire a legals only celebrant to make it official. Budget $350 - $750 + a bottle of wine for your amazing friend

Find a marriage celebrant who specialises in your preferred ceremony style here: https://wedlockers.com.au/planning/nsw-marriage-celebrant

Featured Superstar: https://wedlockers.com.au/b/marry-me-zoe

24/01/2024

Looking for a reception space with ocean views? Here's a curated list of oceanfront wedding venues that include seaside resorts and cliff top venues to exclusive private estates.

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Featuring Jonah's Restaurant & Boutique Hotel which you can book out for your exclusive use on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

📸 Florent Vidal Photography

30/12/2023

Queensland is home to the world's largest sub tropical rainforests. Including UNESCO World Heritage areas that have ancient tree species pre-dating Australia from the Gondwana era (and are older than the Amazon!). If you're looking for a one-of-a-kind wedding venue in nature, here's 10 magical locations including some hidden gems.
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Here's a list of the 10 most beautiful rainforest wedding venues in Queensland. All of these tropical wedding locations come with stunning scenery and are among the Sunshine State's best places to get married in nature.

17/12/2023

Today's blog has everything you need to know about eloping in Australia including:
A) How to elope
B) Where to elope
C) How much it'll cost
D) Awesome package deals

🤩 https://wedlockers.com.au/planning/how-to-elope-in-australia

With these hot tips you'll be smiling as wide as Jules is here when you tie the knot on your big day. Jules had an intimate ceremony by Sydney's elopement queens Marry Me Zoe and Wedding and Family Photographer Anna Murray

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04/12/2023

We've just finalised our 2024 list of the Best Wedding Venues in Australia.

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Curating this year's TOP 25 has been difficult with so many new & beautiful wedding venues coming onto the market in the last twelve months.

Our Top 25 Wedding Venues in Australia are chosen based on their location, surrounds and experiential value. They include the most beautiful places to get married in Australia, one of a kind wedding locations and fun destinations that offer unique experiences where no two weddings are ever alike.

Congratulations to our Top 25 Wedding Venues in Australia.

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27/11/2023

Romantic wedding aisles. There's nothing quite like a jaw dropping aisle to set the scene for a beautifully romantic wedding ceremony. And at venues around Australia are some of the world's most romantic wedding aisles. They are aisles that stand alone in vision and style, like a scene from a fairytale, crafted by romantics who understand what it means to take those steps. There is little need for a florals budget to line these beautiful walkways. They are made unique for every couple who venture together down them. They are immersed in nature.

Here are some of our favourite wedding ceremony venues. They are among the most romantic places to get married in Australia.

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Wedding ceremony venues in NSW offer a wide variety of picturesque locations to say "I do." This list of the best wedding ceremony locations in NSW includes some of the world's most stunning places to get married.

30/10/2023

Peak Season 50% Off Deal...

If you've been contemplating a destination wedding, The Lodge Jamberoo Resort & Spa have an amazing 50% off venue hire for selected dates in February, March and April next year. That's 50% off all accommodation for up to 130 guests with exclusive use of the resort for your wedding including access to two huge getting ready spaces, an incredible Pine Tree Cathedral ceremony and a luxe reception in the Wedding Hall. For enquiries and details visit: https://www.wedlockers.com.au/b/the-lodge-jamberoo

The Lodge Jamberoo is a new wedding venue situated just south of Wollongong in NSW. It's a stunning location operated by the experienced team of The Cove & The Woods Farm, and is unlikely to ever be on sale again.

13/10/2023

Wedding entertainment idea! Did you know there are 12+ different types of photo booths here in Australia? And most of them are custom made, often tailored specifically for individual events.

In respect of these amazing creatives who epitomise the ingenuity Aussie’s are renowned for, we're taking a moment to acknowledge the country’s photo booth suppliers - these peeps know how to make a party!

Here’s what you’ve got to choose from:

🔹 Open Booths - No curtains or walls
🔹 Instant Booths - Share photos, GIFFs & boomerangs straight to socials
🔹 Selfie Booths - Touch screen tech, no props
🔹 Caravan Booths - All weather option for indoor + outdoor receptions
🔹 Closed Booths - With curtains
🔹 360 Booths - A camera mounted arm encircles you while filming a 6 - 10 sec video
🔹 Classic Booths - Max 3 peeps with a curtain like the ones at the mall
🔹 Slimline Booths - An elegant light ring & camera on a pole stand
🔹 Inflatable Booths - !!
🔹 Disco Booths - Shimmering backdrops & disco balls
🔹 Flower Wall Booths
🔹 Vintage Booths
🔹 Retro Booths

https://wedlockers.com.au/planning/photo-booth-hire-nsw

This list of the state's top 20 photo booth rental companies has all sorts of creative booths to hire for private events from vintage caravan booths to open booths to virtual photo booths and 360 video booths.

29/09/2023

Looking for a wedding venue to have your ceremony & reception at the same place? Here's a list of stunning all-in-one wedding locations that cater for ceremonies + receptions at the same location.

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Plus, they all have beautiful backdrops for wedding photos onsite 😍

13/09/2023

Here's a list of the weirdest & most wonderful wedding locations in Australia. Included are 21 quirky, fun and different places to get hitched from non-traditional venues to the downright unconventional. What you'll find inside:

🔹 Funky hotels
🔹 Whimsical halls
🔹 Bush chapels
🔹 A train shed
🔹 Outdoor venues
🔹 Locomotive carriage
🔹 Church ruins
🔹 Elopement hideaways
🔹 Heritage structures
🔹 Pop up wedding venues

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Photographer Ashleigh Haase Photography
Stylist Whole Lotta Love Creative
Florist


Candles Flört Designs

Looking for somewhere a little bit different to tie the knot? These 25 unique wedding venues range from non-traditional function spaces to the downright unconventional and are the weirdest and most wonderful places to get married in Australia.

07/09/2023

Thinking of a marquee style wedding? Here's a list of beautiful places for a marquee or tipi wedding in Australia, along with a glossary of the various tent types, venue options & costs:

🔹 Permanent Marquee Venue
- Venue hire ranges from $6,800 - $22,000
- Marquee features solid flooring in landscaped surrounds
- Venue hire often includes onsite furniture & lighting
🔹 DIY Marquee Venue
- Venue hire ranges from $2,850 - $25,000
- Marquee hire cost ranges from $5k - $15k for a quality tent depending on size
- Venue will provide contact info for local marquee hire places

Available marquees & tipis:
🔹 Clear Marquees
🔹 Glass Marquees
🔹 Pagoda Marquees (peaked roof)
🔹 Pavilion/Framed/Structured Marquee (A-line roof)
🔹 Tipis/Teepees
🔹 Indian Tents - (elegant two tiered peak roof with curtain walls)
🔹 Sperry/Hampton Tents - (oblong canopy with 2 or 3 peaks)
🔹 Pop-Up Marquees - like the kind at weekend cricket but white

📌 https://wedlockers.com.au/planning/marquee-wedding-venues-nsw

Discover the best marquee venues for weddings in NSW. From luxury Indian tents with polished flooring & inbuilt stone bars to affordable permanent marquees with BYO catering & alcohol.

15/08/2023

Small wedding venues ideas:

🔹 Private properties
🔹 Airbnbs
🔹 Micro wedding barns & sheds
🔹 Train carriages
🔹 Old school halls
🔹 Courtyards
🔹 Private beach resorts
🔹 Bush retreats
🔹 Country estates
🔹 Elopement venues
🔹 And the list goes on....

Find the A-list of Australia's most beautiful venues for small weddings & elopements right here: https://wedlockers.com.au/planning/best-small-wedding-venues-australia

All of these shortlisted venues specialise in small weddings and elopements for 2 - 60 (or a couple more) guests.

🛖 Eleven Eighty - the venue with a twist
📸 Red Berry Photography

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Looking for the best small wedding venues in Australia? Here's a list of the most beautiful small and intimate wedding venues in Australia. All of these amazing locations cater for micro weddings with 2 - 60 guests and offer a mix of BYO and all inclusive packages.

09/08/2023

Farm stay wedding venues. Not only do they have amazing ceremony sites with incredible backdrops and unique reception spaces like barns & sheds & chandelier halls, but they come with best photo opportunities like with these cuties at The Woods Farm (one of Australia's best venues for a destination wedding with all your family & friends staying onsite with you).

📌 Find out more: https://wedlockers.com.au/planning/nsw-farm-wedding-venues

Images by a couple of our faves, Lucy at Translucent Photography & the country wedding legend James Day Photography 🤘

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25/07/2023

With a diverse & picturesque landscape, sun filled skies and a barmy afternoon climate, Australia is one of the best places in the world for outdoor weddings & receptions.

In this curated list of the best outdoor wedding venues in Australia you'll find;
🔹 Beautiful beach venues on some of the world's whitest sand
🔹 Incredible forest venues hidden in National Parks
🔹 World class wineries
🔹 Amazing courtyards, lawns & gardens
🔹 Luxury private estates
🔹 Hill top properties with jaw dropping views

Here's a list of Australia's most beautiful places to get married in the great outdoors. They are all-in-one destination venues surrounded by the best of Australian nature. Each location on this shortlist not only has an incredible ceremony site but also an outdoor wedding reception venue nestled snugly under a canopy of stars.

Featuring the beautiful Eleven Eighty - the venue with a twist by Red Berry Photography (Berry NSW)

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Here are the best outdoor wedding & reception venues in Australia. They include world-class beach venues, forest locations in national parks, luxury estates & wineries and garden wedding venues with jaw dropping views.

20/07/2023

Barns, farms & sheds - they’re the centrepiece of country weddings and offer the space & versatility to create a celebration that's a little bit different - and a whole lot you. One of the things we love about farm, barn and country venues is that they tend to be owner operated - which means you have specialist wedding planners on your team who have heart in your big day.

📌 Find some newbies & faves here: https://wedlockers.com.au/planning/barns-sheds-wedding-venues-nsw

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Looking for barn wedding venues in NSW? From Sydney to the Hunter Valley and beyond, these 40 barn venues in NSW offer the perfect spot for shed weddings and receptions.

05/07/2023

Australia is one of the best places for a beach wedding in the world. With more than 10,000 sandy shores spanning 60,000 km of oceanfront, Australia's undulating coastline is an expansive paradise of beautiful locations for beach weddings.

Here's 20 of them....

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Thank you to Lucy of Translucent Photography for this beautiful photo at South Coast favourite The Cove.

If you're planning a beach wedding Australia is one of the world's most idyllic destinations. From Bondi Beach and Manly Beach in Sydney to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, here's the best guide to getting married on Australia's most beautiful beaches.

02/07/2023

Chefs hatted restaurants, degustation dining experiences, 5 course feasts and farm-to-plate destination venues... here's your expert guide to the best foodie wedding venues in NSW.

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Looking for a foodie venue to hire for your wedding? Here's a shortlist of the best foodie wedding venues in NSW including chefs-hatted restaurants and highly rated foodie places as recommended by the state's best wedding professionals.

28/06/2023

Our 2023 edition of The Ultimate Guide to Eloping in Australia is out now. In this year's edition:
👗 Get top tips from powerhouse fashion label Grace Loves Lace to help you choose the perfect elopement gown
📌 Find 24 amazing places to elope around Australia
🔹 Get your elopement checklist & start planning

https://wedlockers.com.au/planning/how-to-elope-in-australia

📸 Grace Loves Lace