Keith "Aussie" Eleftheriou - Celebrant & Emcee

18/11/2025

"MARK: “Krista, I’m loving our life right now, and there is only one way to make it any better…that would be if you would be my wife?”

To which Krista replied;

KRISTA; “Of course, but isn’t there supposed to be a ring?”

Mark told his expectant Bride-To-Be to wait until Lyn awoke as she had the ring, and Krista ran inside and banged down her Mum’s door!
Lyn and Pam, also missing their luggage were shocked awake, hiding under the covers
(as they had no clothes on), passed over the ring, and then made Mark re-enact the whole proposal while they filmed it.

And in case you were wondering, and in keeping with MOST of the trip, they never saw
the sunrise due to low cloud."

A HUGE congrats to Mark & Krista on their 8th wedding anniversary, although I haven't seen them in a while, so to quote Mark's son/Best Man's speech, "Dad, let's hope it's fourth time lucky!"

*Note: Mark is the only person, other than my mechanic, to have ridden my bike.

17/11/2025

"...and while the nature and context of these messages are lost to the annals of time it had
started something between [Brent and Casey].

After about a month of to-ing and fro-ing, Casey
decided to invite Brent over to her place.

They watched movies….and he ended up staying the night.

And then, sort of never left.

In fact Brent was spending so much time at Casey’s, his flatmate started renting out his room
– still with all his stuff in it!"

Happy Seventh Anniversary, guys.

(It would be great to be paid some day)

15/11/2025

The other night I stopped into a pub for a beer and there was a stag night in full flight, and as tends to happen they started chatting to me and the topic somehow got onto unfortunate issues arising from the boy's "last night of fun".

This group of lads have a tradition of making the unfortuna...ummm, lucky guy... jump into the Avon in just his un**es, only for one guy to show me video of his installment showing him being carried from the water with his ankle at 90°!

Once the blood returned to my face, I started with the sentence; "I can beat that. I did a wedding out at Bangor Farm..." only to be cut off by another guy finishing it by asking loudly: "You did that wedding with the guy who broke both his wrists, didn't you!?!? "

And with that, I wish Jax & Hemi a very Happy Anniversary. 😉

14/10/2025

Somehow, I have managed to fool the bureaucrats into believing I'm an upstanding character for the 11th year running.

So, who's next?

Kia ora Aussie
Registration Number: *****

I am pleased to advise you that you have been reappointed as an independent marriage and civil union celebrant for 2026.

Send a message to learn more

02/09/2025

"Hey Aussie I just wanted to let you know how greatfull we are that you were our celebrant thank you again for making our wedding day possible it was amazing and couldn't have gone any better 😊"

She was late. Really, really, reeeeaallly late. That's cool.

Petals went down the back of my shirt. That's cool.

Three bazooka-sized and atomic sounding poppers were shot in unison - with no warning - nearly giving me another wedding day heart attack.

That's not fu***ng cool. 😏

But yep. I'm good.

Fu***ng good.

Call me...

18/08/2025

"I'd like to start off with saying, my partner and I when first viewing your page were absolutely keen on having you do it for us! We loved the humor (and dashing good looks) and are looking for a laid-back celebrant with a REAL sense of humor. I was hesitant to ask because our budget and you the photos of the weddings you had up on the site look very expensive, assuming your price range was to high but I took a leap of faith. We are extremely grateful for your reply and willingness and are really stoked your willing to do it. Out of all off the people on that list you were definitely the most preferred, so I am extremely honored!! You have made our week, or rather whole month with your reply and am VERY excited now instead of stressed with you agreeing to do this we now can just focus on saving and organizing the kids' outfits and our dress and suit making the anxiety and stress disappear!! we are so very thankful."

No worries, J & Q, just honored to have been considered.

And all for a box of Lion Brown. 🍻

Yep, I'm back, baby.

16/04/2025

Now, this would be cool to turn up to your Big Day Out in...

I convinced a mate of mine that he should offer it up from time to time...

Maybe it should be used for the Celebrant?

12/02/2025

Who remembers this place?

29/01/2025

"I was going to launch into a story of Biblical proportions, about how these two met when Jemima called in on Glen at his engineering firm and left with a warm fuzzy feeling as well as his advice on rectifying an issue with her horse float.

And I was also going to wax lyrical on how they grew close over the course of a couple of years and plenty of Friday night work drinks, and how Glen invited her home for a feed served on paint tin lids.

There was also the story of how it came to pass that they mutually agreed to pay an extortionate amount of cash to this here deviant in the hope of receiving a Government-sponsored rubber stamp of approval to their joined existence.

I could tell you that, but I won’t..."

I was coaxed out of the ceremonial wilderness by a lovely couple who I suspect were turned down by others. A shared love of dogs, cars, and drinks certainly made my decision to come out of exile easier...

What started out as a simple ceremony escalated rather quickly as I suggested some minor details; how about having a photographer, and a reception.

With a small of her fingers, Jemima made it so.

Add in a pair of Clydesdales, and a mad Scotsman in a kilt, and Hey Presto!

Aussie was back.

Congratulations to Jemima & Glen on their Big Day Out. See you for drinks soon.

Photography (raw data) by Cohen Simpkins.
Planning by Renée Eleftheriou.
Catering by Country Feasts (the pork belly was not on the menu!!).
Fu***ng Huge Horses by Hugh.