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Wedding preview, Wedding

St Mary’s Cathedral Wedding – Darwin – Jane & David

Darwin wedding sunset
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1. Preparation
2. St Mary’s Cathedral Wedding Ceremony
3. Glamour Photos
4. Darwin Surf Club Wedding Reception

There’s nothing better than travelling up to Darwin for a wedding during the winter months, getting away from the cold weather in Adelaide during this time of year! these past few months have been full of travel for me, having covered a wedding in Santorini, Greece just a few weeks prior to Jane and David’s wedding at the St Mary’s Cathedral in Darwin! It was so awesome to be a part of as I knew Jane and David were wonderful people last time I met up with them on the remote Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin for an engagement shoot.

I went up there for a few days camping and exploring the remote island where Jane and David live amongst the local Tiwi islander community. It also happens to be the location of the wedding featured in the recent blockbuster ‘Top end wedding‘, which was pretty neat!

Preparation

David was being prepared with his groomsmen in an apartment overlooking the Darwin waterfront precinct. The atmosphere was laid back and easygoing and it all went pretty smoothly until I apparently interrupted a crossfit competition when we were waling about for photos on the beachfront.. sorry about that! Diddn’t seem to interrupt much as I diddnt even notice until after when someone mentiuoned it to me.. haha.

Getting ready
Getting ready
Walking along the beach
Walking along the beach
Close up of flower
Close up of flower
Getting ready
Getting ready
Socks
Socks
Wedding rings
Wedding rings
Getting ready
Getting ready
Wedding rings
Wedding rings
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready
Getting ready

Jane and her bridesmaids were being prepared in a rather lavish bed and breakfast overlooking the Darwin skyline. The house featured a 3 story long single stairway which I was super keen on utilising for photos! 🙂 Similar to the guys, the girls were super laid back and if there were any nerves, Jane was hiding it well 🙂

Smiles
Smiles
Wedding dress
Wedding dress
Girls together
Girls together
Buttoning up dress
Buttoning up dress
Engagement ring
Engagement ring
Engagement ring in shoes
Engagement ring in shoes
Champaigne
Champaigne
Everybody helping
Everybody helping
Putting on dress
Putting on dress
Sitting around
Sitting around
Ready to leave
Ready to leave
Jane and Mum
Jane and Mum
Putting in earrings
Putting in earrings
Wedding dress
Wedding dress

St Mary’s Cathedral Wedding Ceremony

St Mary’s Cathedral, or ‘Star of the Sea’ Cathedral is located fairly central to the darwin CBD and features a rather unique arch design right throughout it’s main chamber. The Cathedral is lined with local indigenous artwork which was quite important to Jane and David having strong connections with the local Tiwi islander community where they live and work. In the days leading up to the wedding day, jane was keen to point them out to me and tell me the meaning behind it all. It was facinating to learn about!

The Cathedral was built after the war in 1962, with it’s first tone taken from the first uranium mine built in the Northern Territory. As a result, it’s  arather modern cathedral with ample natural lighting and wide open spaces in order to move about without getting in anyone’s way while taking photos 🙂

Jane and David’s wedding ceremony was a traditional Catholic affair, complete with readings and full mass service, and even the ex-bishop of Darwin was in attendance which was quite the surpise to Jane and David! The main thng that really made Jane and David’s service stand out though was the wonderful performance from the local Tiwi islanders who had made the trip out to Darwin to celebrate Jane and David’s wedding with them.

Wedding sign
Wedding sign
Bridal entrance
Bridal entrance
Grooms first look
Grooms first look
Smiling bride
Smiling bride
Holding hands
Holding hands
Holding hands
Holding hands
Everyone out the front
Everyone out the front
Smiles
Smiles
Groom
Groom
Inside St Mary's Cathedral
Inside St Mary’s Cathedral
Standing together
Standing together
Holding hands
Holding hands
priest
priest
Sitting together
Sitting together
under the arch
under the arch
Ring bearer
Ring bearer
First kiss
First kiss
Celebrations!
Celebrations!
Mass
Mass
Sitting together
Sitting together
Signing the registry
Signing the registry
Smiling at one another
Smiling at one another
Dancers
Dancers
Dancing bride and groom
Dancing bride and groom
Guitar player
Guitar player
Dancing back down the aisle
Dancing back down the aisle

Glamour Photos

After family photos and more Tiwi islander dancing out the front of St Mary’s Cathedral, we head out for the glamour photos. We first made use of the wonderful trees out the front of the Darwin Botanical park, before heading over towards Lake Alexander and East Point for photos amongst the wonderful red rocks and cliffs along the beach. jane and david were keen on having photos done similar to what they would have had done in the Tiwi Islands so I suggested heading around here. We also made use of a small park nearby the Darwin Surf Club before heading in for their reception.

Walking along the beach
Walking along the beach
Pride rock
Pride rock
Walking along the beach
Walking along the beach
Pride rock
Pride rock
Under the veil
Under the veil
Out on the water
Out on the water
bridal party
bridal party
Under the veil
Under the veil
Pride rock
Pride rock
Under the sun
Under the sun
Amongst the trees
Amongst the trees
Pride rock
Pride rock

We head into the Darwin Surf Club for the beginning of their wedding reception only to leave about 20 minutes later to drive to the Nightcliff area for some sunset photos. I’m glad we did too as it was a spectacular sunset and I was about to angle myself in order to make the sun look larger than it actually is. It’s great when that’s possible with a sunset like this!

Watching the sunset
Watching the sunset
Darwin wedding sunset
Darwin wedding sunset
yay!
yay!
Sillouette
Sillouette
Sunset photo
Sunset photo
Nightcliff wedding sunset
Nightcliff wedding sunset

Darwin Surf Club Wedding Reception

As is usally the case in Darwin during the dry season, the temperature during the night was absolutely perfect for a night time reception out on the lawn, and the great thing about the Darwin Surf Club is that the sun sets right over the beautiful beach lining the venue. The entire guest list were certainly there to have a good time and I was so pleased to see so many people up on the dance floor! Even David serenaded jane during the night with his newly gained guitar skills! It was such a fun night to be a part of which even featured a gelato bar!

Speech
Speech
Musician
Musician
First dance
First dance
Exit
Exit
Smiling groom
Smiling groom
Entrance dancing
Entrance dancing
Conga line
Conga line
Selfies
Selfies
In the bar together
In the bar together
Entrance dancing
Entrance dancing
Laughing at speeches
Laughing at speeches
Centre piece
Centre piece
Wedding cake
Wedding cake
Darwin Surf Club
Darwin Surf Club
First dance
First dance
Entrance dancing
Entrance dancing
Dancing together
Dancing together
At the bar
At the bar
On the dance floor
On the dance floor
Cutting the cake
Cutting the cake
Having fun
Having fun
First dance
First dance
Wedding art
Wedding art
Entrance dancing
Entrance dancing
Darwin Surf Club Wedding Reception
Darwin Surf Club Wedding Reception
Dancing
Dancing
Guest book
Gift box
Gift box
Table settings
Table settings

Thanks so much to Jane and David for having me not only at your wedding, but also in your home and town on the Tiwi islands!

July 25, 2019
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