One of the attractions of having a civil ceremony is that you are free to the choices of how you would like your ceremony and also where you would like to hold it without restrictions. This gives you the opportunity of some wonderful places that will be available to you.  I can suggest some beautiful gardens around Melbourne or Victoria. If you are seeking and looking for a garden or park setting or perhaps you would like to hold your wedding in a non denominational chapel attached to a reception venue or the beauty of a gorgeous beach setting or mountain vista or even the historical and eerie Old Melbourne Gaol with its hauntingly billowing ‘fog’ and candelabras.  Have I whetted your appetite yet??

As I said you have the opportunity to choose.   Whether you choose a traditional or a contemporary style of service or a simply beautiful service that is so intimate that there is only just the both of you and your witnesses…… through to a large elaborate ceremony that is so personal and meaningful to you, my challenge is to craft a personalised ceremony that is everything you want within the legal framework for marriage in Australia. Pause for a few moments, visualise what it will be like, imagine it, hear the music and believe in it.  And then I will help you create it.

No need to concern yourselves with learning words off by heart, and becoming nervous with the memorising of vows… I will guide you every step and every word. I am also able to offer you suggestions of some beautiful rituals that you might like to add into your ceremony to enhance it even more.   Let me take away all of the legal worries for you so that you do not have to worry or stress in the preparation of your ceremony.

We start with the NOIM notice of intended marriage that must be presented to me a minimum one month and one day before your wedding date or up to a maximum of 18 months beforehand.   Once you have chosen your date, it is time to start putting all your dreams in place.   I want to make your wedding day so special and relaxed and put you at ease. 

                  ‘So as you meet and join your lives together in marriage.…
                                I now pronounce you husband and wife’