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| On Bliss with Ross in Auckland |
We met up with Ross Haerle in Auckland. He is the captain of this beautiful yacht Bliss which is just amazing- worth millions too! It was great to catch up with him and have a look round the boat too. How the other half live!
From there we flew over to Sydney ready for Alec and Sophie's wedding. Rachel (who we met in thailand ) is now living there so we caught up with her over a few glasses of vino and homemade pizzas which was in Rach's words) loverly! We also saw Katie again and met her two beautiful kids Bodie and Sharnie, I didn't get any photos though sorry!
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In the hotel before with the best man Adam, his wife Annette, and Tom.
With just a hint of nerves! |
Then it was the wedding, Alec and Sophie got married in a park overlooking part of the harbour in, after some initial worries about the weather, blazing sunshine. It was a gorgeous ceremony and the bride looked beautiful as you can see.
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Here comes the bride - looking amazing!
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| Exchanging the rings |
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| In the restaurant |
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| Cutting the cake on the boat |
Alec's speech was amazing - a real tear jerker though. There was one line "there may be a royal wedding this year, but there's only one princess" brought the house down, not a dry eye in the place!
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| Proud parents Trevor and Jean |
After the meal in the restaurant we headed on a cruise around Sydney Harbour which was really spectacular and special. Then from there - Cargos!
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| Tim with Tom and Ben |
It was rumoured that from there the bride and Groom went to McDonalds and many people have photos to prove it! Unfortunately we got there 10 minutes too late. :0)
We had a great day at Bondi on the following day too, although I found it a struggle with my HUGE hangover, never again ... until about 6 that evening, we never learn!
We loved spending time with everybody running up to and during the wedding and thank Alec and Sophie (and Tom) for squeezing in our 'few' items to take home! We hope you guys enjoyed your mini break to Hamilton island too and you all had a safe trip home.
Hello you two, hope south america is proving cheaper than Aus!!
ReplyDeleteWe both felt so honoured to have you guys at our wedding, it really meant an awful lot and they will be treasured memories. I'm just thankful I stuck to the Hahn Premium Light on the day before so I could remember it, not to mention turning down a jaeger bomb, you won't see that too often!! Thanks Tim for polishing that one off for me.
You will be pleased to know your bits and pieces made it home safe and i have just dropped them off at my parents so they can pass them onto your folks, Tim.
I loved your write up and photos above, we will be posting a few more pics this evening on facebook if you want a laugh, i was just dissapointed that the photo you showed me on Bondi beach didn't make it onto the blog, although you may have had a libel case if it had!!
Take care,
Percy