Postcards from Tasma

Thanks John Carney for taking such beautiful photos of our family just before the wedding.

Flic offered to make a wedding cake – how gorgeous it is!

Escaping to the country to get married was inspired. It was an oasis of calm and bird song.

A big thanks to Karen and Indigo who worked their magic on the wedding gals.

Geoff Le Blanc and Louisa Wise surprised us with a wedding waltz that they composed for us. We can’t really waltz – but that’s never stopped the dancing.

Within a few minutes of Nick proposing to Fi, Tahli offered her services to help make the wedding happen. Fi had been joking for 20 years that it would be next to impossible to find time in our lives to plan a wedding… and now at possibly the most hectic time ever we were doing it!
Behind the scenes Tahli, Josh and a team of helpers scouted out the Lyonville Community Hall, created beautiful decorations, including spectacular banners, seamlessly co-ordinated the food, the drinks, the videoing, a mini-bus and driver, provided setup and bump out and MC duties … the list goes on and on.
Thank you and thank you again with all our heart.

Before the hitching, came the proposal. At the Thorpe family Christmas Nick seized the moment and proposed to Fi. Nick’s spontaneity left the kids in a state of shock.
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Moments later Karen gave Nick their grandmother, Mildred’s engagement ring to give to Fi. What a beautiful family heirloom.

With just a couple of weeks notice, we were amazed at how many friends and family came to celebrate with us. Family flew in from Darwin and Adelaide. Friends drove huge distances, people changed their plans and generously went out of their way to be there with us.

We gave people such little notice, and there were many close friends and family who wanted to be part of the celebration and just couldn’t be there. (Mostly) they’re still talking to us.
Here’s a link to the video of the wedding ceremony, especially for those who wanted to be there.