Paul's Family Wedding Photos

Photos of the Wedding Speeches

Can you believe that I didn't offer a speech at the wedding! Based on my past performances, nobody believed that I wouldn't hijack the microphone: obviously I am growing mellow in my middle age.

Thanks to all who said wonderful things about us (lies). A heartfelt thank you to Dolly Oui who bestowed a great cultural honour on Paul who is now considered as her brother-in-law (Toeie). Unable to call him by his Christian name, I cannot wait to hear the name variations and salutations she comes up with.

And......Andy and Kershy: it was noted that the pair of you hot tailed it out for a smoke when time for speeches came round! Chickens, the pair of you.

Wedding Photos (random & more to come)

Ollie Grimwood (pictured at the wedding with his wife Emelie) kindly acted as a stand in wedding photographer along with Jim Bitomsky, and Paul's brother Andy. Ollie stayed up late into the evening to prepare a disk of wedding ceremony photos for us to share (a few at a time as I have time to post them). Thanks Ollie and Em. I hope the rest of your Australian adventure goes well.

To save these photos, just right click on the ones you want and "save picture as" to wherever you want them to be.

There are some other wedding photos at:

Ollie and Em's site, Day 62: Cairns - Mungalli Falls
My child protection site, Wedding in the Rainforest
Mum's site, Computer Difficulties
Alexander's site, Just Married

Today is the Day Paul and Megan are Getting Married.

Those lady birds sure look like they're kissing on the sun flowers and the caption says

"Just Married."

Ummmm, what will I do today?

Today's the day we're getting married.

Book in from 11.30am if you're staying overnight.

Lunch is at 1pm - BRING A BLANKET. The weather is Perfect.

Ceremony is at 2.30pm sharp. Tardiness will not be tolerated, especially from the bride.

Afternoon Tea at 3.30pm (During afternoon tea the kids will be whisked away for their activities. Spare clothes required for the kids).

BBQ Dinner at 6.30pm.

Bonfire after dinner if weather holds. Otherwise we're all on the verandah of the cafe.

See you around 1ish.

BRING YOUR PICNIC BLANKETS

It's looking like the weather is going to hold. If it is fine then we would still like to picnic outside, around the top of the falls.

BRING YOUR PICNIC BLANKET.

Lunch will be served inside as a buffet. Just fill your plates up and wander outside, beneath the trees, to be massaged by the sound of the falls. It's a crying shame that my father (pictured, just weeks before his death) isn't here to cook up copious pots of prawns, scallops and crab. How excellent would that have been!

There's lots of guests coming from afar. Obviously they won't know any of you feral country bumpkins so please do introduce yourself to everybody and let each other know how you know either Paul or myself.

Don't forget a cardie for the evening: high altitude plus waterfall spray makes for chilly evenings.

See you all on Saturday for the wedding in the rainforest.

Accommodation List

Oh how my head aches! I hope I haven't missed anyone. If I have:

please contact me ASAP.

Accommodation and breakfast is to be paid for when you book in: $20.00 per bed per night. Where there are only two people in cabins, you have to pay the full price of the cabin ($80.00). Breakfast is $12.00 per head.

Cabins:

Megan Paul, & Alexander (child) in the deluxe. (Fri and Sat night)
1a Sue and Darren Bayliss
1b Rhys & Susan, Jade & Mark
2a Andy and Kate (Fri and Sat night)
2b Paul, Gail and Liam Johnston.
3a. Cook family (Fri and Sat night - need extra mattress on floor – 2 adults, 3 kids)
3b Uncle, Jean and Alex
4a Keryn & Steve
4b Jim and Natalia Bitomsky

Mixed Dorm for Couples/Families:

Corrina May Helmuth
Harold Helmuth
Rebekah Allen
Bret Allen
Child Allen (10)
Child Allen (15)
Child Allen (16)
Deni Tonkin
David Tonkin
Dolly Oui
Child Oui (17)
Child Oui (18)
Lyn Davey
Aaron Davey
Trouts x 4 (Michael, Vinette, Peter, Dawn)

Kersh family x 6 (2 adults, 4 kids) Fri and Sat night
Daksesh Patel Fri and Sat night.

Singles Dorm

Velvet Eldridge
Tenzin Eldridge (7)
Rowena Harper
Jo Strack
Jemma Sargent
Jaz Sargent (6)
Bronwyn Bayley
Dayle Sloper
Janelle Staffy-Sloper
Deb Furgerson
Vickie Brown

Jamen Wilcox
Victor Stout
Vickie Brown’s brother
Steven Trout

Many other guests have said they won’t be staying but we think that they probably will. Bedding for an extra 10 will be placed on ends of spare bunks.

First pic is of cabin accommodation.

Second pic is of dorms: Singles dorm is women and little kids one side, men on the other.

Photos from the Hen's Night

The Hen's Party was great: relaxed and quiet, we all got to chat and talk shit. Greta organised for everyone to bring a gift that reflects marriage and relationships. I tell you, Greta and Gayle Thomas need to win awards for creativity and talking bullshit.

I didn't like that Greta made me eat dinner food before dessert (pictured). Worse was when she told me the following day that she had made two of the meringue cakes. I left her house without even starting the second one. What a waste.

I had four glasses of champagne (my limit is two) and it took me three days to recover.

Catherine McInerny

Deb Furgerson

Gayle Thomas (who turned 5O this week - or so she claimed. She sure doesn't look 50).

Gayle and Deb

Georgia, Jade and Dayle

Jennifer Mohommad

Rebekah Allen (oh how she's going to kill me!)