The Watson Wedding

Trip Start Aug 13, 2007
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Trip End Dec 31, 2008


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Friday, October 17, 2008

We had a 5 day break in Sydney, for Graham's cousin Marie's wedding. We left on Wednesday afternoon on a direct flight from Wellington to Sydney. We were delayed for 30 mins before we took off, as one of the passengers had checked in but hadn't boarded the plane. For some reason she didn't hear or chose to ignore the many announcements in the airport but eventually she did turn up and board the plane to sarcastic cheers and applause. Stupid woman!

We landed in Sydney and after picking up luggage etc we caught the train and then the bus to North Curl Curl, where we were staying for 4 nights. Graham's aunt and mum had organised the accommodation and we were all staying together in a big house, with a separate 2 bedroom apartment downstairs. We found the place fine thanks to Google Maps and a nice bus driver who told us when to get off the bus.

Graham's aunt and uncle and cousin were all sleeping upstairs in the main house, as was Graham's mum Enjoying the sunshine before the wedding
Enjoying the sunshine before the wedding
 . We were downstairs in the apartment with Donna, who for some reason unbeknown to us decided to take the bigger double room, and left both of us and our luggage crammed into the smaller twin room. It actually wasn't too bad as we'd packed light, but common sense should have prevailed.

Anyway, the next day was Marie and Neil's wedding. We weren't getting picked up until 2pm so we got up early and went for a walk to Manly and back and then spent the morning sunbathing on the deck before getting showered and dressed in our posh frocks and suits (for the men).

The place where they got married was called The Tea Room at Gunners Barracks, Georges Heights. The weather was fantastic - couldn't ask for a better day. However, we had to delay the wedding slightly, as the bus that picked us up was also meant to pick some other people up from Manly, but the driver didn't know this so he just drove the 5 of us to the venue. The people he forgot to pick up were Neil's family amongst others! Luckily when Marie turned up, she spent time having some photos done whilst everyone who was missing managed to get taxis and arrive.

The rest of the wedding - ceremony and reception passed without a hitch. The bride looked stunning, the groom was nervous and the guests all enjoyed themselves immensely. There was lovely food, funny speeches, lots of cupcakes and good times on the dancefloor. Marie had even arranged a bus to pick us up at midnight and take us back to our accommodation.

A lovely day through and through and just glad we could be part of it.
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