A Victorian couple hours away from tying the knot had been pressured to enlist the assistance of household and associates after being informed their wedding ceremony venue was to be evacuated because of a bushfire.
Ash and Maddie Bent had been able to have a good time their huge day in Lorne on Saturday morning once they had been knowledgeable the venue they had been utilizing might need to be evacuated because of a bushfire.
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The Nation Hearth Authority issued a Watch and Act alert on Saturday for a fire burning near Eastern View and another at Kennett River, each on both aspect of Lorne. A Whole Hearth Ban had been declared the day before today as temperatures had been forecast to succeed in the excessive 30s.
Simply an hour out from the marriage it was confirmed that the Lorne venue could be evacuated, leaving the couple to scramble to discover a resolution.
Regardless of the stress of discovering a brand new venue to host the ceremony, Ash informed Dawn there was one thing extra essential the couple needed to do first.
“I stated, ‘Look, everybody maintain their horses, I wanna do the primary look with Maddie’, as a result of on the finish of the day, so long as we have (achieved) the primary look and we did that, it did not.” It would not matter,” he stated.
“I did not need Maddie to have that ruined.”
Whereas the lack of a venue for a marriage ceremony on the day could be sufficient to emphasize any couple out, Ash stated the pair simply laughed in regards to the state of affairs.
“We simply sat down … and stated ‘what will we wish to do?’ “
After tossing up whether or not to postpone the occasion or not, the couple of seven years finally determined an important factor in regards to the day was celebrating their love — it did not matter in what form or type that came about.
“Maddie checked out me and she or he stated ‘I simply wish to get married, it would not matter’,” Ash stated.
“We have got our celebrant right here, we have everybody down in stunning Lorne, there is a seashore, let’s simply stroll down and get married.”
The couple’s household and associates instantly sprung into motion, racing to get decorations and signage out of the evacuated venue, all whereas additionally attempting to safe a brand new location.
Fortunately, restaurant and bar Almyra jumped in to avoid wasting the day, providing the couple a lifeline.
The waterfront venue allowed the joyful couple to carry their ceremony on the seashore earlier than returning to the restaurant and bar for the reception.
“The entire group rallied,” Ash stated.
Taking to social media, Maddie thanked those that had helped rescue her special occasion.
“Our last-minute seashore wedding ceremony was good,” she wrote.
“We’re nonetheless in shock and on cloud 9.”
