Pete’s wedding
Our son, Pete, was married on Sunday Jan 11, 2009 to Cara Sutcliffe.
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Pete and Cara are both a little ‘alternative’, and chose to have their wedding with a pirate theme, at Bunker Bay, at the tip of Cape Naturaliste, 250kms South of Perth. The wedding was on Sunday, but the celebrations started on Friday night and went all weekend. Many of Pete and Cara’s friends stayed at a caravan park, together with us, Rita’s dad Peter and her sister Pauline.
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On Friday, Peter was taken out by the groomsmen and had various challenges to overcome, including a dive from the Busselton jetty and trying to replace a car tire while wearing a miniskirt!
Various activities on Saturday culminated in a concert on Saturday night, performed entirely by wedding guests.
Ceremony
The wedding was held on Sunday morning at Bunker Bay, a beautifully picturesque secluded bay. Just about everyone, especially the wedding party, wore pirate costume, and the wedding was against the background of the Indian Ocean. Here are some of the photos. [See the full photo gallery below]
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Reception
The reception was held at the Dunsborough Hall, which was decorated as a pirate’s den by the people from Esther House, the Christian charitable refuge for troubled young girls that Cara and Peter are both involved with. The Esther House people also prepared all the catering, and worked all hours to do this. It was yummy!
Here are the photos from the reception.
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Off to China!
Our newlyweds then spent two nights at a local Dunsborough resort, and spent the next two days frantically sorting out everything before leaving Oz for a week’s honeymoon in Bali, and then on to Hong Kong and China for an extended period of backpacking and film-making and hopefully working.
Photo Gallery
Here is a collection of the nicest photos from Pete and Cara’s wedding. Thanks to Natalie, Russell and ? for the digital photos! A couple were even taken by us, but the camera was playing up.
