Blue Mountains Wedding By Hilary Cam

By Magnolia Rouge

I love the pure �Australian-ness' of this wedding. The bush, the flora and fauna� it's all screams Australia!! This beautiful wedding by Hilary Cam bought a lovely point of difference to the latest issue of Magnolia Rouge Magazine. How rad are all the cool fox details?

With a shared passion for all things outdoors, having their wedding surrounded by the beauty of nature was an obvious choice for this Australian couple. Laura loves animals and has a particular fondness for foxes so this was incorporated into the wedding, with �the fox' making several appearances during their wedding day.

For this spring wedding the bush was alive with colour; wattle, banksia, native peas were bursting with yellow flowers, perfuming the air and splashing the wedding colours of green, orange and yellow throughout the day. The wedding ceremony was held on a plateau in the heart of the Aussie bush; a string trio performed classical music that echoed through the trees. It's not often you can sit under a gumtree in an isolated valley and listen to live music. While some people have wedding bells, this section of the bush was full of bellbirds that chimed in through out their ceremony.

�Ideally we had in mind that our ceremony would be overlooking a valley of bushland with hardly a trace of civilization in sight. We had to keep in mind the level of difficulty for our guests to reach the location so when we went to check out the view just 500m from one of our favourite bushwalks in the Blue Mountains we knew we'd found our perfect spot. We then decided to have our reception at the Australian Botanic Garden at Mount Annan as it allowed us to enjoy the closeness of nature while still having all our creature comforts.�

The reception was as spectacular as the ceremony; a trio of tipis overlooking the lake wowed guests. This is where Laura and Ryan's attention to detail and DIY skills really shone: handmade signs, tags, hessian table runners, a free range and organic menu and native Australian seedlings for guests to take home. Reflecting their love for each other and their appreciation and care for the natural environment, they took great care to ensure their wedding was green inside and out.

"It was the most magical day of celebration surrounded by all the best things - the beauty of nature, our closest family and friends, great food and music and our love for each other."