{"id":35400,"date":"2015-01-16T04:22:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T17:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/locking-love\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T03:43:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:43:49","slug":"locking-love","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/locking-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Locking in the love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34808\" alt=\"Love locks\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/29030026\/Love-locks-2-scaled.jpg\" width=\"5411\" height=\"3607\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Calling all Perth couples. The fine folk at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartfoundation.org.au\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Heart Foundation <\/a>in Western Australia are on the hunt for a newly engaged (or about-to-be engaged) couple to be one of the faces of their big Australia Day fundraising event which is all about two of our favourite topics: LOVE &#8211; and hearts, of course!<\/p>\n<p>The event, called <strong><em>Lock in the Love<\/em><\/strong>, involve members of the public declaring their love on a giant <strong>LOVE<\/strong> installation (pictured above) which will be covered in hundreds of love locks, the same types that adorn bridges across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Love locks are padlocks couples attach to bridges as a gesture of unbreakable love. The padlocks are decorated with the lovers&#8217; names and locked, and the keys are then tossed into the river the bridge crosses, symbolically sealing the couple&#8217;s love forever.[ew-supplier-carousel]<\/p>\n<p>Paris&#8217; Pont des Arts, pictured below, is the world&#8217;s most love lock covered bridge. In fact, in June 2014, a portion of the famous bridge collapsed under the weight of the tens of thousands of locks that have covered it over the decades.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34813\" alt=\"Couples across the globe attach padlocks containing their names to bridges. \" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/29030041\/Love-locks.jpg\" width=\"2122\" height=\"1415\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Couples across the globe attach padlocks containing their names to bridges.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Heart Foundation&#8217;s main <strong><em>Lock in the Love<\/em><\/strong> campaign will run in Perth&#8217;s Murray Street Mall between January 23 and February 16 and, during that time, couples &#8211; or anyone wanting to leave a message of love or good luck (or even good health) can visit the installation and, for a $10 donation, they&#8217;ll receive red padlock and a metallic, heart-shaped fob onto which they can their message before attaching it to the giant <strong>LOVE<\/strong> installation.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the <strong><em>Lock in the Love<\/em> <\/strong>campaign is to raise awareness of heart disease, Australia&#8217;s No.1 killer, and to raise badly needed funds for research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>Lock in the Love<\/i> is a fun, interactive campaign that is designed to engage Australians of all ages to lift awareness about heart disease and raise much-needed funds to continue our important work in the community,&#8221; says the Heart Foundation&#8217;s WA Chief Executive Maurice Swanson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove locks have become a symbol of love and commitment around the world, with people locking padlocks on structures and throwing away the key to symbolise their everlasting love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis novel healthy heart awareness campaign will harness this phenomenon and use it to educate, inspire and engage with the wider community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Lock in the Love<\/em> <\/strong>campaign is also running in South Australia and Victoria but if you&#8217;re a newly engaged or about-to-be engaged Perth couple who&#8217;d like to feature in the campaign, please contact Linda Bolton via email.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and if you&#8217;re popping along, don&#8217;t forget to share the image on social media using the hashtag #lockinthelove. For more information, visit www.lockinthelove.com.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34809\" alt=\"Love locks\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/29030046\/Love-locks-3-scaled.jpg\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13372,"template":"","au_article_tag":[529,803,804],"class_list":["post-35400","au-article","type-au-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_article_category-wedding-fun-meme","au_article_tag-heart","au_article_tag-paris","au_article_tag-perth"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=35400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}