{"id":172593,"date":"2019-04-30T20:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/romance-on-the-love-boat-leads-to-samantha-and-simons-rustic-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T04:28:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:28:05","slug":"romance-on-the-love-boat-leads-to-samantha-and-simons-rustic-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/romance-on-the-love-boat-leads-to-samantha-and-simons-rustic-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Romance on The Love Boat leads to Samantha and Simon’s rustic wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samantha and Simon first met while working aboard the Spirit of Tasmania – a ferry operating between Tasmania and Melbourne best known by staff members as ‘The Love Boat’.<\/p>\n

“I never believed it until I met Simon,” says the bride. “We started dating when I was on night shift, after spending a few early morning having coffees at 3:30am in the crew recreation room. We even spent New Years Eve on board together.”<\/p>\n

The Tassie pair, aged 27 and 29, married on January 19, 2019 with a lakeside ceremony followed by a rustic wedding reception at Stonesthrow in Launceston.<\/p>\n

“Our ceremony overlooked a lake surrounded by llamas, cows and lambs,” recalls the bride. “The setting for our wedding complemented our relaxed personalities.”<\/p>\n

The rustic wedding had something for everyone: farm animals to entertain the kids, a lolly buffet and donut wall for those with a sweet tooth and drinks flowing all night long.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Ed Jones Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Samantha and Simon’s gorgeous wedding bands were purchased from Michael Hill Jeweller<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Simon popped the question while in Melbourne for the Geelong Cats vs Hawthorn Hawks AFL grand final. Samantha’s team won, and Simon proposed the following day.<\/p>\n

“It has been a long running joke that Simon ‘lost a bet’ and had to propose because the Hawks lost,” laughs Samantha.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Celebrations continued into the night with a relaxed cocktail reception at Stonesthrow Launceston.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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