{"id":174695,"date":"2019-01-05T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/taylor-and-joshua-go-the-distance-for-elegant-waterview-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T03:21:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:21:51","slug":"taylor-and-joshua-go-the-distance-for-elegant-waterview-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/taylor-and-joshua-go-the-distance-for-elegant-waterview-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor and Joshua go the distance for elegant waterview wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor set off on a Contiki tour to New Zealand five years ago to discover herself, but ended up finding so much more.<\/p>\n

It was while waiting in a hotel lobby that she first noticed Josh. “Damn, he was gorgeous,” Taylor, 27, says.<\/p>\n

“Josh and I kept in contact after NZ mainly through messaging. I was from Sydney and he was in Darwin, in the army. I didn\u2019t expect anything to come from it at first, but we were just so compatible. It didn\u2019t take us long before we started calling each other every day.”<\/p>\n

The couple endured more than two years long distance before Josh, 25, made the move to Sydney, later popping the question with a Mission Impossible<\/em>-style treasure hunt.<\/p>\n

When it came to their elegant waterview wedding in Newcastle on September 14, 2018, the couple wanted to make sure it told their unique love story.<\/p>\n

“We made it a day that was very us; elegant and classic, with nothing over the top. A lakeside ceremony added to the relaxed, yet stunning backdrop,” Taylor says.<\/p>\n

The celebrations were held at elegant Rafferty’s Resort on the shores of Lake Macquarie.<\/p>\n

“We could not have asked for a better day,” the bride says. “It felt so natural having our ceremony lakeside with the warmth of the spring sun.”<\/p>\n

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

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Taylor discovered her gorgeous embellished gown at Brides of Sydney<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The couple added an elegant touch to the laid-back outdoor setting thanks to their traditional dress code, including Josh’s classic tux from Ferrari Formalwear & Bridal<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“We not only wanted our friends and family to have a great time, but we wanted to enjoy every second of it ourselves,” Taylor says of her waterside wedding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“We have been, are and will always be forever in love. I am so thankful everyday to have married the incredible man that Josh is. It was the best decision of my life,” Taylor says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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DJ Magoo’s Party & Equipment Hire<\/a> helped get the party started.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":174701,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6858],"au_real_wedding_tag":[],"au_real_wedding_style":[9007],"au_real_wedding_location":[9034,9023],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9019],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10571,10578,10592],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-174695","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6858","au_real_wedding_style-elegant","au_real_wedding_location-newcastle","au_real_wedding_location-nsw","au_real_wedding_setting-waterview","au_real_wedding_colour-black-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-ivory-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-navy-blue-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/174695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/174695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=174695"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=174695"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=174695"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=174695"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=174695"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=174695"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=174695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}