{"id":176126,"date":"2019-01-08T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/tegan-and-michael-get-sand-between-their-toes-at-beach-hotel-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T03:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:39:46","slug":"tegan-and-michael-get-sand-between-their-toes-at-beach-hotel-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/tegan-and-michael-get-sand-between-their-toes-at-beach-hotel-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Tegan and Michael get sand between their toes at beach hotel wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tegan was enjoying a girls\u2019 trip away to Bali when a surprise visit from partner Michael changed everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn my second night we got dressed up for a nice dinner,\u201d Tegan, 26, explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhilst there I got a tap on my shoulder and turned around to Michael proposing to me. He had flown to Bali to surprise me and propose in front of my family. \u201c<\/p>\n

After returning home, Tegan and Michael, 30, began planning their beach hotel wedding at Headlands Austinmer on the New South Wales south coast.<\/p>\n

The bride says the area brings back many happy memories of family holidays, \u201cthis is what made our location so perfect,\u201d Tegan says.<\/p>\n

The couple says their priority for their big day, on October 20, 2018, was to have no regrets.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy priorities when planning the wedding was to make sure we both had everything we ever wanted,\u201d Tegan says.<\/p>\n

The couple wed overlooking the beach before the reception at the Headlands\u2019 newly-renovated function room.<\/p>\n

Tegan says the wouldn\u2019t change a thing. \u201cThere was a lot of meaning behind our wedding,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Fame Park Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The couple’s classic rings were sourced from Michael Hill<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Michael’s groomsmen teamed waistcoats with bowties, while the groom upped the fashion stakes<\/a> with a matching jacket.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Tegan and Michael first met on a night out in Kings Cross. “We had an instant connection,” Tegan says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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