{"id":189607,"date":"2017-05-13T21:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/kertu-and-dalton-create-dream-venue-for-romantic-country-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T20:13:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:13:49","slug":"kertu-and-dalton-create-dream-venue-for-romantic-country-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/kertu-and-dalton-create-dream-venue-for-romantic-country-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Kertu and Dalton create dream venue for romantic country wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Kertu Pops and Dalton Lynch transformed a family farm into their dream venue for their romantic country wedding.<\/p>\n<p>The Sydney couple put their creative skills to the test producing\u00a0rustic-style wedding perfection on the private property at Howes Valley &#8211; called Settler&#8217;s Rest.<\/p>\n<p>Kertu, 32, and Dalton, 22, planned their DIY wedding while also expecting their first child, a brother for Kertu&#8217;s older daughter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a few short months we moved house, built our own <a title=\"Wedding Venues\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingVenues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wedding venue<\/a> and welcomed our baby boy into this world. Just eight weeks after his arrival, the day had arrived,&#8221; the bride explains.<\/p>\n<p>The pair wed in a picturesque outdoor ceremony in front of 140 family and friends on September 16, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wedding day was blur of speeches, dancing and plenty of food and drinks.\u00a0We spent the night tucked away in a little\u00a0log\u00a0cabin on the\u00a0mountainside, cuddled up by the fire and overlooking the party that carried on below,&#8221; Kertu says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I had\u00a0the chance\u00a0to do it all again, there is nothing from that day that I would change\u00a0&#8211; and our next great adventure has already begun, as we have\u00a0started to\u00a0share our\u00a0beautiful\u00a0wedding experience\u00a0with others now that Settler&#8217;s Rest is open for bookings!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Nansiphotography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nansiphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nansiphotography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127201 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_016.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_016\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127192 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_011.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_011\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127238 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_002\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127235 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_001\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127196 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_013-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_013\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127198 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_014-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_014\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127194 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_012.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_012\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127200 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_015.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_015\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kertu&#8217;s princess-style wedding dress from<a title=\"Sweethearts Bridal Boutique\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingDress\/Sydney\/SweetheartsBridalBoutique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sweethearts Bridal Boutique<\/a> was the first she had tried on. She then found a matching flower girl dress for her daughter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127203 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_018.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_018\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127204 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_019.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_019\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127205 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_020-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_020\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127206 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_021-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_021\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127202 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_017.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_017\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127208 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_023.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_023\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kertu describes Dalton as an &#8220;old-fashioned type of guy,&#8221; who sought her father&#8217;s permission before proposing. &#8220;The only issue is that my father doesn&#8217;t speak any English, so Dalton had me translate it before asking him over Skype,&#8221; she recalls. Nevertheless, on proposal day, it still caught Kertu completely by surprise!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127310 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_033-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_033\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127169 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_001\" width=\"597\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127210 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_025.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_025\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127211 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_026.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_026\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127209 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_024.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_024\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127222 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_036.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_036\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127223 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_037.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_037\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dalton looked every inch the modern groom in his three-piece suit from <a title=\"Roger David\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/FormalWear\/Canberra\/RogerDavid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger David<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-127226 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_040-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_040\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127227 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_041.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_041\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127244 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_005.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_005\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127303 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_030-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_SBS_030\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127221 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_035.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_035\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127224 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_038.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_038\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-127182 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_007.jpg\" alt=\"Kertu_Dalton_Romantic-Country-Wedding_007\" width=\"900\" height=\"597\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kertu and Dalton created a <a title=\"How to pull off the rustic wedding theme\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/rustic-wedding-theme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rustic vibe<\/a> with their romantic country wedding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-127184 aligncenter\" 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