{"id":192670,"date":"2017-02-20T21:35:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T10:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/dari-and-brett-follow-their-hearts-to-byron-bay-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T19:48:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T08:48:50","slug":"dari-and-brett-follow-their-hearts-to-byron-bay-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/dari-and-brett-follow-their-hearts-to-byron-bay-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Dari and Brett follow their hearts to Byron Bay wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">\u201cOur wedding took place where our hearts are: Byron Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sydneysiders Darienne Selikman and Brett Forer, aged 28 and 32 respectively, married in their favourite seaside town on November 13, 2016. The Byron Bay wedding was themed \u201c<a title=\"10 ideas for your rustic wedding\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/10-ideas-rustic-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elements of nature<\/a>\u201d, and included 210 of their loved ones. &#8220;We wanted to personalise our wedding, so we styled the day ourselves, and shared a video showing our nine-year journey with our guests,\u201d says bride Dari.<\/p>\n<p>Rewind about a decade to when the couple met, Dari was more of an \u201cannoying teenager\u201d while Brett was a \u201cworldly university student\u201d. They were sharing a car ride home with a mutual friend, of which Dari says her Bacardi-fuelled self was nothing short of irritating for her fellow passenger. \u201cHe chivalrously responded to the \u2018white noise\u2019 coming from the teenager in the backseat by pretending \u2013 for the most part \u2013 that I was simply not in the car at all,\u201d laughs Dari.<\/p>\n<p>But it turns out Brett was actually paying close attention, and the next time the pair met they became inseparable. \u201cOver the years, we have spent many nights laughing together, caring for one another, travelling the world together, and forming an inseparable bond that, nine years later, led Brett to ask me to be his wife,\u201d smiles Dari.<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Nadine Saacks Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nadinesaacks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nadine Saacks Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122237 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_001\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122238 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_002\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_003.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_003\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122244 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_005\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122248 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_007-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_007\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122246 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_006\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122251 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_008-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_008\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122241 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_004.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_004\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122252 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_009.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_009\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-122258 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_011-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_011\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122262 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_012.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_012\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Have a lot of guests &#8211; and bridal party members &#8211; to seat? Check out our <a title=\"Seating planner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/planning-tools\/seating-planner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seating planner<\/a>\u00a0tool for help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122267 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_013.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_013\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122271 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_014-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_014\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122275 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_015-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_015\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122381 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_SBS_014.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_SBS_014\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122383 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_SBS_015-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_SBS_015\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122286 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_018.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_018\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122289 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_019.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_019\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Finding the <a title=\"Music suppliers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perfect\u00a0entertainment<\/a> for your event\u00a0is easy when you let the location inspire your theme.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122293 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_020.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_020\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122316 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_027.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_027\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-122314 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_026\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122679 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari-Brett_1241_sbs-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari &amp; Brett_1241_sbs\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122312 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_025\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122299 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_022.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_022\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122303 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_023.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_023\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122305 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_024.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_024\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122297 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_021.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_021\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The couple exchanged their grandparent&#8217;s rings at their ceremony earlier in the day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122327 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_031-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_031\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122320 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_029-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_029\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122332 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_032\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122335 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_033-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_033\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122324 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_030.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_030\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122346 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_037.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_037\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122338 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_034.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_034\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122233 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_SBS_025.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_SBS_025\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-122234 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_SBS_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_SBS_026\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-122349 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_038-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dari_Brett_Byron-Bay-Wedding_038\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/196231557?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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