{"id":193327,"date":"2016-07-25T21:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/seaside-sensation-stephanie-robbies-beach-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:41:34","slug":"seaside-sensation-stephanie-robbies-beach-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/seaside-sensation-stephanie-robbies-beach-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside sensation: Stephanie and Robbie’s beach wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephanie\u00a0Boroughs and Robbie Irwin first met in 2009, but it took two-and-a-half years and countless plane rides before their relationship blossomed.<\/p>\n

“When Robbie moved back to Perth from Canada in\u00a02010 he called me to ask if I would like to catch up,” Stephanie, 27, says.\u00a0A casual drink at the local pub followed and within less than a month of dating the Perth couple were very much in love.<\/p>\n

Robbie, 31, proposed while the pair were holidaying in Indonesia. “He\u00a0managed to find a secluded section of white sandy beach, framed with palm\u00a0trees and with a view across the still water of the sun setting behind Bali,” Stephanie recalls.<\/p>\n

In keeping with the seaside proposal, the couple held a beach wedding<\/a> on Rottnest Island on February 13, 2016.\u00a0“Our wedding was so magical because it wasn\u2019t just a day, it was a whole weekend of celebrations with 70 of our\u00a0closest friends and family,” Stephanie says.<\/p>\n

“We had a beach ceremony followed by celebratory drinks and nibbles on the\u00a0beach immediately after, which was followed by a cocktail style reception in a private marquee on the beachfront at the Rottnest Hotel.”<\/p>\n

The pair were happy to break with tradition to make their day unique.<\/p>\n

“Rather than doing a traditional bridal waltz for our first dance we surprised our\u00a0guests with a choreographed hip-hop dance which still to this day was one of the highlights as the whole\u00a0wedding flocked to the dance floor!” Stephanie says.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Kevin McGinn Photographer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Stephanie complemented her gorgeous gown with statement earrings from Fletcher and Grace<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Robbie and his groomsmen looked sharp but casual in outfits from Roger David<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“The things we love most about each other is that we are passionate, determined and resilient,” Stephanie says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Rottnest Island was a stunning\u00a0backdrop for the beach ceremony and reception<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Looking back on our pictures we can see the story of the day\u2019s events,” praises Stephanie of photographer Kevin McGinn<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":144738,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6855],"au_real_wedding_tag":[7268,6897,7967,7078,7100,7145,7307],"au_real_wedding_style":[9011],"au_real_wedding_location":[9064,9028],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9019],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10595,10592,10585],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-193327","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6855","au_real_wedding_tag-aqua-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-beach-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-kevin-mcginn-photographer","au_real_wedding_tag-marquee-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-navy-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-yellow-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_style-beach","au_real_wedding_location-perth","au_real_wedding_location-wa","au_real_wedding_setting-waterview","au_real_wedding_colour-aqua-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-navy-blue-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-yellow-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193327","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\/193327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=193327"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=193327"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=193327"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=193327"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=193327"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=193327"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=193327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}