{"id":193614,"date":"2015-01-06T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/dora-tim-say-cowabunga-and-i-do-at-vintage-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:23:54","slug":"dora-tim-say-cowabunga-and-i-do-at-vintage-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/dora-tim-say-cowabunga-and-i-do-at-vintage-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Dora &amp; Tim say &#8216;Cowabunga!&#8217;, and &#8216;I do&#8217;, at vintage wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Heroes in a half shell.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a rare bride&#8217;s (or is that the groom\u2019s?) dream;\u00a0a <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-<\/em>themed wedding. Lucky for bride Dora Austen, her vintage styling matched Timothy Smith\u2019s vision perfectly. \u201cTim [28] is a huge TMNT fan and my feminine styling worked together to make a very unique\/hilarious\/unforgettable wedding,\u201d laughs Dora, 25.<\/p>\n<p>But if you think the theme was the only quirk at this vintage wedding on August 15, 2014, hold on tight! The pair were married by a former punk-record store owner, their cake was made entirely from cheese and the best man hijacked a golf buggy mid photo shoot.<\/p>\n<p>Just your typical autumn wedding at Mount Tambourine, Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Their photographer, Billeta Wood, had nothing but praise for the comic-inspired wedding day. \u201cI can honestly say I don\u2019t think I have ever laughed so hard at a wedding in my life,\u201d says Billeta. \u201cI was more than a little surprised when the bridal party appeared from their cottage in football jerseys and <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle<\/em> masks. Eight-year-old me was very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billeta wished the Coffs harbour couple all the best, thanking them for a wonderfully fun day. \u201cCongratulations Dora &amp; Tim\u2026or should I say, &#8216;Cowabunga!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of\u00a0<a title=\"Billeta Wood Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/billetawoodphotography.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Billeta Wood.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69750\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_004.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_004\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69800 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_002.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_002\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69801 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_003.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_003\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-69755\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_009-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_009\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69805 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_007.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_007\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69808 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_010.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_010\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69791\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_045.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_045\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We opted for a retro mid-length dress to suit each bridesmaid&#8217;s skin tone and compliment their shape,&#8221; describes Dora.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-69772\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_026-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_026\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69811 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_013.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_013\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69728 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_017.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_017\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69768\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_022.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_022\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69733 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_022.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_022\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69735 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_024.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_024\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69784\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_038.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_038\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-69788\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_042-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_042\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cedar Creek Estate\u00a0&amp; Winery was the location for the ceremony, photo shoot and reception.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-69792\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_046-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_046\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69737 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_026.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_026\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69739 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_028.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_028\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69786\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_040.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_040\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69785\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_039.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_039\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69760\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_014.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_014\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69758\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_012.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_012\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We planned our Mount Tamborine wedding over Skype while Tim (a soldier) was serving in a combat role overseas,&#8221; says Dora.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69794\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_048.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_048\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69744 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_033.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_033\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69745 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_034.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_SBS_034\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69796\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_050.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_050\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69793\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_047.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_047\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71453\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_053.jpg\" alt=\"Dora_Tim_Vintage-Wedding_053\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":112563,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6854],"au_real_wedding_tag":[7360,7287,7455,7145,7225],"au_real_wedding_style":[9006,9008],"au_real_wedding_location":[9057,9024],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9020],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10575,10577],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-193614","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6854","au_real_wedding_tag-billeta-wood-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-gold-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-grey-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-vintage-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_style-alternative","au_real_wedding_style-vintage","au_real_wedding_location-gold-coast","au_real_wedding_location-qld","au_real_wedding_setting-winery","au_real_wedding_colour-gold-wedding","au_real_wedding_colour-grey-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193614","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\/193614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=193614"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=193614"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=193614"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=193614"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=193614"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=193614"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=193614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}