{"id":193809,"date":"2014-06-22T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/kirsty-and-tristans-travel-themed-outdoor-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:05:27","slug":"kirsty-and-tristans-travel-themed-outdoor-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/kirsty-and-tristans-travel-themed-outdoor-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Tristan wins race to propose 6000 metres above sea level"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cI still remember the first time I saw him wearing a long leather jacket and dark glasses and thinking to myself, this guy takes The Matrix<\/i> way too seriously.<\/p>\n
“No-one was more surprised than me when he turned out to be the most incredible person that I have ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n
These are the words of 30-year-old Victorian bride Kirsty Sherelle of her unlikely soul mate Tristan McArdle, 31.<\/p>\n
It turns out the pair had so much in common they married in a highly personalised, outdoor wedding inspired by adventure and nature on December 7, 2013.<\/p>\n
The travel-themed nuptials followed a race to propose in which Tristan came first but they were both the winner. On a 2012 adventure to Africa, they\u2019d separately planned to pop the question, with Kirsty teeing up a romantic end-of-trip dinner by the Zambezi River.<\/p>\n
It was Tristan\u2019s dizzying proposal that came first however, at a near 6000 metres above sea level, on top of Mount Kilimanjaro after a six-day hike. The thin air was not the only element making the lovebirds giddy that day.<\/p>\n
Surrounded by postcard-perfect scenery, Kirsty and Tristan exchanged handwritten vows at Victoria’s Cave Hill Creek, a school camp site they\u2019d both attended as kids, located between their hometowns Ballarat and Horsham. A nearby waterfall was chosen for a \u2018first-look\u2019 which \u201chelped us both to relax and made the rest of the day more enjoyable,\u201d says Kirsty.<\/p>\n
At the end of the reception in which 90 guests were treated to a sword-fight\/rumba mash-up, the exhilarated couple retreated to the honeymoon suite \u2013 a safari tent complete with fairy lights and a midnight picnic.<\/p>\n
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