{"id":193917,"date":"2014-02-18T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T02:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/toriy-graemes-fairytale-country-wedding-at-paronella-park\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:35:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T04:35:56","slug":"toriy-graemes-fairytale-country-wedding-at-paronella-park","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/toriy-graemes-fairytale-country-wedding-at-paronella-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Enchanted: Toriy &amp; Graeme&#8217;s fairytale country wedding at Paronella Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">On June 14, 2013, at the fairtytale country wedding of Toriy Durkin and Graeme Brooks, 58 guests stepped off a scenic bus ride into another world.<\/p>\n<p>Marvelling at its beauty, they\u2019d arrived at the historic Paronella Park: an enchanted oasis south of Cairns, created in the 1930s by Spanish dreamer Jos\u00e9 Paronella.<\/p>\n<p>Boasting lush tropical gardens, winding paths and majestic waterfalls, Toriy, 25 and Graeme, 26 were wowed by the park\u2019s star attraction \u2013 a Spanish Castillo \u2013 \u00a0the perfect backdrop before which to make their solemn promise on a warm winter\u2019s day.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Toriy and her bridal party had woken at first light to begin the preparations for the momentus event. The nearby farm-stay where they&#8217;d spent an excitable wedding day eve provided the first of many stunning backdrops for &#8220;amazing&#8221; photos by <a title=\"Azure Photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/WeddingPhotography\/Cairns\/AzurePhotography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In honour of the country theme, Toriy\u2019s white cowgirl boots got a look-in, partnered proudly with her Alfred Angelo satin and organza bridal gown. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always loved the country,&#8221; she says, &#8220;and wanted to incorporate a piece of me that everyone would remember.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Graeme on the other hand cut a dashing figure in a black tail coat to &#8220;fit in with the elegance and history of Paronella Park,&#8221; explains the bride.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_001\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_001.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_004\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_004.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_006\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_006.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_003\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_003.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_013\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_013.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"932\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_002\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_002.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_007\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_007.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_010\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_010.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"932\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The bridesmaids&#8217; royal blue chiffon and satin evening gowns were creations of Mr K and were a striking component of the event&#8217;s otherwise soft colour palette.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_009\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_009.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_004\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_004.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_014\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_014.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_011\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_011.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Toriy&#8217;s bouquet by I Do Flowers featured beautiful roses in pastel pink, ivory and champagne; feathers, and vintage lace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_012\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_012.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_013\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_013.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_018\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_018.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_017\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_017.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"932\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_016\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_016.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_017\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_017.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_021\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_021.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Celebrant <a title=\"Wayne Rees Civil Marriage Celebrant\" href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/MarriageCelebrant\/Cairns\/WayneReesCivilMarriageCelebrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wayne Rees<\/a> officiated the nuptials in what was a &#8220;light and upbeat&#8221; ceremony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_023\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_023.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"932\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_018\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_018.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_021\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_309_021.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"465\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_027\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_027.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_032\" src=\"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Toriy_Graeme_Country-Wedding_032.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To the couple&#8217;s surprise and delight, good friends Sinead and Hossam organised a surprise photo booth for the reception, held at Cairns Colonial Club Resort.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Photos courtesy of <a title=\"Azure Photography\" href=\"http:\/\/azurephotography.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Azure Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":158143,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6852],"au_real_wedding_tag":[6885,6948,6975,6989,6990,7145],"au_real_wedding_style":[],"au_real_wedding_location":[],"au_real_wedding_setting":[],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10572],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"class_list":["post-193917","au-real-wedding","type-au-real-wedding","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_real_wedding_category-6852","au_real_wedding_tag-azure-photography","au_real_wedding_tag-country-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-easy-weddings","au_real_wedding_tag-fairy-tale-wedding-2","au_real_wedding_tag-fairytale-wedding","au_real_wedding_tag-real-weddings","au_real_wedding_colour-blue-wedding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193917","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=193917"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=193917"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=193917"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=193917"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=193917"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=193917"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=193917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}