Author: cpiwr

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text css=""]Enquiring with a celebrant shouldn’t feel like a big step. But for a lot of couples, it does. Not because you’re unsure about getting married. But because you’re...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text css=""]This might be the most useful thing you read while choosing a celebrant. Because not every celebrant is right for every couple. And honestly? That’s a good...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text css=""]Let’s simplify this. If you’re getting married in Australia, you need to lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM). It sounds official. It is official. But it’s also one...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text css=""]If you’ve started Googling “legal requirements to get married in Victoria”, you’ve probably already noticed that the information is technically clear . . . but...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text css=""]Choosing a celebrant shouldn’t be hard. But somehow, it is. You scroll through websites. Everyone sounds nice. Everyone says they’re “warm, professional and personalised”. And yet . . . you’ve...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text css=""]Let’s be honest. If you’ve been to a few weddings, you’ve probably sat through at least one ceremony thinking: “Is this . . . it?” Same script. Same...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has published the latest statistics on marriages and divorces in Australia. There are some interesting trends beginning to show up in an industry that, traditionally, has been laden...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The laws and regulations, traditions and rituals associated with marriage vary from one country to another. It’s this that gives the institution of marriage a richness and history shared by no other equivalent societal...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text](Note – The following is a broad overview of the law in relation to the topics mentioned. It is and should not be treated as a...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_top="0" background_color="#ffffff" padding_bottom="15" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation="" el_class="content_extrt"][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="transparent" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text][dropcaps color='#000' background_color='#fff' border_color='' type='square']P[/dropcaps]roposing marriage with a ring dates back to the ancient Romans. While the material and cost of a ring have fluctuated over...