Little Cobden Down Under

Here Comes the Bride!

When we woke up the weather was sunny but not too hot. Perfect weather for a wedding. Early in the morning, we popped round to the bridegroom's house to wish him good luck. I took a photo of Mrs P and her mother-in-law on the balconey.

We had plenty of time to get ready as the wedding started at 4 o clock. A trolley bus came to pick us up at 3 o clock. Here we all are on the way to the wedding.

The church looked lovely when we got there and everyone looked very smart.

Here's Mrs P with her family and some friends.

Here's the groom and his best man waiting for the bride. The groom is from Skipton. It's like a little corner of Yorkshire here on the mountain!

And here's the bride and groom getting married.

The lady in the silver jacket is the marriage celebrant. In Australia, if you don't have a religious ceremony, you can be married by a celebrant who has trained to conduct marriage ceremonies. The celebrant here is the bride's aunty so it made the ceremony really nice and friendly.

Here's a better view of the bride's dress and bouquet. She had white roses in her bouquet because that's the flower of Yorkshire, where the groom was born.

Here's a picture of Chelsea with Maya, the flower girl. They became very good friends during the day of the wedding. Maya lives on the Gold Coast, which is not far from Brisbane and Chelsea sometimes comes to Brisbane for a visit so they are hoping to meet up again. Chelsea's grandma bought her dress for her in England when she was visiting in the summer.

Here I am sitting with the bride on the bridal party's table.

And here I am shaking hands with the groom and saying congratulations. That's what you do at weddings, you know. I'm becoming a very sophisticated bear now.

Here I am with my friend Chelsea. We're feeling a bit tired now because we've both been having a bit of a boogie!

Here's Chelsea's mum still dancing. We all thought her outfit was lovely.

Here's Mrs P's other son with one of his best friends from school. You can imagine what they were like when they were sitting together in class! There were lots of people from Yorkshire at the wedding and I think we all showed the Aussies that we know how to have a good time.