A great night the night before at 'The Stump' hotel, a highlight being my brother 'Dirty' and a good mate Laney feeding the video jukebox with 50 repeats of "Locomotion" by Kylie Minogue, which was a hit at the time.
I remember being at the bar with Dirty ordering a drink when the song came on yet again.
The barman just groaned, "Oh &*^%, not again!!", to which Dirty replied, "Yep, and only 36 more to go!!".
With that the barman went and unplugged the jukebox and cancelled out all remaining credits.
The next day was fairly slow ( for me, not so much for Jen who was probably flat out!).
After a casual lunch at one of the pubs, we had a lazy swim in the motel pool. As the wedding was at 4.00, we decided at about 3.00 that we should start getting ready, so the groomsmen and I showered, donned our suits and we were there with loads of time to spare.
All went well, we remembered what to say and what to do, except that Jen signed as a witness rather than as the Bride.
Does that make it legal??
Getting the job done.
Bill Carnie, yours truly, Daryl 'Raj' Rathjen and Mick Chalkley. Three of the greatest friends one could ask for.
The photos got taken, and a few months after the wedding we tried to organise our album, only to find that the photographer was untraceable. We tried every avenue, but could not find him anywhere, so we were left with just our proofs, and did not get the album done. At least with technology these days we can get it done, but still haven't!!
The reception went well, despite running out of beer, TWICE !!!!! Apparently the Port Fairy wedding caterers did not expect so much beer to be drunk.
The Bridal Waltz, the part we were dreading also seemed to pass without incident, and in the video you cannot even see me counting the steps!!!!
After a great night with family and friends, we took off early the next morning for a week in Hahndorf, South Australia for a well earned rest.
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