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A Promise 23 Years in the Making
(Cooyar, QLD – South Burnett Wedding Celebrant) Twenty-three years after a friend boldly scribbled across her Bon Jovi album “Tonia will...
John Carey - Celebrant
Oct 123 min read
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You can't hurry love!
If there is one thing in life we want to hurry, it is finding that one person we can love and be loved by, for life! We all know it is...
John Carey - Celebrant
Sep 18, 20232 min read
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Between Sunset and Sunrise a new journey begins!
The dawning of Australia Day 2023 was a little different! Eri and I participated in an elopement of two very special people - Rod and...
John Carey - Celebrant
Jan 26, 20231 min read
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"Dad hold my basket!"
The ceremony for Joe and Moriah at Dusty Hill Vineyard was always going to be a "show stolen" by their two adorable children! Beautiful...
John Carey - Celebrant
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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Everyone and every ceremony is special
All the moments that lead up to a couple exchanging vows are worth capturing in some way! Even those who present a calm exterior have...
John Carey - Celebrant
Aug 26, 20222 min read
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Words and how many are needed to wed!
Every couple I meet up with to help marry write a new chapter in my life's memoirs. Marrying people though, is never about me as the...
John Carey - Celebrant
Jul 1, 20222 min read
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Cyclones, Clouds and COVID were not invited!
Johnathan and Eloise's interstate wedding planning started midway through 2021 with fingers crossed tightly, that the Qld border would be...
John Carey - Celebrant
Jan 15, 20222 min read
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Rain..no problem!
Home for Keith and Kylie is near Barkers Creek, Nanango and anyone familiar with this location knows how quickly it can become an inland...
John Carey - Celebrant
Nov 28, 20211 min read
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You don't need to like the same music to make music!
Saturday just gone, polar opposites who have settled on "flying by the seat of your pants" to make your relationship work, married! I...
John Carey - Celebrant
Sep 26, 20212 min read
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Would you like some conversation with your salad choice?
Every couple's story is unique and over the many years I have shared the joy of marriage with couples, I have never grown tired of...
John Carey - Celebrant
Aug 15, 20211 min read
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Is there a path that leads to your centre?
Everyone approaches the place of ceremony in their lives in their own unique way! I love being a celebrant for this any many other...
John Carey - Celebrant
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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"Nicki" steals the show on their wedding day!
Can you imagine the emotional rollercoaster of combining a bucket list and your wedding planning? Sunday's wedding brought me face to...
John Carey - Celebrant
Feb 22, 20213 min read
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Want more pink hats or blue?
See that silly look on my face? It's the look a celebrant gets when that moment arrives in a ceremony when two special people slip the...
John Carey - Celebrant
Jan 31, 20212 min read
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Do you wake a sleeping carpet snake or just work around it? My 2020!
2020 for me has been a year of learning to live with the uncomfortable! My first wedding for 2020 was in the glorious Bunya Mountains! It...
John Carey - Celebrant
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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Destiny or coincidence?
Back before they were old enough to know much more than 1 + 1, Meagan and Kieran stood together in their primary school band photo! At...
John Carey - Celebrant
Nov 30, 20201 min read
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Google has never been to Paradise Creek, and now I know why!
I am a "country boy" by birth, and heart! Steph and Sam's opening line in their very helpful instructions to find their wedding venue was...
John Carey - Celebrant
Nov 23, 20202 min read
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Behind the scenes on 101020
The day began with a healthy application of 50+ sunscreen for this celebrant's fair Irish skin! Yes, with the slightest expression of...
John Carey - Celebrant
Oct 11, 20202 min read
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Would you drive "an Ancient Toyota" to your first date?
I smiled internally when Stephen and Amy shared the simplicity of their first date with me, because I to, also picked up my "Her Majesty"...
John Carey - Celebrant
Oct 5, 20202 min read
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He cried...
COVID-19 sank Kilah and Jack's original plans to gather their whole tribe together at their grandparents property to celebrate their...
John Carey - Celebrant
Sep 26, 20202 min read
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2020....you are quite something!
Here we are the second last day of August 2020, the beginning of the old normal's busy wedding season! Right? Well, sort of! 2020 is...
John Carey - Celebrant
Aug 30, 20202 min read
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