Laura & Ben

When Ben, originally from Queensland, met Laura who was from Victoria, at a house warming party in London, both knew they were smitten. “We were still talking away together at 7am the next morning, we suddenly realised that everyone else had gone home, and that was that, we were head over heels in love” said Laura.

Photography by Chesterton Smith Photography

After a romantic proposal on a seaside cliff in Portugal, Ben and Laura started wedding preparations from London. “We thought it would be difficult planning everything from overseas, but after deciding on gorgeous Maleny Manor to celebrate our wedding day our concerns were alleviated immediately. “The super organised Marlene from Maleny Manor took care of everything, she was truly a godsend” Laura exclaimed. Laura and Ben celebrated their wedding day with family and friends from all over the world, “ It was a magical day” said Laura. Ben got a wonderful surprise during the ceremony when Laura sang him a beautiful song that she had written especially for him. When asked what was the best part of the wedding day, both Laura and Ben in unison said “The Kiss!”. With special moments like this one has to believe that “love at first sight” is not just a fairytale.