the cove wedding

cat & zach

What do the best experiences have in common?

Connection (to each other). Disconnection (from the world at large). A sense of surprise. Of presence. Of wonder. Being ever so slightly pushed out of your comfort zone. 

Cat & Zach met in the office. Sparks flew (in one direction). Cat began nursing a crush that grew so large it threatened to consume her. Deciding late one night on a work trip that discretion was not the better part of valour, she arose from bed, knocked on Zach's door & respectfully but with no equivocation told him she was very interested, & he could do with that information what he will.

Zach - as many intelligent, emotionally perceptive & successful men are - was completely blindsided - if wholly interested. They worked together, he thought it best to go slow. So slow they went.

For a week.

And then.

Over 36 questions (or perhaps a few shy) to fall in love, they fell in love. Slowly, at first, & then all at once.

After a few years, a worlds worth of questions & a growing family they set about planning a weekend that mimicked their story thus far. A 3 day, Wes Anderson inspired affair, designed to give an experience like no other.

Picture.

A long drive down a dirt road. 15 minutes in, sunlight glinting through the gums, you notice your reception is gone. You check in to your room & head to dinner where you sit at an arranged place - away from anyone you know - where you are fed, wined, & directed to open a pack of cards & answer the very same questions they fell in love over. You spend the next 2 days eating, dancing, drinking & celebrating, cementing old ties & forming new ones, as kids and kangaroos alike run roughshod through it all with nothing but joyful chaos & the next meal on their minds.

The Kitschkes. Living in the present moment. Creating a 3 day playground for the young & young at heart. Fostering connection. Gifting experience. Asking good questions. And forever falling more in love.

It takes a village to pull this off.

Planning / production maestros - @placeoflb

Catering - @aplenty

Venue - @thecovejervisbay

Florals - @muckfloral

Hire - @simplyseated

Celebrant - @nadinebush

Bar - @henryclivecaravanbar

HMU - @katiemooremakeup

Enjoy

Dane

 

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