{"id":15877,"date":"2020-04-17T12:52:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T12:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baylymoore.com\/?page_id=15877"},"modified":"2024-02-01T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T23:02:23","slug":"anastasia-damien-bruny-island-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.baylymoore.com\/elopements\/anastasia-damien-bruny-island-tasmania\/","title":{"rendered":"Anastasia + Damien | Bruny Island, Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Anastasia and Damien, two incredibly talented Sydney creatives, pitched us their idea of eloping in a wild corner of Tasmania\u2019s Bruny Island we were like \u2018HELL YES\u2019 and pretty much danced around the studio for days. These two glorious humans – one of them a genius photographer with a passion for all things analog, and the other one an absurdly gifted mural artist and all round raconteur – are our kinda people, and it\u2019s a huge honour to get to be alongside fellow artists at such an important time in their lives.<\/p>\n

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Fast forward a few months, a couple of flights, a long drive and a wild ferry ride, and before you know it we\u2019re driving down the dirt road to Sheepwash Bay on a stormy Tasmanian winter\u2019s day. One of the beautiful things about an elopement is the complete lack of any stress or urgency – even in the face of crazy weather. We hung out by the fire in Nastia and Damien\u2019s lil off-the-grid shack while it poured outside and we figured out a plan for the next couple of days. Go on an adventure to a lighthouse, pick some flowers, prep a few things and wait for the celebrant to show up with a cake that their friends made. Game on.<\/p>\n

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Two days later we were back in the shack alongside D&A as they opened hand-written letters from their parents, cried over beautiful memories, and got ready together before the ceremony. A small wooden shack, by a wild bay, with a roaring fire, coffee on and the most beautiful storm raging outside. Maria the celebrant showed up (bringing the most beautiful cake you can imagine), we picked a gap in the weather, dashed down to a rocky beach and magic unfolded. And just as they took their first steps together on a blanket that Nastia had made with her mum, the heavens opened up in a perfect downpour – picture us sheltering under a giant gum tree, drinking champagne out of hand-made mugs with Mikey the dog trying to get in on the action.<\/p>\n

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Perfection.<\/p>\n

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We all dried out with an indoor feast by the fire and then we faded away into the night. Two days later we found each other in a crowd of thousands of people gathered around a giant blazing paper m\u00e2ch\u00e9 parrot at Dark Mofo in Hobart and shared beers and left-over wedding cake (smuggled in by Nastia) in the middle of the craziest arts festival in the world.<\/p>\n

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And THAT is pretty much why you elope. Because you make friends for life.<\/p>\n

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