For couples planning a small wedding with their favourite people, in a backyard, a little venue, or down by the beach. A heartfelt, relaxed ceremony for up to 20 guests, with everything legal sorted and nothing extra you don't need.
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A micro wedding sits between an elopement (just the two of you) and a traditional wedding (the whole guest list with the buffet). Small enough that you actually talk to every guest, big enough that the people who really matter are in the room. For a lot of couples, it's the wedding that fits their actual life.
I love writing micro weddings. They tend to be more emotional than bigger ceremonies because there's nowhere for the focus to wander. Twenty people, full attention, hearing the actual words. The ceremony lands harder when there's no production around it.
The smallness opens up where you can have it. With 20 guests you don't need a function room set for a hundred; you need a beautiful spot for the ceremony and somewhere nearby for everyone to keep celebrating. That's a much easier brief, and it gets you into venues a bigger wedding can't.
The micro weddings I've celebrated have happened in restaurant function rooms (private dining, no aisle needed), at small boutique venues, on quieter stretches of beach at sunrise or golden hour, in private backyards and holiday-house gardens, and up in the hinterland where the rainforest does most of the styling for you. Anywhere with seating for 20 and a clear patch for the ceremony itself works.
Home is Casuarina, so most micro weddings I celebrate are on the Tweed Coast and southern Gold Coast. I also travel further afield to Byron Bay, the Gold Coast Hinterland, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast; a small per-kilometre travel fee applies to anywhere outside my local zone, always quoted upfront.
A small ceremony isn't a smaller wedding. It's the same vows, the same paperwork, the same legal weight. Just less production around it.
A ceremony written from scratch around your story, all the legal paperwork (Notice of Intended Marriage through to BDM lodgement), unlimited contact with me in the lead-up, and any small rituals (sand ceremony, handfasting, ring warming) at no extra cost. I arrive about 30 minutes before, calmly run the ceremony (20 to 25 minutes), sign the paperwork, and you leave legally married.
The Micro package starts at $750. Full pricing across all four packages is on the packages page.
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Send me your date, rough guest count, and where you're picturing. I'll confirm I'm available and we'll have a short chat about what you want the ceremony to feel like.
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At least one calendar month before the day, we complete your Notice of Intended Marriage. From there I write the ceremony around your story and send drafts for you to revise.
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I arrive 30 minutes early, calmly run the ceremony, sign all the paperwork, and you leave legally married. Total on-site time: about 90 minutes.
There's no official definition, but in practice anything from about 5 to 20 guests. Smaller than that and you're closer to an elopement; larger and you're moving into the Personalised Ceremony territory where a PA system becomes useful. The Micro Wedding package fits the sweet spot of small but still feeling like a proper wedding.
Absolutely. Beach micro weddings are some of the most popular in this region. Just remember a beach permit is required for Gold Coast beaches (Byron's is similar), and wind can make audibility tricky. If your beach is exposed, the Personalised Ceremony with PA might serve you better.
The Micro package starts at $750. Travel is included across my local zone (southern Gold Coast down to Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads); beyond that it's $1 per kilometre round trip from my base in Casuarina. Bilingual English/Spanish moments are included at no charge; if you'd like the full ceremony delivered in both languages, that's quoted on request.
Mainly guest count. An elopement is typically just the two of you with two witnesses. A micro wedding has a small intentional guest list (5 to 20). The ceremony format is similar but micro weddings tend to have a bit more structure (processional, vows, ring exchange) where elopements often skip the formalities.
If you need a PA, the cleanest option is to upgrade to the Personalised Ceremony package from $990, which includes an audio system. Adding an audio system as an extra to the Micro package usually costs about the same difference once setup is included, so the Personalised Ceremony ends up being the simpler call.
Send me your date, rough guest count, and venue idea. I'll come back with availability.
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