The 4WD Wedding

Re Axles "Is anything happening " post I think I have a subject that hasn't been explored fully.

Over the years we have attended several Bush theme 4wd weddings which have left some wonderful memories like one at Craigs hut before the political police arrived on the scene a decade ago.

I'd like to hear about special ones and the issues involved - because I can tell you we had a few real issues at our (Kids) one that couldn't be solved by locking the diffs and going for it.



So finally our turn had come and the kids recently got married at our 4wd bush property.
The choice of venue meant many guests could camp on site with tents or campers and avoid any 0.05 issues.
However it meant many who didn't even know dirt roads existed would have to be catered for !

As Exploroz is about the bush / 4wding / and exploring I will leave out the wedding photo's and say with on topic content.
(Apologies if this post seems a little disjointed)

2 days to go, and the big storm hit , rain flooded everything, helpers were abundant but no one was expecting mud and bogged cars.

Liberal use of snatch straps saw most vehicles recovered.

The huge marquee survived but with no drainage the 50mm of rain soaked the ground underneath.

We nearly lost the porta-loo truck as it skidded over the edge of a very wet track when the driver locked the brakes.







Tip for others doing weddings/event's in the bush - don't have long table cloths that touch the ground and act as a wick.

Wedding day - the Sun came out, and after a short discussion with the weather gods we agreed to except 24c , full sunshine and no wind.

Things were starting to look good and the ground was drying fast thanks to a last minute crushed rock overlay.

A local Koala even made an appearance to the delight of the crowd and 2 eagles actually flew to within 100ft of the food.
Unfortunately one of the guests hit and killed a Wombat - I had to remove it while half dressed for the wedding and it was amazing how heavy and tricky this was as you could not get a good grip of the poor things short hair.

Was interesting to see how over 100 guests tackled the narrow 10km bush drive up the hill to the event.

One had to be rescued just turning off the bitumem and 3 snatch rescues had to be done on those helping to setup.





Despite warnings , some drove to fast, throwings up sticks etc, others complained that their road cars bottomed out and some simply refused to drive off bitumem and had to be ferried.

The bride was ready but we had to wait for stragglers and then she then drove her self to the ceremony thru a beautiful canopy of green in a hired 4wd buggy.



We had erected some spare tents which worked out well , but not everybody woke up in there appointed place.

Another thing that was appreciated was that we got an extra portable toilet delivered and setup in the camping area.

One last tip - Elope !