Gracelands Forresters Beach Wedding
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Gracelands Forresters Beach wedding offers fun, relaxed yet stylish wedding reception perfect for all-inclusive wedding packages. Affectionately called ‘Gracie’ by the locals and located only 700 metres from Forresters Beach, their reputation for great food and customer service makes Gracelands one of Central Coast’s popular wedding venues. Meet our couples who chose Gracelands for their special day.
Tanysha and Matt
Tanysha and Matt's wedding was truly something special for us! We were there to capture Matt's proposal to Tanysha, and we go way back for their family photo while Tanysha was pregnant with their son, Harrison. We feel like part of their family and it was great to see familiar faces to celebrate Tanysha and Matt's happily ever after!
Courtney and Max
Courtney and Max’s Gracelands Forresters Beach wedding was filled with joy, laughter and positivity! Rain was predicted for their wedding day, but nothing could have dampened their perfect wedding. The rain held off while the cloudy skies only added some drama to their Central Coast’s wedding portrait at the Long Jetty.
Sometimes you meet a bunch of people that oozes warmth and fun, Courtney, Max and their wedding entourage are just that! From the moment I met Courtney at her bridal getting ready there was laughter all around. Their outdoor wedding ceremony was held in the charming courtyard garden of Gracelands and it was as lighthearted and relaxed as the couple themselves.
For weddings, Central Coast is one of my favourite wedding destinations as it offers a lot of different options and locations for wedding portraits. Courtney and Max’s wedding photographs were mainly taken at Long Jetty just when the clouds were rolling in. The couple just rolled with it, oblivious to the impending rain and the result were dramatic and emotive wedding photographs.
Long Jetty is a town that’s nestled between Tuggerah Lake and the beach south of The Entrance. I picked this location for their wedding portraits as it is not too far from Gracelands and because it was a perfect wet weather plan.
You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of this town as you would the more popular suburbs of Terrigal, Avoca and Copacabana. It’s slowly reinventing itself and fast becoming known as Sydney’s Newtown of Central Coast with great cafes and a bohemian vibe. Courtney & Max wanted a very personalised wedding experience and this guided their decision in choosing Gracelands for their wedding venue.
As for Tanysha and Matt, “we always wanted a ‘different’ wedding venue. Not just an ‘empty ballroom’ with some chairs and fairy lights. It was important to us that we could have an outdoor ceremony (with a backup option available in the case of bad weather) and an intimate reception space with a dance floor. Gracelands ticked every single box we had, and then ones we didn’t even know we wanted. It was the first and only venue we looked at. The moment we stepped inside, we knew it was the venue for us. We loved all of the different ‘breakout zones’ – lots of areas, comfy couches and little nooks for guests to relax in and enjoy. The entire room is filled with greenery, candles and fairy lights. The food is unlike any we’ve ever had, especially at a wedding.”
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