Austinvilla Estate Wedding Photos
A hundred and ten acres of hinterland behind Mudgeeraba, a rainforest deck, and a homestead walled in glass
Austinvilla Estate is a private property on Austinville Road in the Gold Coast hinterland behind Mudgeeraba, 110 acres of green country and palms that couples take for the whole day. Ceremonies run on the Rainforest Deck, an open pavilion looking out over the hinterland, or in the all-weather Wedding Pavilion. The Homestead handles the reception: an open-plan room with exposed timber beams, chandeliers and floor-to-ceiling windows onto the hills. There is a pool, a fire pit and accommodation for up to 90 guests.
Veri photographed Tiffiny and Aaron’s wedding at Austinvilla from getting ready through ceremony, portraits and reception, all on the estate. With the accommodation right there, the morning was unhurried and the portraits could wait for the last light on the ridges rather than being squeezed in before the drive to a reception somewhere else.
Photographing a wedding at Austinvilla Estate
Hinterland afternoons are humid and the light goes gold quickly once the sun drops toward the range, so a four o’clock ceremony on the deck lands the couple in the best hour. The Homestead windows put the view behind the head table; we expose for the outside and let the chandeliers glow. The fire pit is the late-evening frame. The Wedding Pavilion means a summer storm changes nothing. The gallery above is Tiffiny and Aaron’s wedding.