Boat Harbour Beach Wedding Photos
White sand between two dark headlands, water in every blue, and a surf club right on the beach.
Boat Harbour Beach is a small seaside hamlet on Tasmania’s north-west coast, about 15 km west of Wynyard and an hour’s drive west of Devonport. The beach is a sheltered curve of white sand between two rocky headlands, with water that shifts through several shades of blue, and Rocky Cape National Park begins just along the coast. The locality was once called Jacobs’ Boat Harbour after a Van Diemen’s Land Company sea captain who worked this coast from the late 1820s.
Veri photographed Jenna and Zach’s bridal party portraits here on their Tasmanian wedding day. Jenna got ready at a house in nearby Wynyard, the party came down to the beach for portraits, and the wedding itself was at Country Harbour Garden Cottages near Launceston. It is a long drive between the two, and the beach was worth it.
Photographing a wedding at Boat Harbour Beach
The headlands at either end give you a wall of dark rock to put the party against, and the sand is pale enough to bounce light back under hats and veils on a bright day. Late afternoon is kinder than midday. The surf club sits right on the beach, so it is the practical place to gather everyone, and the rock pools at low tide are worth the walk. The gallery above is Jenna and Zach’s wedding, with their portraits on this beach.