Russo Estate · 760-818 Holden Rd, Diggers Rest VIC · Melbourne
Church & Cathedral Wedding · Garden Wedding · Winery & Vineyard Wedding · City: Melbourne · Venue: Russo Estate
Bernadette and Shaun’s church wedding day: the ceremony at St Mary’s and the reception at Russo Estate in Diggers Rest. The gallery below is 53 frames, in the order they happened.
Ceremony: St Mary’s. Reception: Russo Estate, Diggers Rest.
The gallery is the wedding day in full: 53 photographs in the order they happened, from the ceremony to the reception. A companion gallery from the same day is also in the archive.
Russo Estate is a family-owned winery and restaurant on Holden Road at Diggers Rest, in the Sunbury district north-west of Melbourne. The restaurant opened in 2016 and the estate grows Pinot Noir, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. Ceremony spots are spread around the grounds: a four-tier waterfall, arches in the garden and the wine garden, and a spot under a big gum tree, with a marquee option that looks over the waterfall. Receptions seat up to about 300.
Veri has photographed two weddings at Russo Estate: Kirsty and Brendan’s, and Loren and Tim’s, both with the ceremony and reception on the estate. The grounds are the appeal for a photographer, with wetlands, grasses and open country around the vines and mountains in the distance, so the portraits can move from the water to the rows without a car. The reception rooms are built to bring that outlook inside.
For Bernadette and Shaun it was the reception venue; the day also took in St Mary’s.