Leonda By The Yarra · 2 Wallen Rd, Hawthorn VIC · Melbourne
Church & Cathedral Wedding · City: Melbourne · Venue: Leonda By The Yarra
Sandra and Thanh’s church wedding: the ceremony at St Anthony’s and the reception at Leonda By The Yarra in Hawthorn. Veri photographed the whole day; the gallery below is 366 frames in the order they happened.
Ceremony: St Anthony’s. Reception: Leonda By The Yarra, Hawthorn.
The gallery is the wedding day in full: 366 photographs in the order they happened, from the ceremony to the reception. A companion gallery from the same day is also in the archive.
Leonda by the Yarra is a riverside reception venue on Wallen Road in Hawthorn, about 4 km east of the Melbourne CBD. It sits on the bank of the Yarra with two pillar-free rooms, the Ballroom and the smaller Garden Room, both with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the water. A private courtyard planted with Australian natives and water features sits between the rooms and the river, and a private jetty lets couples or guests arrive by boat. It is run by Melbourne Event Group.
We have photographed and filmed weddings at Leonda over several years, going back to 2019. Ceremonies happen in the courtyard or indoors in the Marble Bar or the Garden Room, and a marquee can cover the whole courtyard if the forecast is poor. Because the river is right there, couples usually stay on site for portraits rather than driving into the city, which keeps the afternoon calm.
For Sandra and Thanh it was the reception venue; the day also took in St Anthony’s.