Austinvilla Estate wedding photos: Tiffiny and Aaron share a kiss beneath a sprawling old tree with misty green hills behind, Gold Coast
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Austinvilla Estate Wedding Photos: Tiffiny & Aaron

Austinvilla Estate · Austinville QLD · Gold Coast

Country Wedding · Rainforest Wedding · City: Gold Coast · Venue: Austinvilla Estate

Every guest dressed in white, a king protea bouquet with a tiny photo locket tied to its stems and a kiss under a chandelier with the rainforest framed behind. Tiffiny and Aaron’s Gold Coast hinterland wedding stayed at Austinvilla Estate in Mudgeeraba from the first brush of make-up to the last dance, with a tower of glazed donuts for a cake and sparklers lighting up their first dance on the deck. We loved every minute with this crew.

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Tiffiny laughs with her eyes closed in white pyjamas with navy piping as her make-up is brushed on before her country wedding.
Cream heels with a coin tucked inside rest beside her bouquet of king protea, blush roses and gum leaves, ready for a rainforest wedding.
A small gold locket holding an old black and white wedding photo is tied onto the bouquet stems with lace and soft ribbon.
A second locket with a vintage colour wedding portrait and a pearl hangs from the lace-wrapped stems on a rainforest wedding morning.
Tiffiny's engagement ring catches the window light as she holds the lace edge of her veil in her pyjamas at the rural estate.
Tiffiny laughs beside her lace gown hanging in the window of her suite at Austinvilla Estate.
A friend in white holds up a phone so a loved one on video call can join Tiffiny's laughing morning at the rainforest estate.
Hands work down the row of covered buttons on the lace back of Tiffiny's gown on the morning of her country celebration.
Tiffiny smiles down at her long lace sleeves as her maid of honour fastens the gown behind her.
Tiffiny stands under the white beamed ceiling of the Regal Suite while her maid of honour does up her gown.
A phone propped against a stack of old books shows two friends on video call sharing the bush wedding morning from afar.
Tiffiny laughs by sheer curtains with a white rose pinned in her hair and gum leaves spilling from her bouquet.
Tiffiny turns to smile in her lace gown on a patterned rug, bouquet and blush ribbon in hand, before her rainforest ceremony.
A friend clips a pearl earring in place while Tiffiny looks down, dried flowers tucked into her curls.
Tiffiny smiles over her shoulder, lace leaves scattered across her sheer sleeve and veil at the country estate.
Tiffiny throws her head back laughing with her bouquet as her maid of honour cracks up behind her, hours before the rainforest vows.
Tiffiny and her maid of honour sit on a leather couch with their bouquets beside a stone fireplace at Austinvilla.
Her maid of honour in a white tie-shoulder dress and pearl earrings smiles across at Tiffiny over the bouquets.
Tiffiny's engagement ring rests on the petals of a king protea among blush roses and baby's breath before her bush ceremony.
Tiffiny sits looking down at her bouquet of protea and roses in her suite on the morning of her rainforest wedding.
Seated in her lace gown with the bouquet on her lap, Tiffiny looks up and smiles before her rainforest ceremony.
An older loved one with short white hair and pearls pins a buttonhole on Aaron's pale blue jacket on the rainforest wedding morning.
Aaron stands between her dad and a man in a wide brimmed hat, all in white shirts with buttonholes, before the country ceremony.
Tiffiny stands with three women in white, one holding a toddler in pale blue, while a little girl peeks in from the side.
Tiffiny lines up with three friends in white tiered and lace dresses by a stone wall at Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba.
Her dad steps through the timber door and stops at the sight of Tiffiny, as a loved one in white throws up her hands.
Her dad closes his eyes and holds Tiffiny tight in a long hug while her maid of honour watches, moments before the rainforest wedding.
Tiffiny smiles cheek to cheek with a loved one in a white wrap and pearls on her rural wedding day.
Tiffiny and her dad stand together on the patterned rug in her suite, both dressed in white for the rainforest wedding.
Her dad beams beside Tiffiny in her lace gown, the sheer curtains glowing with soft country light behind them.
A life-size photo cut-out of a loved couple in a pale suit and white outfit waits on the verandah railing at Austinvilla Estate.
A life-size cut-out of an older couple stands at the railing as guests in white gather for the country wedding behind.
A life-size cut-out of a couple in a broad hat and floral dress leans on a verandah post facing the rainforest.
Tiffiny holds her king protea bouquet low and smiles, ready to walk out to her forest ceremony.
Aaron in a pale blue jacket waits with his best man beside the rose and gum leaf arch, rainforest trees behind.
The celebrant in a linen jacket opens the ceremony with his folder in hand beside the floral arch and tall forest.
Her maid of honour and a friend in white lead a toddler in pale blue down the gravel path past palms towards the rainforest pavilion.
Her dad walks Tiffiny down the gravel path under gums and palms at Austinvilla Estate in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Tiffiny smiles on her dad's arm along the white fenced path, a tall gum and palms rising over the country garden.
Aaron grins as her dad greets him at the arch before the rainforest, Tiffiny's lace back and veil in the foreground.
Aaron takes Tiffiny's hand from her dad while guests in white watch from the benches, rainforest hills beyond the railing.
Guests in white fill the benches of the Wedding Pavilion under an iron chandelier, the arch set against a wall of rainforest.
Tiffiny wipes away a happy tear during the vows, her hand in Aaron's, beside the gum leaf garland and green rainforest.
Guests in white sit on the benches with a little girl in pale blue on a lap, palms and forest-clad hills behind, at Austinvilla Estate.
A loved one in a white wrap and pearls smiles through the rainforest vows beside a guest with a pink buttonhole.
An older guest in long pearls and a woman in white lace listen closely to the country ceremony.
His best man in a white shirt smiles with his hands clasped by the signing table and a tall leafy plant.
The stone pillared Wedding Pavilion stands open among tall gums on the edge of the rainforest as Tiffiny and Aaron say their vows.
Aaron smiles at Tiffiny as he listens to her vows, the celebrant's folder open beside him.
A guest with a grey beard folds his arms and grins from the benches during the rainforest ceremony.
An older guest with short white hair, glasses and long pearls smiles up at the couple.
Her maid of honour holds Tiffiny's bouquet and listens to the vows with a gentle look.
A guest in white with gold hair clips watches the country ceremony while a toddler in pale blue stares at the camera.
A loved one in a white wrap and pearls sits on a white bench and smiles towards the couple in the bush setting.
Tiffiny laughs as she holds Aaron's hands under the iron chandelier at Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba, with rainforest behind the arch.
Tiffiny and Aaron share their first kiss under the rose and gum leaf arch against a backdrop of tall forest.
Guests in white clap as Tiffiny and Aaron kiss in the Wedding Pavilion, the arch framed by rainforest.
A guest livestreams the vows on her phone so loved ones far away can watch the country ceremony.
Tiffiny and Aaron hold hands and smile at each other under the floral arch, the forest soft behind them.
Guests in white throw petals from paper cones as Tiffiny and Aaron walk back up the aisle at Austinvilla.
Tiffiny laughs and Aaron grins as petals fly around them down the aisle after their rainforest wedding vows.
A friend in white wraps Tiffiny in a big hug on the lawn at Austinvilla Estate as guests gather under the gums.
Aaron shakes hands with a guest in sunglasses while Tiffiny smiles and guests raise their drinks on the bush lawn.
Tiffiny and Aaron pose at the arch with a life-size cut-out of an older couple, rainforest trees behind the deck.
Tiffiny and Aaron stand beside a cut-out of two loved ones in a pale suit and white at the arch at Austinvilla.
Laughing at the arch, Tiffiny and Aaron share a portrait with a life-size cut-out of a couple in a broad hat, the rainforest behind.
Every guest dressed in white lines up on the lawn in front of the white verandah and tall gums at Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba.
The whole crowd in white cheers with bouquets, drinks and a hat raised high on the country estate lawn.
Tiffiny and Aaron stand with her dad and two older loved ones in white beside the verandah, palms and bush hills beyond.
Tiffiny and Aaron pose with three loved ones in white on the lawn in front of the chandelier-lit verandah, the rainforest close by.
Tiffiny and Aaron stand with a bald guest in white and a loved one in a white wrap and pearls by the verandah.
Tiffiny and Aaron share a portrait with friends in a white shirt and a puff sleeve dress, palms and bush hills behind.
The best man and a friend hold a toddler in pale blue against the forest-clad ridge at Austinvilla Estate in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Two guests in white smile on the drive, a palm and green hills behind them on the country property.
Tiffiny and Aaron stand on the lawn with her maid of honour and his best man beside the verandah of the rainforest estate.
A couple of guests in a white shirt and a tiered white dress smile in front of the rainforest slopes at Austinvilla.
Two guests with beers throw an arm around each other at the timber bar, one in a wide brimmed hat.
Three women in white and pearls raise their champagne beside a wine sign on the timber bar under the gums at the rainforest estate.
Her dad shares a laugh with two loved ones in a white blazer and long pearls beside a lamp post.
Her dad and a man in a wide brimmed hat stand shoulder to shoulder in white shirts and buttonholes at the country reception.
A man in a broad hat and a loved one in a white wrap and pearls smile by a big gum trunk in the bush.
Two friends in a white jumpsuit and a white shirt stand on the timber deck beside a garden lamp in the bush setting.
Tiffiny and Aaron kiss in the open end of the Wedding Pavilion between white benches, the forest ranges beyond.
A bearded guest and a friend in a white puff sleeve dress stand by a gum trunk at the rainforest wedding.
Four loved ones in white, one in a broad hat, gather by the verandah lamp posts on the country lawn.
Tiffiny and Aaron stand under the gable and chandelier at Austinvilla Estate, palms and forest ridges behind.
Tiffiny glances down over her shoulder, lace sleeve and protea bouquet catching the soft country light.
Tiffiny laughs as she swings her bouquet and blush ribbons beside the pavilion post, rainforest hills soft behind the hedge.
The bridal party walks the gravel path away from the pavilion under a towering gum at Austinvilla.
His best man laughs with Aaron as they share a drink on the drive between two tall palms below a rainforest ridge.
Aaron and his best man clink bottles between the palms, the green forest valley at Austinvilla Estate in the Gold Coast hinterland behind.
Aaron and his best man stroll down the palm-lined drive laughing, a rainforest hill rising behind them.
Tiffiny looks back over her shoulder as she walks hand in hand with Aaron along the palm drive at Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba.
Aaron kisses Tiffiny's cheek on the lawn among palm trunks and a tall clipped hedge on the country estate.
Tiffiny and Aaron smile at each other under a spreading leafy tree with a row of palms behind on the rural estate.
Aaron kisses Tiffiny's forehead as she closes her eyes and holds her protea bouquet close in the rainforest hinterland.
Tiffiny and her maid of honour walk beside a tall clipped hedge at Austinvilla Estate, palms and a hazy mountain beyond.
Tiffiny and her maid of honour laugh at each other as they walk the hedge-lined path through the country grounds.
Tiffiny and her maid of honour throw their bouquets high in the air beside the hedge, forest hills behind.
Tiffiny and Aaron walk hand in hand across the high ground at Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba, towards a big old tree above the rainforest slopes.
Aaron kisses Tiffiny's temple while she smiles at the camera beneath a leafy tree in the bush.
Aaron leans in to kiss Tiffiny's temple, her eyes closed and smile soft, lace and roses filling the frame on the rainforest high ground.
Her maid of honour with her bouquet and his best man with two bottles grin on the lawn at the rainforest venue.
Tiffiny and Aaron stand on the lawn with her long train spread out before a wall of tall forest on the hilltop.
A breeze lifts Tiffiny's veil under the twisting branches as rainforest slopes roll away behind her at Austinvilla Estate in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Tiffiny smiles with her king protea and rose bouquet, the forest soft behind her on the country high ground.
Tiffiny and Aaron kiss beneath the big old tree on the hilltop, the bush falling away beyond.
Tiffiny and Aaron look tiny between two tall palms in front of a long clipped hedge at Austinvilla Estate with forest hills beyond.
The bridal party smiles on the garden path with the big tree and green rainforest hills behind.
Friends show off their new baby by the hedge with the forest-covered hills of Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba behind them.
Two guests in white tiered tops smile at a table during the relaxed country celebration.
Her maid of honour and three friends in white line up against a hedge with forest rising behind.
Tiffiny stands with a row of women in white, two holding babies, on the pool deck at Austinvilla, misty hills beyond.
Two friends wrap Tiffiny in a laughing hug on the timber pool deck above the rainforest garden.
Tiffiny covers her mouth laughing as two friends clown around with her by the glass railing of the Austinvilla Estate pool.
A friend in a floral skirt and white top laughs with Tiffiny on the deck, palms and the pool below the rainforest hills.
Tiffiny and a friend in a white jumpsuit stand together on the pool deck at Austinvilla Estate in the Gold Coast hinterland, misty forest behind.
Tiffiny holds Aaron's arm on the pool deck, the glass railing, palms and a misty rainforest hill behind.
Tiffiny closes her eyes and smiles with her forehead resting against Aaron on the deck in the bush.
A tower of glazed donuts topped with a small white cake stands on a wine barrel before glass doors etched with the Austinvilla Estate logo.
A guest in a white shirt smiles as he speaks into the microphone during the country reception speeches.
A guest with a buttonhole pauses mid speech, microphone in hand, behind the greenery on the table at the rainforest wedding.
Tiffiny and Aaron sit in two big peacock chairs at the head of the table in the Homestead.
Her dad smiles at the table beside a laughing loved one in pearls, exposed brick and barrels behind at the bush reception.
His best man leans in to chat with a laughing Aaron in his peacock chair at the rainforest reception.
Two guests in white shirts sit arm in arm at the long timber table by the big windows looking out to the rainforest.
Tiffiny and an older loved one in glasses and pearls turn from their timber chairs to smile at the country reception.
Tiffiny and Aaron stand with six friends in white on the Rainforest Deck under tree lights after dark.
Two older loved ones in white linen and long pearls stand together under festoon bulbs in the reception room of the rainforest estate.
Guests laugh around the table as a woman in white talks from a peacock chair on the rainforest night.
Tiffiny and Aaron cut into the donut tower cake at the long timber table at Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba.
A friend in a lace-trimmed white top and his best man laugh at the table with a beer as the country night rolls on.
Guests crack up at the speeches beneath big LOVE letters and a dance floor chalkboard on the brick wall of the country reception room.
An older loved one in glasses and the loved one in pearls laugh together at the table beside the brick wall in the rainforest venue.
Her maid of honour smiles beside a curly haired guest as they listen to the speeches on the rainforest wedding night.
His best man gives his speech with microphone and notes in hand at Austinvilla Estate.
A guest in white laughs at the table as the speeches roll on at the country wedding reception.
Tiffiny touches Aaron's arm and smiles as they sit in their peacock chairs at the timber table in the bush.
Guests at the long table laugh hard at the speeches, one with his hand on his chest, at the rainforest wedding.
A guest bites her hand laughing as the table roars at a speech among fairy lights and lanterns at the rustic country reception.
A guest in a white vest throws her head back laughing as friends at the country celebration join in.
Tiffiny and Aaron smile across the long timber table from their peacock chairs on a dark forest night.
Guests in white line the long timber table under a crystal chandelier and fairy lights in the Homestead.
Tiffiny laughs from her peacock chair as guests at the long table listen to the speeches in the bush.
Tiffiny and Aaron double over laughing in their peacock chairs as her maid of honour stands by with a drink on the rainforest night.
Tiffiny laughs as Aaron gives his speech with a microphone and a drink at the rustic timber bar of the rainforest estate.
Guests in white hold sparklers in a circle as Tiffiny and Aaron share their first dance on the Rainforest Deck.
Her maid of honour laughs as she dances with his best man while guests wave sparklers in the country night.
Tiffiny smiles over Aaron's shoulder during their first dance, guests holding sparklers behind them in the forest dark.
Tiffiny pulls a guest in white in for a spin on the deck at Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba, under festoon lights in the bush.
The wedding story

Our Austinvilla Estate wedding photos: a white dress code, vows under a chandelier and sparklers on the Rainforest Deck

Getting ready at the estate · Ceremony in the Wedding Pavilion · Everyone in white on the lawn · Palms, hedges and the hilltop tree · Donut tower and speeches · Sparklers on the Rainforest Deck

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Pyjamas and a photo locket

We found Tiffiny in white pyjamas with navy piping, laughing through her make-up with the morning light pouring in. Her gown hung in the window behind sheer curtains, and she stood back to look at it with her hands on her hips. Then we went hunting for details: a small locket with a photo inside, wrapped onto the bouquet stems with lace, and a phone propped against a stack of old books, two friends grinning from the screen so they could share the morning. Little things like these tell the story of a day as much as any portrait.

Lace sleeves and a king protea

Into the dress: long lace sleeves, a sweep of tulle and a veil pinned into her curls. A bridesmaid did up the earrings while Tiffiny looked down and smiled, and a moment later the two of them were in fits of laughter. Her bouquet was a big, loose bunch of blush roses, gum leaves and one magnificent king protea, so we shot it close with her engagement ring resting on the petals. By the window she turned to us with the flowers held low, the soft side light picking out every lace leaf on her sleeves.

Her dad at the door

The bridesmaids gathered round in white, one holding a little one in pale blue and another little one tucked in at the front. Then the door opened and her dad stepped in. He stopped, took one look at Tiffiny and beamed, while a loved one in white behind him threw her hands up in delight. We stayed back for that moment, because a first reaction needs space more than direction. He stood beside his daughter for a portrait, and outside the guests were already arriving along the verandah, every one of them dressed in white or cream.

Down the palm-lined path

The celebrant waited in the Wedding Pavilion beside a tall arch of blush roses and greenery, folder in hand. Tiffiny’s dad walked her along the gravel path between palms and tall gums, the white fence and clipped hedges beside them, and she was smiling the whole way. Aaron, in a pale blue jacket, met them at the front and shook her dad’s hand. Guests sat on white benches in their white outfits, so the whole pavilion glowed. A white dress code is a gift for photographs: nothing clashes, and the flowers become the only colour.

A kiss under the chandelier

The pavilion is open at the far end, so the arch stands against a wall of rainforest and hills. Tiffiny read her vows to Aaron, a bridesmaid in white held her bouquet and listened with a hand on her heart, and an older guest in the front row could not stop smiling. When the kiss came, the guests clapped and we stood at the back of the aisle to keep the iron chandelier, the benches, the arch and the trees in one frame. Then a loved one rushed in for the first hug of many.

Everyone in white on the lawn

At the arch, a life-size photo cut-out of two loved ones joined Tiffiny and Aaron for a portrait, which made everyone laugh and pulled at a few hearts. Then we walked out onto the lawn in front of the white verandah and lined up every guest for one big group, all in white under a clear sky. Families followed in the shade of the verandah, then friends with drinks in hand, one in a broad-brimmed hat. Doing the big group first, while everyone is still close by, is the fastest way to free up the rest of the afternoon.

Palms, hedges and a hilltop tree

For bridal party portraits we walked down the lawn from the pavilion. Aaron and his best man strolled along the drive between the palms with the green ridges behind, Tiffiny and Aaron stole a kiss among the palm trunks, and Tiffiny and her maid of honour walked along a tall clipped hedge before throwing their bouquets in the air. Then we climbed to a big old tree on the hill. A breeze lifted Tiffiny’s veil while the forested slopes rolled away behind her, and Aaron kissed her under the long, twisting branches.

Close, then by the pool

We moved in tight for a few quiet frames: Aaron kissing Tiffiny’s temple, her eyes closed, the lace and roses filling the edges of the picture. A long lens from a few metres away lets a couple forget we are there. On the way back, friends showed off a new baby by the hedge, and the bridesmaids posed on the timber deck by the pool in their white dresses, glass railing and palms behind. Tiffiny and a friend in a white jumpsuit finished with a hug on the deck. Our favourite Austinvilla Estate wedding photos came from this easy hour.

Donuts, speeches and sparklers

Inside, the cake was a tower of glazed donuts stacked on a wine barrel with a small white cake on top, fairy lights glowing behind it. Tiffiny and Aaron sat in two big peacock chairs at the head of the long timber tables, and the speeches had the whole room laughing, Tiffiny with her hand over her mouth at one point. After dark, the first dance moved out to the Rainforest Deck, where guests held sparklers in a circle around them. Then Tiffiny pulled one of the guests in for a spin and the party began.

Photographer's venue notes

Austinvilla Estate, Mudgeeraba: a pavilion ceremony in white, hilltop portraits and sparklers on the deck

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The whole day on one property

Tiffiny and Aaron never needed a car. Tiffiny got ready in the Regal Suite, where the white beamed ceiling and sheer curtains gave us soft, even window light, and the leather couch by the stone fireplace made a cosy corner for her and her maid of honour. From there it was a short stroll down the gravel path to the Wedding Pavilion, then out to the lawn by the verandah for groups, along the palm drive and up to the hilltop tree for portraits. Dinner and speeches filled the Homestead, and the first dance stepped outside onto the Rainforest Deck.

Afternoon sun and misty ridges

The vows fell in the early afternoon under a clear sky, which means bright, hard light on any open lawn. The pavilion roof solved that for us: faces sat in open shade while the far end glowed with rainforest, so we exposed for skin and let the greenery run a touch bright. Families went into the shade of the verandah for the same reason. By the time we climbed to the high ground the sun had eased and a soft haze hung over the forest ridges, giving the hilltop frames their layered depth. After dark, festoon bulbs and tree lights carried the deck.

Where we stood for the portraits

On the palm drive we stood well back and shot along the line of trunks, so the palms framed Aaron and his best man on both sides and the green ridge filled the gap between them. The tall clipped hedge is a clean, dark wall that makes white dresses pop, which is why we chose it for the bouquet throw. Up at the old tree we placed the couple under the branches with the slope dropping away, then simply waited for the breeze. On the pool deck, the glass railing kept the misty hills open behind the girls in white.

Ideas to borrow from Tiffiny and Aaron

Asking every guest to wear white paid off twice: the big lawn group read as one calm block, and the blush roses and king protea did all the colour work. If you are bringing life-size cut-outs of loved ones who cannot be there, stand them on the verandah railing where guests see them on arrival, then carry them to the arch for portraits straight after the kiss. And hand the sparklers around before the first dance begins, so the circle is already glowing when you step out onto the deck.

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