Baxter Barn wedding photos: Mitch dips Ashleigh for a kiss on a sunlit clearing under pine branches with bushland behind them, Mornington Peninsula
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Baxter Barn Wedding Photos: Ashleigh & Mitch

Baxter Barn · 85 Sages Rd, Baxter VIC · Melbourne

Country Wedding · Heritage & Historic Venue Wedding · Region: VIC - Mornington Peninsula · City: Melbourne · Venue: Baxter Barn

A red Kombi in the driveway, four bridesmaids in navy and a spring sun that caught every petal of confetti. Ashleigh and Mitch’s Baxter Barn wedding on the Mornington Peninsula ran from vows beneath a vine-draped pergola to bridal party high kicks in the paddock, then into the fairy-lit barn for speeches, dancing and a bouquet toss that turned into a scrum. They left through a tunnel of sparklers, and we loved every minute of it.

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A couple in casual clothes talk by a fence post in a sunny country paddock where white goats rest on the grass.
Two wedding rings, one gold and one with a fine diamond band, rest on Ashleigh and Mitch's invitation before their Mornington Peninsula wedding.
Black gift boxes lettered with each groomsman's name, Mitch's in gold, with a small box of cufflinks set on top.
Gold lettered HERS and HIS glasses stand beside a fragrance box and an engraved timber ring box on the table.
Groomsmen help each other with their ties beside a bright window as the boys get ready on the Mornington Peninsula.
Mitch grins as a groomsman settles the jacket on his shoulders, a white pocket square neatly folded.
Mitch smiles from an armchair in black and white, his slim black tie held with a silver tie bar.
Mitch and his groomsmen raise glasses of red to the sky, seen from below against a gum tree and grey clouds.
Groomsmen hitch up their black trouser legs on the lawn to show off bright novelty socks.
Mitch and four groomsmen in dark suits show off their socks against a weathered paling fence, drinks in hand.
Mitch laughs with his groomsmen by the paling fence, each holding a drink on his Mornington Peninsula wedding morning.
Mitch listens to a groomsman's story over a glass of red, a neat white pocket square in his black suit.
Mitch and his four groomsmen line the driveway in front of a red and white Kombi tied with white ribbon.
A groomsman gestures mid-story as Mitch laughs beside the red Kombi, its white ribbon trailing over the windscreen.
Mitch and a groomsman in a grey suit stand arm in arm before the Kombi's round VW badge, ready for the Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
Mitch and a groomsman with a navy tie grin side by side in front of the ribboned red van on the driveway.
Mitch stands with a smiling groomsman by the red and white van as a white ribbon sweeps across its nose.
Mitch poses beside a tall groomsman in charcoal, the van's bright red paint behind their dark suits.
A big grin from Mitch as a groomsman puts an arm around him in front of the van on a Mornington Peninsula morning.
Mitch and a bearded groomsman in a grey suit stand tall by the Kombi's white bumper, both smiling at the camera.
Mitch and a groomsman bump fists in front of the red Kombi, both grinning for the camera.
Drinks in hand, Mitch and his groomsmen wait on the driveway under a grey sky before heading off to the ceremony.
Mitch points at the camera beside the vintage red and white Kombi, white ribbons tied across its front.
Mitch in dark sunglasses and a slim black tie stands before the van, ready to leave for his Mornington Peninsula wedding.
Ashleigh's fitted lace gown hangs in a wide window above a timber deck, with gum trees and lawn beyond.
A white hanger lettered with Ashleigh's name holds the lace bodice of her gown on a blush pink box.
Ashleigh's halo engagement ring rests among soft white blooms and green buds in her Mornington Peninsula wedding bouquet.
A perfume bottle with a black bow, a rose gold bracelet and two lace garters, one with a navy bow, laid on her veil.
Ashleigh's blush T-bar heeled sandals with a rose gold band sit on the soft tulle of her veil.
Her bouquet of a pale king protea, white roses and gum leaves rests on a round timber table by sheer curtains.
A flower girl in a gold sequinned top and navy sash looks up as a necklace is fastened before the Mornington Peninsula wedding.
Ashleigh in white satin pyjamas raises a glass with her four bridesmaids in matching black sets by the curtains.
The girls clink champagne flutes around Ashleigh, all smiles in satin pyjamas, hers white and theirs black.
Arms linked, the bridesmaids turn to show the Bride's Squad lettering on their black pyjama shirts beside Ashleigh.
In her robe and long veil, Ashleigh sits legs crossed on a chair by the window, smiling as she reads a card.
Ashleigh looks to the window in profile as her lace gown is fastened on her Mornington Peninsula wedding morning.
A bridesmaid in navy fastens the back of Ashleigh's cap sleeve lace gown as she adjusts her hair.
Ashleigh breaks into a wide smile while bridesmaids in navy finish buttoning her lace gown.
Seated in her lace gown, Ashleigh slides a lace garter up her leg beside the sheer white curtains.
Ashleigh's blush heeled sandals peek out from the scalloped lace hem and tulle train of her gown.
Four bridesmaids in navy fuss over Ashleigh's gown and spread her long veil across the carpet before the Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
Ashleigh and her bridesmaids burst out laughing as the last of her lace gown is fastened.
Ashleigh slips her halo engagement ring back onto her finger, pale nails catching the window light.
Ashleigh stands side on to a curtained window, the light tracing her lace gown and veil, on her Mornington Peninsula wedding day.
In black and white, Ashleigh glances down over her shoulder, bouquet held low against the backlit curtains.
Ashleigh draws back the sheer curtain to look outside, her veil falling over the lace buttons down her back.
Ashleigh looks back over her shoulder in black and white, her long veil and lace train pooling on the floor.
Ashleigh gazes out of the window holding her king protea bouquet with white roses against her lace bodice.
Seated on a cushioned bench, Ashleigh rests her pale king protea bouquet in her lap and smiles softly.
Ashleigh stands among her four bridesmaids in navy, each holding a protea bouquet, as the Mornington Peninsula wedding nears.
Ashleigh and her bridesmaids hold their protea bouquets out to the camera, their faces softly blurred behind the flowers.
Ashleigh smiles beside a blonde bridesmaid in navy holding a bouquet of blush roses and greenery.
Ashleigh and a bridesmaid with a braided ponytail grin at each other over their bouquets.
Ashleigh and a bridesmaid in a navy halter dress pose shoulder to shoulder, protea bouquets held side by side.
A bridesmaid in navy laughs out loud as Ashleigh glances down at her king protea bouquet.
A blonde bridesmaid with a pink protea bouquet stands close to Ashleigh as they get ready on the Mornington Peninsula.
Ashleigh grins with a fair-haired bridesmaid, their two protea bouquets filling the lower half of the frame.
Ashleigh poses with a platinum blonde bridesmaid, their bouquets of cream, blush and greenery side by side.
Ashleigh looks up at her braided bridesmaid with a wide smile, bouquets held low between them.
Ashleigh and her four bridesmaids in navy line up by the window, every bouquet built around a protea, ahead of the Mornington Peninsula vows.
A flower girl in gold sequins leans in to sniff Ashleigh's king protea while the page boy in a waistcoat watches closely.
Ashleigh touches her cheek and the page boy mirrors her, the flower girl smiling beside the protea bouquet.
Ashleigh kneels between the flower girl and the page boy, who pulls a cheeky face beside her bouquet.
The page boy hides a grin behind his hand as Ashleigh and the flower girl in cream tulle share a laugh.
Ashleigh kneels on the carpet with the flower girl in gold sequins and the page boy in a bow tie, all three smiling.
A timber welcome sign on an easel greets guests on the lawn at Baxter Barn, flower beds of the heritage garden behind it.
Ashleigh smiles from the seat of a purple convertible, her bouquet in her lap, as she arrives for her Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
Ashleigh steps out of the purple convertible onto the farm grass at Baxter Barn in Baxter as her veil is gathered behind her.
Two flower girls in gold sequins and cream tulle hold woven baskets perfectly still on the grass of the historic farm.
The flower girls hold hands as the page boy links arms with them, bridesmaids waiting behind for the country ceremony to begin.
The page boy rests his head on a flower girl's shoulder in the sunshine, both grinning at the camera.
Ashleigh stands arm in arm with her dad by an old fence post at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, a country lane behind.
Ashleigh laughs out loud beside her dad, who wears a light blue tie and a rosebud buttonhole, on the heritage grounds.
Mitch waits at the front with his groomsmen against a wall of green vines, a white rose pinned to his lapel.
A singer and a guitarist in sunglasses play for arriving guests on the country lawn of the Sages Cottage grounds, tall trees shading the hedges.
A jar posy of cream roses, pink blossom and gum leaves hangs from a white chair on the aisle of the historic garden.
A guest in a navy floral dress and black jacket smiles from her white chair as the lawn fills for the ceremony.
Guests in teal, grey and burgundy sit beneath a cream market umbrella at Baxter Barn, smiling towards the aisle.
A couple sit close in the sun, his arm around her pale blue lace dress, as guests fill the rows on the farm lawn.
Rows of guests wait on white folding chairs in the sunshine, wine barrels and the clipped hedges of the heritage garden behind them.
The flower girls and page boy wait under a rose-covered iron arch in the hedged garden at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
A flower girl in cream tulle swings her woven basket on the sunny country lawn, smiling as she waits her turn.
A flower girl with a neat top bun carries her basket across the grass in soft dappled light.
A bridesmaid in navy leads the page boy by the hand while a flower girl skips under the rose arch of the Sages Cottage garden.
A blonde bridesmaid in a navy midi dress walks out of the historic hedged garden towards the lawn, petals at her feet.
The page boy waves both hands beside two bridesmaids holding pink protea bouquets at the Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
A smiling bridesmaid in a lace-panelled navy dress walks the grass aisle of the country ceremony, rose petals at her feet.
A bridesmaid makes her way between wine barrels and white chairs under the cream market umbrellas at Baxter Barn.
Mitch and his groomsmen watch the aisle with white rose buttonholes, a deep green wall of vines on the heritage farm behind them.
Her dad walks Ashleigh down the grass aisle at Baxter Barn in Baxter, past wine barrels and guests under cream market umbrellas.
Guests turn in their seats as Ashleigh comes down the country aisle on her dad's arm beneath the market umbrellas.
Ashleigh beams on her dad's arm, her king protea bouquet held low as they walk the sunlit aisle of the historic farm.
Mitch smiles as her dad brings Ashleigh to the front of the Mornington Peninsula ceremony, groomsmen lined up along the vines.
Her dad shakes Mitch's hand at the front, and Mitch grins from ear to ear.
Ashleigh and Mitch hold hands before the vine-covered pergola, an old iron roof rising behind, on the heritage Sages Cottage grounds.
Four bridesmaids in navy and four groomsmen in black line the vines as the country ceremony goes on under a clear blue sky.
Guests in teal and burgundy smile from the front row at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, a flower girl with her basket nearby.
Her dad watches from his seat in the sun, a white rose buttonhole on his pinstripe suit, during the vows on the historic farm.
Ashleigh glances back at her bridesmaids in navy with a smile, her hands in Mitch's, at their Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
Guests in sunglasses shade under a market umbrella, a toddler in tulle held up at the back to watch the country vows.
Standing guests in bright dresses and sunglasses line the lawn at Baxter Barn, a spiky palm rising over the heritage garden.
Mitch laughs and looks down as Ashleigh stands before him, his groomsmen smiling in a row behind.
Seated guests share a laugh in the shade of the market umbrellas during the vows at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Standing guests listen closely at the back of the country lawn, a woman in coral holding a folded jacket over her arm.
Guests in red, teal and leopard print stand in the bright sun, smiling towards the vows in the historic garden.
Ashleigh and Mitch hold hands before the vine-draped pergola of an old iron-roofed building at Baxter Barn as the groomsmen look on.
Guests watch from the white chairs as the afternoon sun falls across the farm lawn during the ceremony.
Her dad smiles softly through the vows beside a woman in a navy and white floral dress, out in the Mornington Peninsula sun.
Ashleigh turns to share a smile with her bridesmaids, their protea bouquets held at their waists on the heritage grounds.
Ashleigh and Mitch join hands at the microphone as a bridesmaid steps in with a bouquet at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
In black and white, Ashleigh and Mitch hold hands and laugh through their country wedding vows beneath the shadowed vines.
Guests stand at the edge of the lawn at Baxter Barn in Baxter, shaded by tall trees and a market umbrella as they listen.
Her dad laughs during the vows beside a woman in a patterned navy dress, guests smiling around them on the historic farm.
The woman beside her dad wipes away a happy tear as rose beds glow behind the seats at Baxter Barn.
A guest in teal and a man in a speckled blue tie smile through their sunglasses from their seats at the country wedding.
Seated guests listen in the warm sun at the Mornington Peninsula ceremony, a woman in navy florals resting a hand on a folded wrap.
Guests seated and standing fill the lawn under a cream market umbrella at Baxter Barn in Baxter, all eyes on the couple.
Mitch holds Ashleigh's hand and smiles as his groomsmen grin behind him at the heritage farm ceremony.
Ashleigh slides a wedding band onto Mitch's finger, smiling down at it in the bright country sun.
Mitch laughs as he slides the ring onto Ashleigh's finger in front of a dark timber wall and vines at the historic farm.
Ashleigh and Mitch kiss before the vine-covered pergola of the historic building at Baxter Barn, the bridal party clapping on either side.
A woman in a teal off-shoulder dress and a man in sunglasses applaud from the front row on the sunny country lawn.
Guests clap and smile under a cream market umbrella, a pram parked at the end of the row, at the Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
A smiling man with a white rose buttonhole sits among clapping guests, a tall palm and garden beds behind on the heritage grounds.
Mitch's dad in a pink paisley tie sits in the sun among guests on white chairs, hedges behind him on the historic farm.
Ashleigh signs the register at a weathered timber table as Mitch watches closely at their Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
A blonde guest in burgundy lace signs the paperwork as another leans on Mitch's shoulder and Ashleigh smiles beside him.
Their hands rest together beside the signed marriage certificate and a silver pen on the weathered timber table of the country ceremony.
Ashleigh and Mitch grin at each other at the signing table as four loved ones look on in the Mornington Peninsula sun.
Ashleigh and Mitch pose at the timber signing table with four loved ones in burgundy, charcoal and pale blue in the heritage garden.
The bridal party in navy and black gathers behind Ashleigh and Mitch at the signing table, a red folder ready, at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Mitch leans in to kiss Ashleigh at the signing table while the bridal party grins in the shade of the heritage garden.
Ashleigh throws her head back laughing at the signing table as the bridal party crowds in close in the historic garden.
Guests in floral and red dresses stand and sit beneath a cream market umbrella and a spiky palm on the historic farm lawn.
Ashleigh and Mitch walk back up the grass aisle hand in hand before the vine-draped pergola at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Guests toss petals over a beaming Ashleigh and Mitch as they walk back down the aisle of their country wedding.
Mitch screws up his eyes against a flurry of petals as Ashleigh laughs beside him, the old iron roof of the heritage farm behind.
Petals fall around Ashleigh and Mitch as they pass the wine barrels and cream umbrellas of their Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
Petals caught in her hair, Ashleigh turns to greet guests as Mitch grins beside her under the umbrellas of the heritage lawn.
A woman in a mustard wrap holding a green folder hugs Ashleigh tight on the Mornington Peninsula lawn as a flower girl looks on.
Petals in her hair, Ashleigh walks on through the crowd with her king protea bouquet, flower girls following on the historic grounds.
A friend in a red dress and sunglasses hugs Ashleigh, phone still in hand, a palm and rose beds behind on the Mornington Peninsula.
Two guests throw their arms in the air and cheer, one in a pale yellow slip dress, as a flower girl in gold sequins grins.
Mitch shakes hands with a guest as Ashleigh turns to a bridesmaid, the congratulations spilling across the country lawn at Baxter Barn.
A guest in a blush jacket wraps Ashleigh in a long hug while friends in red and stripes wait their turn on the heritage lawn.
Ashleigh reaches out to a guest in navy as a friend in a pale yellow slip dress holds her bouquet in the Mornington Peninsula sun.
Friends in sunglasses, one in a teal jumpsuit holding a card, beam at Ashleigh as she lifts her bouquet on the grass.
A friend in tinted sunglasses hugs Ashleigh with the king protea bouquet resting over her shoulder, dappled sun on the grass.
Ashleigh chats with a friend in a black strapless jumpsuit and a guest in leopard print, her bouquet held between them.
A guest in dusty pink hugs Ashleigh by the trunk of a big palm in the heritage garden, guests in red and blush behind.
Groomsmen in navy ties gather under the market umbrellas as the bridesmaids smile over their protea bouquets at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Two friends close in around Ashleigh for a group hug while a woman in floral print holds her shoulder on a sunny Mornington Peninsula afternoon.
Ashleigh smiles over the shoulder of a woman in silver brocade as they hug, her king protea bouquet between them on the historic lawn.
Ashleigh and the woman in silver brocade beam at each other mid-hug, the protea bouquet pressed between them in the historic garden.
Mitch shares a quiet word with his dad, in a blue suit and pink paisley tie, at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
A girl in a navy skirt and lace top hugs Ashleigh tight, the empty white chairs and vine wall behind her on the heritage grounds.
Mitch shakes hands with a guest in mirrored sunglasses while a girl in gold sequins grins behind them at the Mornington Peninsula ceremony.
Mitch puts an arm around a girl in a gold sequinned top and navy skirt, both smiling for the camera on the country lawn.
Every guest crowds onto the lawn for a big country wedding group photo around Ashleigh, Mitch and the bridal party at Baxter Barn.
Arms fly up as the whole crowd cheers for the group photo, the flower girls and page boy out in front on the farm lawn.
Ashleigh and Mitch pose with family before the vine-covered heritage building at Baxter Barn in Baxter, her dad on the far left.
A closer family portrait of Ashleigh and Mitch with six loved ones under the vines and corrugated iron roof of the historic farm building.
Ashleigh and Mitch with a woman in navy, a man in blue and a couple in teal and charcoal before the heritage building's vines.
Ashleigh and Mitch stand between her dad and a woman in black and white florals at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Big smiles from Ashleigh, Mitch, her dad and the woman in black and white florals in a close family portrait on the historic grounds.
A wider family group joins Ashleigh and Mitch at the historic Baxter Barn, a man at the end cradling a baby in pink and white.
Mitch and Ashleigh put their arms around a silver-haired woman in navy and a black cardigan, all smiling on the Mornington Peninsula.
Ashleigh and Mitch with a blonde woman in burgundy lace and a man in a blue shirt by the leafy wall of the farm building.
Ashleigh and Mitch pose with a grinning friend in a pinstripe navy waistcoat and purple tie by the vine-covered verandah.
Ashleigh and Mitch with two women in burgundy and the girl in gold sequins before a wall of green vines on the historic farm.
Ashleigh lines up with six friends in teal, green florals, leopard print, navy, black and blush on the lawn at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A groomsman in sunglasses holds his phone high for a selfie with the boys before the vines and iron roof of the heritage building.
Ashleigh, champagne flute in hand, lifts her other hand mid-story as Mitch listens with a beer on a sunny country afternoon.
Ashleigh rests her fingers on Mitch's white rose buttonhole as they talk over a champagne and a beer in the Mornington Peninsula shade.
Ashleigh strolls through the heritage rose garden with a champagne flute as Mitch carries a beer and a bouquet beside the bridesmaids.
The flower girls run across the empty ceremony lawn towards the vine-covered pergola of the historic farm building, the page boy following.
The bridal party lines up among the heritage rose beds of the Sages Cottage grounds, Ashleigh and Mitch kissing in the middle.
Mitch rests a hand on Ashleigh's shoulder in a sunny country paddock, her king protea bouquet held low at her waist.
The bridal party strolls across the dry paddock at Baxter Barn, Ashleigh and Mitch smiling at each other in the middle.
The whole bridal party lines up under the drooping branches of an old tree, long shadows across the ground of the Mornington Peninsula farm.
The bridal party strikes playful poses under a big old pine, a bridesmaid flexing an arm, on the open paddock at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Bridesmaids lean back dramatically against the groomsmen as Ashleigh plants a hand on her hip under the old tree in the country paddock.
The bridal party throws their bouquets up towards the sun through the branches of the old pine, cheering on the heritage property.
Bouquets held high, the bridesmaids and groomsmen cheer beneath the sunlit branches as Ashleigh and Mitch laugh at the edge of the paddock.
Ashleigh and Mitch pose with the bridesmaids in navy under the old tree, hills fading into the distance at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Ashleigh and Mitch share a look while the bridesmaids smile around them with pink protea bouquets in the warm country light.
Ashleigh laughs out loud with Mitch and the girls in navy, protea and blush rose bouquets held close under the Mornington Peninsula pines.
Ashleigh and Mitch walk with the girls in navy past the tall trunks of old pines on the Sages Cottage grounds, everyone smiling.
Ashleigh stands with her bridesmaids and a girl in navy on the gravel drive, old pines and a timber post behind on the historic property.
Ashleigh and the girls throw their bouquets in the air with a cheer on the gravel drive on a sunny Mornington Peninsula afternoon.
The groomsmen chat and laugh in the dry paddock at Baxter Barn, pine cones hanging from the branches above them.
Groomsmen in sunglasses trade stories with drinks in hand at the edge of the country paddock, tall trees behind.
Mitch and his four groomsmen stand in a row under a sprawling old pine at Baxter Barn in Baxter, their shadows on the historic ground.
Mitch and the groomsmen crack up together beneath the twisting branches of the old pine on the Mornington Peninsula farm.
A groomsman leaps into the air with a fist up as the boys head out across the sunny paddock, long shadows trailing behind them.
The groomsmen stride across the open grass in a line, arms swinging, at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Mitch and his groomsmen march in step across the paddock like a band on an album cover, tall trees on the skyline.
The boys walk up the slope past a big old gum tree, Mitch out in front with a grin, on the historic grounds.
Ashleigh stands with Mitch and his groomsmen at the edge of the open paddock on the Sages Cottage grounds, her bouquet at her waist.
Mitch scoops Ashleigh up in his arms as a groomsman holds her protea bouquet and the others laugh in the country sun.
Ashleigh bursts out laughing in Mitch's arms while the groomsmen grin around them under the old pine of the country property.
Mitch kisses Ashleigh as he holds her aloft at Baxter Barn, a groomsman pointing and another minding her bouquet on the heritage grounds.
Ashleigh and Mitch smile side by side in the open paddock, her long veil trailing over the dry grass of the historic estate.
Ashleigh and Mitch gaze at each other over the king protea bouquet, the Mornington Peninsula bush soft and green behind them.
Ashleigh smiles for the camera as Mitch grins down at her, the protea bouquet between them, at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Ashleigh and Mitch stand close in the dappled shade of an old pine, their shadows stretching across the dry country ground.
Mitch dips Ashleigh low under the pine branches at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, her veil sweeping the dry grass.
In black and white, Ashleigh smiles softly at Mitch beneath the sheer veil, the lace of her gown sharp on the heritage farm.
Ashleigh glances back over her shoulder as she walks hand in hand with Mitch across the sunlit paddock, the bush beyond.
In black and white, Ashleigh walks over the grass of the historic property past a big old trunk, her veil streaming behind.
Ashleigh looks over her shoulder in the open paddock at Baxter Barn in Baxter as a breeze lifts her long veil behind her.
In black and white, Mitch looks out across the open Mornington Peninsula farmland in profile beneath the overhanging branches.
Ashleigh and Mitch kiss beneath a towering old pine in the paddock of the Sages Cottage grounds as her veil flies out.
Ashleigh and Mitch gather the flower girls, the page boy and a girl in navy on the country drive, one flower girl on her hip.
The rusted Baxter Barn sign stands between two wine barrels against the weathered slab wall and iron roof of the heritage building.
A straw hat with a red and navy woven band rests beside a jar of white blooms and gum leaves at the country wedding.
A gift table by the window of the historic barn holds jars of roses and protea, a gold card box and a letterboard love quote.
A small posy of pink roses, tiny white blooms and gum leaves lies on a weathered blue painted tabletop at the country reception.
A gold mirrored card box lettered with Mitch and Ashleigh's names sits on an old bench before a big vase of blush blooms and protea.
A Snap, Stick, Write sign stands over the guest book of photo booth strips on a wine barrel top on the Mornington Peninsula lawn.
A letterboard love quote, a gold framed Let Love Sparkle sign and a pot of sparklers wait for the send-off on a heritage timber sill.
A mirrored Mr and Mrs topper crowns the semi-naked cake, its pink and cream flowers glowing against fairy lights in the heritage barn.
The three-tier white cake with gold leaf stands on a wine barrel before the fairy-lit timber wall inside Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Five friends with drinks pose in front of the fairy-lit log wall and old printed flour sacks inside the heritage barn.
Guests gather under the exposed trusses and historic tin roof inside Baxter Barn, fairy lights glowing along the walls.
Guests in red, coral and black turn to watch the entrance under the strings of fairy lights in the historic barn.
Guests wait with drinks by the big red door of the country barn, a silver-haired woman in black among them.
The flower girls and a girl in navy lead the bridal party in from the lawn through the heritage doorway at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A bridesmaid in navy and a groomsman walk into the old country barn arm in arm as Mitch's dad reads the introductions at the microphone.
Another bridesmaid and groomsman make their entrance past the timber posts at Baxter Barn as guests clap under the fairy lights.
A bridesmaid in a navy halter dress strides in on a bearded groomsman's arm as Mitch's dad watches at the Mornington Peninsula reception.
A blonde bridesmaid waves her bouquet over her head as she and a grinning groomsman dance into the heritage barn.
Ashleigh and Mitch make their entrance hand in hand through the big red door inside Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Ashleigh and Mitch dance close on the empty floor beneath the fairy-lit trusses of the heritage barn, foreheads almost touching.
Ashleigh and Mitch dance in front of the hessian sack wall inside Baxter Barn as family and friends watch with drinks in hand.
Ashleigh laughs as she leans into Mitch's shoulder on the dance floor, a white rose on his dark lapel.
Ashleigh calls out with joy as she dances with Mitch by the red barn door, a silver-haired woman smiling behind her in the historic barn.
Ashleigh smiles up at Mitch mid-dance, her pearl earrings catching the warm light of the heritage barn.
Friends raise their beers and give a thumbs up around a cable drum table on the lawn at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
A man in a blue tie and a woman in a teal off-shoulder dress pose by wine barrels on the brick path in country sunshine.
Two men in suits laugh by a tall pine as a guest holding a baby snaps them on her phone at the Mornington Peninsula farm.
A couple in navy hold a baby and a little boy in a matching waistcoat before a greenery-draped timber arbour at the historic barn.
A man in a dark suit holds up the flower girl in gold sequins under a gum-leaf arbour at a Mornington Peninsula country wedding.
A woman in a navy floral dress and a man in a spotted purple tie sit close at a timber table on the heritage lawn.
Guests gather round a glass-topped cable reel table under the marquee at Baxter Barn, pink proteas in a vase between their drinks.
Laughter breaks out at the cable reel table as a guest in blush pink hides her smile, a patio heater beside the historic sheds.
A silver-haired man in a purple tie and a woman in yellow smile beside a protea posy at the rural Mornington Peninsula reception.
A young woman in glasses and red lipstick poses with a friend with long blond dreadlocks in the barn doorway at the country wedding.
Three friends squeeze in for a hug under the fairy-lit doorway of Baxter Barn in Baxter, champagne and a posy on the table.
A woman in a floral top and a man in glasses sit arm in arm at a trestle table on the Mornington Peninsula farm lawn.
A silver-haired guest in a navy suit leans on his folded arms at a weathered timber table, guests filling the lawn of the historic property.
A white-haired woman in navy and a man in a bow tie and sunglasses smile at their table, open farm grass behind.
A couple in pale blue lace and a dark suit stand behind a blue pram on the lawn at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Her dad, in a pinstripe jacket and light blue tie, leans in close to a smiling woman in black on the heritage grounds.
A guest in a vivid purple blazer and sunglasses smiles at her table with a glass of bubbles, the rural lawn glowing behind her.
Four friends crack up at a long table on the heritage Sages Cottage grounds, old pines, the marquee and a silver caravan behind them.
A guest in black hides her face in her hands as the men beside her grin at the long table of the country reception.
Two men in blue suits raise their beers, one with a thumbs up, beside a friend in black lace at a Mornington Peninsula farm table.
Guests swap stories around the glass table at the marquee edge, a dark-haired woman smiling behind the protea centrepiece at the historic venue.
A bearded guest with a white rose buttonhole smiles under the fairy-lit marquee, the iron-roofed heritage sheds behind the table.
Guests in coral, check and florals share drinks at a glass table under the marquee at Baxter Barn, tin-roofed sheds and grey-green shrubs behind.
Three friends in black, red florals and dusty pink smile against the old printed sack wall of the Mornington Peninsula farm barn.
Four friends hug and grin inside the barn, fairy lights strung under the historic tin roof between rough timber posts.
A bearded guest and a woman in a navy midi dress holding an orange drink pose under the fairy lights inside Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A bearded guest kisses the cheek of a woman in navy as she beams over her drink beneath the rafters of the historic barn.
A guest in a red tie and a friend in a blue floral dress hug by the bar of the Mornington Peninsula country barn.
A guest in a red dress kicks a leg out with a cheeky face beside her friend in navy at the door of Baxter Barn.
Friends in red and navy hug and laugh by a rough log post and a window of the heritage barn.
A man in a navy suit and bow tie and a blonde friend in turquoise pose outside the timber sheds on the Mornington Peninsula farm.
A woman in navy sits on a picnic rug with a baby in a tiny waistcoat beside the cubby house of the country venue.
Five friends chat round a glass table beneath a big old pine on the historic Sages Cottage grounds, open lawn and trees stretching beyond.
From the dark doorway of the historic barn, guests mingle under festoon lights outside, a woman in red and black laughing.
A big group of friends in turquoise, red and florals gathers under the fairy-lit marquee at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
The flower girl in gold sequins and cream tulle perches on a bar stool beside a smiling woman in teal at the country reception.
A man in a navy suit crouches cheek to cheek with the barefoot flower girl on her stool, a climbing dome on the farm behind.
A woman in glasses leans on a seated guest in a grey suit as festoon lights glow over the tables at Baxter Barn.
A short-haired guest in a black jacket and a laughing young woman chat across the table at the heritage barn reception, festoon lights above.
Three women guests rest their arms on a timber table, one in a purple blazer and sunglasses, at a Mornington Peninsula country reception.
Five men in suits throw their arms round each other under a weeping willow on the heritage-listed Sages Cottage grounds.
A groomsman with a white rose buttonhole and a friend in navy stand arm in arm under the tall pines of the historic property.
Five men with beers gather under the marquee fairy lights, one pulling a funny face, at the country barn reception on the Mornington Peninsula.
The page boy in a waistcoat plants a kiss on the flower girl's cheek on a timber bench inside Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Women in navy, teal and leopard print share a snack round a glass cable reel table on the lawn of the heritage farm.
Guests sit at the long timber tables in the late sun, a woman in white lace smiling up at a friend, the country marquee behind.
Three guests smile behind a protea centrepiece at a glass table at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, a silver trailer bar behind.
The page boy and flower girl perch barefoot on tall stools against the fairy-lit sack wall of the historic barn.
Her dad delivers his speech from a printed page, a white rose on his pinstripe lapel, before the sack wall of the heritage barn.
Ashleigh and Mitch laugh through the speeches before the fairy-lit sack wall at Baxter Barn, the flower girl and page boy beside them.
The page boy gasps beside Ashleigh while Mitch smiles and a girl in gold sequins listens to the country wedding speeches.
Mitch winks and laughs as Ashleigh and a girl in gold sequins gasp during the speeches at their Mornington Peninsula farm reception.
A girl in gold sequins doubles over laughing as Mitch cracks up and Ashleigh turns to her in the historic barn.
Ashleigh points at the speaker with a laugh while Mitch grins beside her, fairy lights twinkling, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Guests raise their glasses under the tin roof and fairy lights of Baxter Barn in Baxter, a woman in red in the middle.
Guests seated on the long bench under the windows of the heritage barn laugh through the speeches.
Guests in red, black and coral raise their glasses before a fairy-lit timber slab wall of the rural Mornington Peninsula barn.
Guests stand to listen as Ashleigh and Mitch sit before the fairy-lit sack wall at Baxter Barn, pendant lamps hanging from the tin roof.
Her dad pauses mid speech, notes in hand and a white rose buttonhole on his lapel, in the warm dim light of the historic barn.
A man in glasses and a grey suit speaks into the microphone holding his notes beneath a pendant lamp in the heritage barn.
Mitch hides his face in his hand as Ashleigh laughs at him during the speeches at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
The couple listen on their stools, the page boy and flower girl at Ashleigh's feet, beside an old red door of the country barn.
Over the speaker's shoulder, Ashleigh and Mitch listen with the page boy and flower girl before the fairy-lit wall of the historic barn.
A crowd of guests stands inside Baxter Barn in Baxter while Ashleigh and Mitch listen by the glowing sack wall, the children at their feet.
Two groomsmen in black with white rose buttonholes and pocket squares, one giving his speech into the microphone, in the heritage barn.
Ashleigh and Mitch smile on their stools as a girl in gold sequins claps beside them at a Mornington Peninsula country wedding.
A man in a grey suit and purple tie smiles with his hands behind his back among the standing guests in the historic barn.
Women in leopard print, navy and teal smile through the speeches under the fairy-lit tin roof of Baxter Barn.
A groomsman speaks in the foreground as a girl in sequins covers her face and the couple listen inside the country barn.
A groomsman in black laughs out loud, microphone and phone in hand, beside a rough log post in the heritage barn.
Ashleigh and Mitch sit on stools before the glowing sack wall at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula as a girl in sequins gasps.
Mitch throws his head back laughing and Ashleigh's mouth drops open in surprise under the fairy lights of the historic barn.
Ashleigh and Mitch hold hands and listen, champagne in her hand, as a girl in gold sequins folds her arms at the farm reception.
Mitch and Ashleigh roar with laughter, champagne at her lips, as someone behind raises a beer at their Mornington Peninsula country reception.
Mitch and Ashleigh share a smile on their stools against the old printed sacks and fairy lights at Baxter Barn.
A blonde guest in a navy halter dress reads her speech from a sheet of paper beside a log post in the historic barn.
Her dad stands with folded arms beside a woman with short red hair as guests laugh along at the Mornington Peninsula speeches.
Over a reader's page, the flower girl gazes up at Ashleigh while Mitch and the guests listen by the fairy-lit wall of the heritage barn.
Her dad and a woman with short red hair stand among the listening guests inside Baxter Barn in Baxter, fairy lights on the tin roof.
Mitch reads his speech from a card into the microphone as Ashleigh listens beside a log post in the historic barn.
Ashleigh's dad laughs as a woman with short red hair waves beside him, guests in coral and yellow cracking up in the country barn.
Ashleigh's dad and the woman beside him grin as a guest in yellow laughs, fairy lights strung under the roof of the old farm barn.
Women guests in leopard print, navy and green florals listen at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, one waving a card in the air.
A man in a grey suit smiles over a card beside a girl in gold sequins and the flower girl, the heritage barn wall behind.
Mitch smiles down at Ashleigh with the microphone in hand as she holds her champagne, under the fairy-lit rafters of the historic barn.
Guests laugh along the window bench, one with a white rose buttonhole, inside the farm barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
A row of women stands listening beside a rough log post, one in green florals holding a black jacket, in the country barn.
Ashleigh's dad and the woman with short red hair smile side by side among the standing guests at Baxter Barn.
Two groomsmen in black throw hand signs and grin for the camera as guests watch from the window bench of the heritage barn.
A man in a grey suit laughs with his arms folded beside a woman in leopard print at the Mornington Peninsula country wedding.
The crowd stands under the tin roof, rough log posts and strings of fairy lights inside Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Ashleigh smiles up at Mitch with the speech page in her hand as guests ring them in the fairy-lit historic barn.
Mitch and Ashleigh share a kiss after the speeches while the crowd of guests watches and smiles in the country barn.
Ashleigh and Mitch stand beside their three-tier cream cake with gold leaf and roses on a wine barrel at Baxter Barn.
Ashleigh dances with her dad on the concrete floor of the heritage barn, guests watching by the log posts.
Mitch dances hand in hand with a woman with short red hair, Ashleigh and her dad dancing just behind, in the historic barn.
Ashleigh's dad and the woman with short red hair dance hand in hand at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
A young blonde guest in burgundy lace dances with a man in a grey suit under the fairy lights of the country barn.
Two women in navy dance cheek to cheek and stretch their joined hands to the camera beside a log post of the heritage barn.
A woman in black and a young woman in a blush off-shoulder dress dance hand in hand under the rafters of Baxter Barn.
A blonde guest in green florals and a friend in navy dance under a bright light as an older woman watches in the historic barn.
The barefoot flower girl dances beside a woman in coral and a grey-haired man on the Mornington Peninsula dance floor.
Ashleigh dances with a man in glasses and a grey suit under the fairy-lit posts of Baxter Barn in Baxter, smiling at the camera.
A man in a grey suit hugs two women in burgundy, all three beaming, on the dance floor of the timber farm barn.
Mitch stands between a blonde woman in a blush jacket and a man in a brown suit beneath a pendant lamp in the heritage barn.
Mitch poses with a girl in gold sequins, a woman in a blush jacket and two more guests in the rural Mornington Peninsula barn.
Mitch stands arm in arm with a grey-haired man in a light blue shirt and a man in a brown suit in the historic barn.
Ashleigh holds her champagne close beside a friend in a red dress as the fairy lights twinkle inside Baxter Barn.
A woman in navy florals and a white-haired woman in black smile on the timber bench beneath the barn windows at the country wedding.
A man in a waistcoat and red tie stands by a woman in burgundy lace holding the flower girl in the heritage barn.
Mitch stands between two friends in burgundy beneath the old pines of the historic Sages Cottage grounds as dusk falls and festoon lights glow.
Mitch shares a close smile with the two women in burgundy under festoon lights strung between the pines on the farm.
Mitch poses with a woman in a teal satin dress, an old tractor in the paddock behind, at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Mitch and the woman in teal smile close together, the old tractor and open grass of the country property behind.
Mitch stands with a girl in gold sequins and the woman in teal beside a wine barrel, a rusty tractor in the paddock beyond.
Mitch gathers the woman in teal and both friends in burgundy beneath the old pines of the heritage Sages Cottage garden, wine barrels behind.
Ashleigh stands among eight friends in navy, florals, red and black lace on the lawn of the historic property, tall pines behind.
Mitch bursts into the group of friends with a grin as Ashleigh laughs among them on the farm lawn, a weeping willow behind.
Ashleigh and Mitch crouch at the front of a group of friends on the lawn at Baxter Barn in Baxter, beside a wine barrel.
Mitch steals a kiss from Ashleigh as the friends around them pull pouting faces for the camera on the country lawn.
Ashleigh hugs a friend in red florals, champagne in hand, as more friends crowd in beneath the festoon lights of the heritage property.
Ashleigh and Mitch hug friends in red florals and black as their group laughs in the evening light, a silver caravan behind on the farm.
Ashleigh and Mitch squeeze in with friends on the lawn of the heritage Sages Cottage grounds, the timber LOVE letters and willows behind.
Ashleigh hugs a friend in a navy high-low dress on the grass, an old timber cart and lit pines behind, on a Mornington Peninsula farm.
Guests mingle beneath the fairy-lit marquee, one filming on his phone beside a pram, a rusted iron roof of the historic property behind.
A woman in black is twirled across the floor inside Baxter Barn as friends laugh in front of the old printed sacks.
Five guests squeeze in arm in arm, glasses raised, against a wall of fairy-lit feed sacks at the country reception.
A flower girl in gold sequins and cream tulle sits quietly on a timber bench by the open door at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A groomsman in a navy tie laughs with a friend holding a beer under the marquee's fairy lights on the Mornington Peninsula.
Two women in white and blush pose with a bald friend in a navy tie under the glowing fairy lights by the heritage barn.
Mitch chats with two mates at the bar inside Baxter Barn, the cake at the edge of the frame and a tin roof overhead.
A friend pulls a wide-eyed face as Mitch and the boys laugh, drinks in hand, beneath the old corrugated roof of the historic barn.
A woman in teal and a man in a navy suit and bow tie share a smile beneath the festoon lights at the country wedding.
Ashleigh, the flower girl and a row of girls lean in and pull faces beside googly eye props at their Mornington Peninsula reception.
A man in a dark suit and a woman in a rose-print tunic stand by a weathered post, a weeping willow and paddock gate behind.
Two guests in a dark suit and a rose-print tunic pose beside the giant weathered LOVE letters under the willows of the Sages Cottage garden.
A woman in burgundy lace hugs a man in a dark suit beside the weathered timber LOVE letters on the historic farm's lawn.
Two guests in burgundy lace and a dark suit pose under a weeping willow by an old timber post on the Mornington Peninsula.
A woman in a blush polka dot dress and a man in a navy suit smile under the willow as dusk settles over the paddocks.
Two guests in blush and navy stand beside the giant LOVE letters at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, pines and willows overhead.
A woman in blue florals leans on a man in a white shirt by a weathered post under the willow on the heritage property.
A pair in blue florals and a white shirt stand by the LOVE letters, a gravel drive curving past old pines on the country property.
Five guests strike poses inside the LOVE letters at Baxter Barn, arms flung high, one lounging on the grass in red socks.
Mitch sits on a timber bench as a friend in a red tie wraps him in a hug, lawn glowing through the historic barn's windows.
Ashleigh poses with a woman in a navy floral dress under the fairy-lit timber posts at her Mornington Peninsula reception.
Ashleigh and a blonde friend in navy raise their champagne under strands of fairy lights at the country wedding party.
An older woman in yellow and a man in a dark suit dance hand in hand by the slab wall at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A bearded man in a navy suit and a woman in bright florals pose as festoon lights glow through the pines of the heritage farm.
Friends in teal, navy and leopard print chat around a patio heater at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, tall trees beyond.
Five friends lean in close behind the patio heater, drinks in hand, smiling as the evening cools over the paddocks.
A woman in black and a man in a dark suit hold a sleeping newborn in pink knit, fairy lights blurred over the farm lawn.
A woman and a man both kiss the head of the sleeping baby in pink in the soft evening light at the historic venue.
Two older women smile arm in arm under the fairy-lit marquee, one in a paisley print dress, on a country spring night.
Guests photograph two friends through a weathered timber frame hung with gum leaves and proteas from a pine in the Sages Cottage grounds.
Four friends squeeze inside the rustic timber frame dressed with gum leaves and dried proteas, laughing in the heritage farm's dusk light.
A woman in black, a friend in blue lace and a man with long dreadlocks dance before the fairy-lit sack wall of the historic barn.
Strings of fairy lights stretch over the white marquee at Baxter Barn against a deep blue evening sky.
Festoon lights hang in the tall pines over the lawn at blue hour as guests mingle by the timber caravan bar on the Mornington Peninsula.
The timber-clad caravan bar glows under festoon lights and pine branches at night in the Sages Cottage grounds, wine barrels at its door.
A woman in a navy blazer and a bearded friend in a grey jacket hug at a long timber table inside the heritage barn.
A bearded guest in a grey jacket flings out an arm, laughing, between friends on the bench with a beer at the country reception.
Ashleigh holds up her bouquet beside a man with a microphone by a timber post and the red door of the historic barn.
The girls crowd the floor inside Baxter Barn for the bouquet toss, the flower girl right at the front with her arms up.
Ashleigh's bouquet flies over a sea of outstretched hands, a flower girl lunging for it on the country dance floor.
A friend in red florals and a leather jacket wins the scrum for the bouquet, turning away as hands grab, at the Mornington Peninsula reception.
The bouquet winner dances off laughing as Ashleigh reaches out to her and the girls cheer in the heritage barn.
A man in a navy suit grins behind his hand beside old printed feed sacks on the slab timber wall of the historic barn.
A man in a navy suit kisses the bouquet winner in her black leather jacket in a fairy-lit corner of the country barn.
The bouquet winner holds her prize beside Ashleigh, both all smiles under the fairy-lit tin roof on the Mornington Peninsula.
Mitch bends to slip the garter from Ashleigh's leg as she sits on a bar stool, guests watching, at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Mitch holds the garter high while Ashleigh laughs from her stool beneath the fairy-lit tin roof of the heritage barn.
Mitch flings the garter back over his shoulder as the crowd watches between the rough timber posts of the farm barn.
The boys lunge for the garter on the dance floor at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, a long-haired guest out in front.
A guest with long dreadlocks holds the garter aloft in triumph, a beer in his other hand, under the historic barn's tin roof.
Mitch and Ashleigh share a kiss on the dance floor inside Baxter Barn, champagne in her hand and a guest filming.
A woman in a fluffy grey jacket and glasses faces a dreadlocked guest with a white band round his head at the Mornington Peninsula party.
Ashleigh and six girlfriends crowd together by the barn doorway, one pointing skyward, champagne glasses up, at the heritage venue.
Ashleigh and the girls squeeze in for a photo, a phone in one hand, by the red barn door at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A woman in black off-shoulder lace laughs beside a friend in a pale blue shirt with a beer under the old barn's historic tin roof.
Five older guests gather under the fairy-lit marquee at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, a white rose on one lapel.
Six older guests sit and stand together beneath the glowing marquee lights on a spring night at the farm.
The DJ in headphones and a red tie plays from a laptop between two speakers against the timber wall of the heritage barn.
Ashleigh dances with the flower girl as friends in black and rose print move to the music inside Baxter Barn.
Mitch and a friend in a white shirt and red tie pose with their drinks under the tin roof at his Mornington Peninsula wedding.
Two friends sing face to face, hands clasped, while a woman in red hides her face in laughter on the historic barn's dance floor.
Ashleigh belts out a song with a friend in blue florals and a man in a white shirt at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A bearded guest shouts along, beer in hand, as a woman in a navy blazer raises her glass on the country dance floor.
A bearded guest raises his bottle while a friend in a navy blazer drops low to dance under the tin roof on the Mornington Peninsula.
Two friends in black throw their heads back and dance, one with a drink held high, between the timber posts of the heritage barn.
A bald man in a grey blue suit hugs a girl in gold sequins and a woman in burgundy beneath fairy lights on the farm.
Guests laugh around a long timber table inside the historic barn as a woman in red rests her cheeks in her hands.
The girls dance in a loose circle before the fairy-lit feed sack wall at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Ashleigh and a friend in black hold hands at arm's length and swing each other round on the country dance floor.
A friend in black dips Ashleigh backwards, her dark hair sweeping towards the floor, as the girls watch in the heritage barn.
A friend in black lifts Ashleigh clean off the floor beside the old red door of the rural barn, fairy lights down the slab wall.
Guests roar with laughter as a friend in black dips Ashleigh almost to the floor inside Baxter Barn.
Three friends in blush, leopard print and black sing arm in arm in the crush of the historic barn's dance floor.
Girls in leopard print, teal and red dance under the tin roof, a wine barrel and fairy-lit slab wall behind, at the Mornington Peninsula party.
The flower girl in gold sequins twirls her cream tulle skirt on the dance floor, a rose buttonhole in her hands, at the country reception.
A guest in a grey waistcoat dabs beside the flower girl in sequins as wine barrels line the dance floor at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
Ashleigh dances with her champagne among friends in black, red and florals, fairy lights glowing in the heritage barn.
Ashleigh and four friends point straight at the camera on the dance floor, all grins, at the historic farm venue.
A man in a red tie and a blonde woman in a navy halter dress pose by the feed sacks of the country barn.
Mitch and Ashleigh laugh with friends in front of the fairy-lit slab wall and wine barrels at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
A groomsman in a navy tie points and grins on the dance floor, beer in hand, between the timber posts of the historic barn.
Mitch and Ashleigh raise their joined hands and cheer under the fairy-lit tin roof at their country wedding.
Mitch throws a fist in the air as Ashleigh sings along with her champagne in the heritage barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Festoon lights glow over the marquee and the lawn of the Sages Cottage grounds at blue hour as guests gather below.
Mitch and three mates in suits grin together under the marquee lights, two with white rose buttonholes and beers in hand, on the farm.
A woman in glasses and black and a man in a grey blue suit dance close, hands clasped, in the historic barn.
A woman in a burgundy off-shoulder dress and a man in a grey waistcoat and red tie pose with their drinks on the Mornington Peninsula.
Mitch and Ashleigh share a laugh with a bald man in a grey blue suit and a woman in black beneath the heritage barn's beams.
Mitch and Ashleigh pose with a man in a grey blue suit and a woman in glasses between the rough timber posts inside Baxter Barn.
Ashleigh poses with a friend in a blue floral dress and a tall man in a white shirt on the country dance floor.
A woman in glasses and black hugs Mitch, beer in his hand, beside a timber post of the historic barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
A woman in a floral top and black wrap stands with a bald man in glasses beneath the marquee's fairy lights on a country night.
Three friends in navy, green and leopard print pose before the red barn door and hessian wall at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A woman carrying a baby in a sling and a man in a navy suit crouch by a toddler's pram at the country reception.
Guests line up along the fairy-lit feed sack wall at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, all eyes to one side of the floor.
A row of friends in teal, white, green and blush watch from the sack wall of the heritage barn, fairy lights between them.
Friends in florals, teal and white stand watching by the flour sacks and timber posts at the country reception.
Five older guests stand side by side, a woman in coral among them, watching the floor in the historic barn.
Guests in a white blazer, florals and burgundy watch with a man in a grey suit holding his beer, out on the farm.
A tall man in a dark suit with a white rose watches the floor, drink in hand, inside Baxter Barn under strands of fairy lights.
Friends in yellow and navy laugh in a tight circle with men holding beers on the heritage barn's dance floor.
A friend beams over Mitch's shoulder as she wraps him and Ashleigh in a big hug on the Mornington Peninsula dance floor.
Mitch stands among friends as a girl in sequins and a woman in teal chat close by in the historic barn.
Ashleigh hugs a girl in sequins as a woman in teal with sunglasses on her head waits her turn at the country wedding.
A woman in teal holds Ashleigh tight, the buttons down her lace gown showing, as Mitch smiles beside them on the Mornington Peninsula.
A girl in navy hugs Mitch tight, smiling, as Ashleigh turns to another guest in the heritage barn.
A woman in glasses wraps Ashleigh in a hug while friends in teal and blush look on in the coloured lights of the historic barn.
A woman in glasses and navy hugs Mitch, a lime-wedge drink in her hand, as a guest in teal laughs at the country reception.
A friend in florals hugs Ashleigh tight by the fairy-lit slab wall at Baxter Barn in Baxter as the flower girl watches.
Friends pile into a group hug around Ashleigh by the old feed sacks on the Mornington Peninsula, a guest in teal looking on.
Ashleigh hugs a friend as a bald man in a white shirt grins with his beer beside her in the historic barn.
Mitch watches as Ashleigh comforts a friend in navy who dabs away a tear, the heritage barn's feed sacks behind.
Ashleigh hugs a friend in blush as a woman in green florals laughs and a guest in leopard print waits by the country barn's sacks.
A man in a navy suit with a white rose watches the floor, fist to his chin, at the country reception.
A guest in a grey waistcoat kicks out a leg as a woman in burgundy kisses his cheek on the farm dance floor.
Older guests clasp hands in greeting as her dad looks on, a white rose on his lapel, in the historic barn.
Guests in sequins, teal, florals and pink stand watching by a wine barrel at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula, the flower girl in front.
A friend in yellow and three men in suits raise their drinks for the camera under the tin roof of the historic barn.
A man in a pale blue shirt hugs Ashleigh and cheers by the red barn door at Baxter Barn while friends clap and laugh.
A silver-haired guest beams as she hugs Ashleigh beside a rough timber post at the country wedding.
Mitch hugs the silver-haired guest tight, her hand with its gold watch pressed to his back, in the heritage barn.
A woman in a white floral top holds Ashleigh close as two men in suits look on at the Mornington Peninsula reception.
Mitch smiles down at the silver-haired guest as she gives him a thumbs up beside a timber post on the farm.
Ashleigh hugs a woman with short dark hair under the purple party lights at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula as her dad smiles.
Ashleigh holds a guest close while Mitch laughs in a hug with a tall friend and her dad looks on in the historic barn.
A woman with short dark hair beams over Mitch's shoulder in a warm hug, Ashleigh beside them at the country reception.
Mitch and her dad share a big hug on the dance floor as a woman with short dark hair smiles at the heritage venue.
Ashleigh hugs a laughing man in a navy polo shirt as a woman in glasses smiles nearby in the historic barn.
A guest in a grey waistcoat grins as a friend in a navy suit flashes a peace sign, beers in hand, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Ashleigh hugs a friend in a burgundy off-shoulder dress between the timber posts inside Baxter Barn as guests film on their phones.
Mitch wraps a friend in burgundy in a tight hug under the purple lights of the heritage barn.
Ashleigh embraces an older guest in glasses and a velvet wrap as a woman in a royal blue jacket watches at the country reception.
A woman in glasses and black and a guest in a grey waistcoat smile with their drinks at the Mornington Peninsula reception.
Two friends flash peace signs as a woman in a leather jacket leans on a mate in a navy suit at the country party.
Ashleigh hugs a blonde friend in navy as men in suits stand around them on the dance floor at Baxter Barn in Baxter.
A guest in a grey waistcoat leans in beside Mitch for a photo under the pendant lamp of the heritage barn.
Mitch and a mate with a white rose buttonhole sway arm in arm as friends in red and yellow dance by in the country barn.
Mitch and a mate laugh together as a bearded friend kisses a woman in a red dress at the Mornington Peninsula party.
Mitch and his mate with the white rose crack up as a bearded guest and a woman in red laugh at the historic farm.
Guests line the brick path with sparklers ready as the marquee glows at the far end of the Sages Cottage grounds at night.
Mitch and Ashleigh walk hand in hand through a tunnel of lit sparklers on the brick path at the end of their country wedding.
Ashleigh laughs with a hand raised as she and Mitch run through the sparklers at Baxter Barn on the Mornington Peninsula.
Strands of fairy lights crisscross a deep blue sky beneath dark pine branches over the heritage farm's lawn.
Mitch and Ashleigh kiss alone beneath the festoon lights at Baxter Barn, the glowing marquee and guests behind them.
The wedding story

Our Baxter Barn wedding photos: a red Kombi, high kicks in the paddock and a sparkler send-off

Groomsmen and a red Kombi · Getting ready in lace · Ceremony under the umbrellas at Baxter Barn · Bridal party in the paddock · Speeches in the fairy-lit barn · Sparkler exit under festoon lights

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Socks and a red Kombi

Our day with Ashleigh and Mitch started with Mitch and his groomsmen on a back lawn under a sunny spring sky, hitching up their trouser legs to show off their socks. Groomsmen always relax once there is a joke to share, so we let them run with it. A red and white Kombi van was waiting in the driveway, and Mitch and a groomsman stood in front of it in black suits and white pocket squares. A vintage car is more than transport for us: its colour gives a dark-suited groom photo something bright to sing against.

Lace, a card and a protea

Ashleigh got ready in a room with sheer white curtains. We found her ring tucked among white blooms, then caught her in her robe and veil, legs crossed on a chair, reading a card with a soft smile. Cards on the morning are worth planning for: they bring out a private face nobody can pose. Her gown was fitted lace with a long veil, and her bouquet was built around a huge pale king protea with white roses and greenery. We turned her side-on to the window so the light traced the lace all the way down to the hem.

Navy, gold and two baskets

Her bridesmaids wore navy, and one came in for a cheek-to-cheek photo, both of them holding their bouquets up. Then the little ones took over. A flower girl in a gold sequinned top and tulle skirt leant in to sniff Ashleigh’s protea while a page boy in a waistcoat watched very closely. Outside, two flower girls in cream tulle stood in the grass holding woven baskets, perfectly still for about three seconds. With children, we shoot the moment they forget about us, which usually means kneeling down to their height and waiting quietly.

Her dad, the umbrellas and a handshake

The ceremony was set on the lawn in front of a pergola thick with green vines, with cream market umbrellas shading the chairs and wine barrels marking the aisle. Bright spring sun meant strong shadows, so we worked from the side and let the umbrellas soften the guests’ faces. The bridesmaids walked in one by one, then Ashleigh came down the grass aisle on her dad’s arm, her bouquet held low. At the front her dad shook Mitch’s hand, and Mitch grinned from ear to ear. Four bridesmaids in navy and four groomsmen in black lined up along the vines.

Vows, a red folder and petals

Ashleigh and Mitch held hands under the vines, and their kiss drew a cheer from both sides of the aisle. They signed at a rustic timber table with the bridal party gathered behind them, a red folder at the ready and Ashleigh laughing at something one of the boys said. Then came the walk back through a shower of petals, past the wine barrels and under the umbrellas, Mitch beaming. The hugs started straight away, friends in sunglasses first. We stay close to the end of the aisle for this part, because the best reactions happen in the first two minutes.

High kicks on the gravel

Family groups came next on the lawn, then the bridal party let loose. The groomsmen lined up in front of the vines for a selfie, phone held high. Under a big old gum on the gravel drive, the whole bridal party kicked a leg up on cue, Ashleigh included, and nobody quite matched. The bridesmaids gathered with their bouquets, and the boys strode across the paddock like a band on an album cover. In open paddocks on a sunny afternoon we put the sun behind people: it rims their hair with light and saves everyone from squinting.

Long shadows and a rusted sign

Then it was just Ashleigh and Mitch. We walked them out into the open paddock, and with the sun low behind them their shadows stretched long across the dry, sunlit ground. She held her protea at her waist, he leant in close, and the trees made a soft green wall behind them. On the way back we stopped at the rusted Baxter Barn sign between two wine barrels, the old slab wall behind it weathered silver. Every set of Baxter Barn wedding photos deserves that sign: years later, it tells anyone turning the pages exactly where they were.

Speeches against the fairy lights

Inside the barn, guests posed among the timber posts while the bridal party made their entrance arm in arm, a bridesmaid waving her bouquet over her head. Out on the lawn, friends raised their beers at a long table in the late sun. For the speeches, Ashleigh and Mitch sat on stools against a wall of old printed sacks hung with fairy lights, a flower girl and page boy at their feet. Mitch’s dad was MC, and the laughs kept coming. Fairy lights behind a couple are our favourite speech backdrop: warm, glowing and already there.

LOVE letters, a bouquet toss and sparklers

As dusk fell, two guests posed by the giant timber LOVE letters beside a weeping willow, and the festoon lights over the lawn came on against a deep blue sky. That blue lasts only about twenty minutes after sunset, so we ran out for it while the dance floor warmed up. Back inside, the bouquet toss turned into a scrum and the dancing carried on under the tin roof. To finish, guests lined a brick path with sparklers, and Ashleigh and Mitch ran through them laughing. Our last frame: the two of them kissing alone beneath the festoon lights.

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Baxter Barn, Baxter: bright spring vows by the vines and a sparkler tunnel on the brick path

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From the pergola to the paddock

Ashleigh arrived in a purple convertible right onto the farm grass, and from that moment the whole day stayed on the one property. The vows happened on the lawn in front of the vine-draped pergola, with the flower girls and page boy lining up first under the rose arch in the hedged garden. Family groups stayed by the vine wall straight after, so nobody drifted away. Then the bridal party moved through the rose beds to the old pines in the paddock and the gravel drive, before everyone made their way into the barn and the marquee for the night.

Strong spring sun, used on purpose

Their afternoon was clear and bright, which is a very different job to a soft overcast day. During the ceremony the sun sat high, so we worked from the side of the aisle and let the cream market umbrellas do the softening for the guests. Later, as the sun dropped lower, we flipped it around and put it behind the bridal party under the old pine. That backlight rimmed hair and bouquets, threw long shadows across the dry paddock and made the bouquet throw glow against the branches.

Spots that suited this crowd

A big, playful bridal party needs room, and the open paddock gave it to them. The sprawling pine made a natural frame for a line-up, then for the high-energy frames: bouquets flung skyward, Mitch scooping Ashleigh into his arms, the boys marching in step. For the two of them alone we kept to the dappled shade of that same pine, with the bush soft and green behind. Back near the barn, the timber LOVE letters under the weeping willow were a quick win for guests at dusk, and the sack wall strung with fairy lights made a warm speech backdrop.

Planning a night finish like theirs

Blue hour is short, so if festoon lights in the pines are part of your look, step outside straight after sunset while the sky still holds colour. For a sparkler exit, have your guests lined up along the path and lit before you appear at the far end, then walk rather than sprint, because a fast run blurs faces in the dark. One more idea from this day: sitting the couple on stools against the lit wall for speeches put them right beside the flower girl and page boy, so every reaction between them landed in one frame.

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