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Kelly & Tory at Camp Sunnystones

Camp Sunnystones · Merrimu, near Bacchus Marsh, Victoria

Country Wedding · City: Melbourne · Venue: Camp Sunnystones

We started Kelly and Tory’s country wedding at Camp Sunnystones while they got ready on the Merrimu property, near Bacchus Marsh. Outside, timber chairs and a rug aisle led to the wooden arbour beneath the trees. Tory wiped his eye as Kelly came towards him; we stayed with his reaction as well as her entrance. Kelly’s rose-and-succulent crown, the foliage hoops and succulent boutonnieres kept catching our eye as we moved between people and details. After the ceremony, we took them along the bush tracks and beside the stone homestead for portraits, then stayed for the speeches and dancing.

Timber chairs and a rug aisle frame the bush ceremony setting at Camp Sunnystones in Merrimu.
A personalised welcome sign stands beside the stone entrance at Sunnystones.
Two dogs play on the lawn in front of the stone homestead at Camp Sunnystones.
Succulent favours in vintage mugs fill a trolley beside the wishing well at Sunnystones.
A small whisky bottle, engraved tumbler and folding tool rest in a gift box.
Engraved cufflinks lie among flowers and foliage before the wedding.
Black-and-white close-up of a shirt cuff being fastened during groom preparation.
A guest helps Tory with his cufflink before the ceremony.
A succulent boutonniere is pinned to a pale-grey suit lapel.
Tory sits smiling in his pale-grey suit at Camp Sunnystones.
Tory raises a beer bottle with his attendants beside the stone wall at Sunnystones.
Five attendants gather playfully around Tory as he sits beside the homestead’s stone wall at Camp Sunnystones.
Tory sits with five attendants standing behind him at Sunnystones’ stone wall.
Tory stands beside a wire fence overlooking the bush grounds at Camp Sunnystones near Bacchus Marsh.
A foliage hoop rests against the window at Sunnystones.
Kelly smiles as her rose and succulent flower crown is adjusted.
Kelly looks towards her hanging wedding gown during preparation at Camp Sunnystones.
White bridal boots, a boxed garter and small sandals are arranged beside a window.
Foliage hoop bouquets rest together in a flower box before the ceremony.
Kelly sits on the floor fastening a child’s sandal before the wedding.
Kelly’s lace gown and train catch the window light at Sunnystones.
Kelly looks down in her lace wedding gown and flower crown at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly carries a child through the flower garden at Sunnystones.
Kelly and a child pose with the wedding party on the gravel drive at Camp Sunnystones.
An attendant arranges Kelly’s train beneath the trees at Sunnystones.
Kelly poses beneath the trees in her lace gown at Camp Sunnystones.
Close-up of Kelly’s white protea bouquet against her wedding gown.
Kelly looks over her shoulder beneath her rose and succulent flower crown.
Tory waits beside a guest beneath the timber ceremony arbour at Sunnystones.
Five wedding attendants stand together on the lawn at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly walks between two guests across the homestead lawn at Sunnystones.
Kelly is escorted along the rug aisle during her country wedding at Camp Sunnystones.
Tory wipes his eye as Kelly approaches the ceremony arbour at Sunnystones.
Kelly reaches Tory at the timber wedding arbour at Camp Sunnystones.
Wedding attendants hold foliage hoops beneath a large tree at Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory hold hands beneath the timber arbour during their bush ceremony at Camp Sunnystones.
Guests gather around the outdoor country wedding ceremony at Sunnystones near Bacchus Marsh.
Kelly speaks into a microphone while facing Tory at the Camp Sunnystones ceremony.
Kelly dabs her eye while holding Tory’s hand beneath her flower crown.
A seated wedding guest touches her eye while watching the ceremony.
Kelly holds a microphone and raises her other hand to her eye while facing Tory.
Tory smiles into a microphone while holding Kelly’s hand during the ceremony.
Seated guests smile and hold phones during the outdoor wedding ceremony.
Tory reads from printed pages as Kelly touches her eye beside him.
Wedding guests laugh together, with phones raised to photograph the ceremony.
A witness signs the register while Kelly and Tory embrace behind the signing table at Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory pose at the signing table with the celebrant and a witness at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory kiss beneath the outdoor wedding arbour at Sunnystones.
Leaf confetti falls around Kelly and Tory as they leave their country wedding ceremony at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly shows her wedding ring to a seated guest after the ceremony.
Kelly poses with five attendants holding foliage hoop bouquets at Sunnystones.
Tory and five attendants stand together in white shirts with succulent boutonnieres.
Kelly and Tory walk with their wedding attendants along a track at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory hold beer bottles near their mouths during a bush portrait at Sunnystones.
Kelly hugs Tory closely on a bush track at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory smile together during their Sunnystones portrait session.
Kelly and Tory kiss while walking along a gravel track at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory walk towards the camera through the bush at Sunnystones.
Tory puts his arm around Kelly as they walk away along the Camp Sunnystones track.
Tory helps Kelly step through the flower garden at Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory laugh beside the old stone wall at Camp Sunnystones.
Tory kisses Kelly’s forehead beside the stone wall at Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory touch foreheads in an ivy-framed stone doorway at Camp Sunnystones.
Black-and-white portrait of Kelly and Tory kissing in Sunnystones’ vine-covered stone doorway.
Kelly and Tory walk hand in hand along a Merrimu track during their Camp Sunnystones wedding photos.
Kelly smiles while holding Tory’s hand during a portrait at Sunnystones.
Kelly raises her bouquet above her head while holding Tory’s hand at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly looks back over her shoulder as her lace train trails along the Sunnystones track.
A three-tier semi-naked cake decorated with succulents stands on a barrel at Camp Sunnystones.
Cheese, bread, fruit and sweets fill the grazing table at Sunnystones’ country wedding reception.
A wedding attendant reads a speech beside the stone wall and fairy lights at Camp Sunnystones.
Tory stands beside seated Kelly and a child as guests gather around them at Sunnystones.
Guests raise bottles and glasses for a wedding toast at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory react to a speech at their Sunnystones reception.
Guests laugh with drinks beside the stone wall at Camp Sunnystones.
Tory hugs a guest while Kelly touches her eye behind them.
Kelly raises her beer bottle while Tory holds the microphone at Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory join hands to dance at their Camp Sunnystones reception.
Kelly and Tory lean close together during their wedding dance.
Kelly and Tory dance with their arms folded between them at Sunnystones.
Tory lifts Kelly during their dance, her skirt spreading out across the Camp Sunnystones dance floor.
Kelly hugs Tory as guests applaud their dance at Sunnystones.
Kelly dances with her arms raised beneath coloured reception lights at Camp Sunnystones.
Kelly dances with a guest in a grey jacket at the wedding reception.
Kelly laughs and dances beside a guest in a black dress holding a beer bottle.
Three guests dance beneath green party lights at Sunnystones.
A guest raises an arm above the crowd on the Camp Sunnystones dance floor.
Tory and a wedding attendant clasp hands above their heads while dancing.
Wedding guests crowd together to dance at Sunnystones.
Kelly and Tory have a night photo taken seated inside Camp Sunnystones, framed by a dark leafy doorway.
The story

Camp Sunnystones wedding photos among the trees

Preparation, ceremony, portraits and reception: Camp Sunnystones, Merrimu, near Bacchus Marsh.

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Their ceremony had us watching faces all around the arbour. Tory wiped his eye when Kelly arrived; later Kelly touched her own eyes as they spoke, and a guest did the same. We caught Kelly and Tory laughing together, then kissing beneath the arbour before they walked out through falling leaves. For their country wedding portraits, we stayed at Sunnystones: first the bush tracks and flower garden, then the ivy-framed stone doorway. That close frame felt right after the open ceremony. At the reception, we photographed the succulent-decorated cake, the grazing table and the little plants in vintage mugs for guests. Then Tory lifted Kelly on the dance floor, her skirt sweeping across the frame. We finished with a quieter night portrait of them seated inside, framed by the dark leafy doorway.

Photographer's venue notes

Country wedding photography at Sunnystones

Camp Sunnystones is at 98 Possumtail Run in Merrimu, within Moorabool and near Bacchus Marsh. We stayed on the property for Kelly and Tory’s portraits and still had room to change the pace. The bush track let them walk together; at the homestead, the ivy-framed doorway and stone walls brought us in closer. The trees softened the ceremony light, and the stonework gave us a different portrait frame without another location stop.

Planning a Camp Sunnystones or Bacchus Marsh wedding? Tell us what you’re looking forward to most. We’ll help you choose a portrait route through the bush tracks and homestead that fits the light and your day.

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