Oatlands House wedding photos: Rebecca and Axel kiss on the curving driveway at dusk, the colonnaded homestead and palms behind them, Sydney
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Oatlands House Wedding Photos: Rebecca & Axel

Oatlands House · 42 Bettington Rd, Oatlands NSW · Sydney

Garden Wedding · Heritage & Historic Venue Wedding · City: Sydney · Venue: Oatlands Estate

Two drummers leading the way into the reception, a red carpet rolled across the drive and a late autumn sun flaring behind white lamp posts as Rebecca and Axel walked off for portraits. Their wedding at Oatlands House, in leafy Oatlands in Sydney’s north-west, ran from vows under a domed white gazebo to a dance floor that never emptied. We were right beside them all day, from a quiet glass of wine before the ceremony to a goodnight kiss in the back of a vintage car.

The gallery
Two silver wedding bands sit in an open red ring box on a sparkling silver cloth, ready for Axel's morning.
Brown leather lace-up brogues set out on a white floor before Axel dresses for the wedding.
Axel in a navy suit ties the laces of his brown brogues on a patterned rug at home.
Axel fixes his hair in the bathroom mirror, his reflection framed in the glass.
Axel checks his hair in the mirror as his best man in glasses and a bow tie watches from the doorway.
Axel grins at a small gift and card in his hands while his best man looks on.
Axel fastens his cuff by a bright window, dressed in a dark suit and white bow tie.
Axel and his best man stand side by side on the front path, both in dark suits and bow ties.
Axel and his best man share a laugh outside the house in the sunshine.
A quiet portrait of Axel in black and white, his white bow tie bright against a dark suit.
Rebecca's lace and blush tulle gown hangs against vertical blinds in the bedroom window.
Close detail of the gown's lace bodice and soft tulle skirt lit by window light through the blinds.
Burgundy and blush floral wedding stationery on a pink envelope beneath greenery and roses.
Small posies of blush, ivory and deep red roses nestled in soft white wadding.
Bouquets of burgundy, blush and peach roses with trailing greenery laid out on the bed.
Ivory pointed heels with long ankle ties and wooden block heels on a white sheet.
A pearl and leaf tiara is set into Rebecca's dark hair as a helper in purple pins it in place.
Rebecca smiles beneath her veil as helping hands settle it over her pearl and leaf tiara.
Rebecca beams as her veil is lifted and spread over her tiara in the soft window light.
A helper in purple fixes an earring for Rebecca, still in her white robe and tiara.
Rebecca in her white robe and veil stands between her dad and a loved one in a sequinned navy dress.
Rebecca laughs in her robe and veil with her dad and a loved one in sequins close beside her.
Her dad can't stop smiling at Rebecca, eyes creased with pride, in a grey suit and purple tie.
A loved one in a sequinned navy dress and red lipstick smiles warmly at Rebecca.
Rebecca in her robe with her dad, her sister in deep red lace and a loved one in navy sequins.
Rebecca with her sister in deep red lace and two little girls in white, the smallest reaching up to wave.
Eyes closed, Rebecca sits calmly in her white robe and veil as her make-up is finished.
A hand in a purple sleeve brushes shimmer onto Rebecca's eyelid beneath her leaf tiara.
Red lipstick goes on as the final touch to Rebecca's bridal make-up.
Rebecca in her robe and veil looks towards the window, waiting for the next step.
A loved one in pale blue lace hugs two little girls in white dresses on a floral armchair.
Rebecca's sister in deep red lace and a loved one in pale blue lace pose side by side in the lounge.
Rebecca's sister in red and a loved one in pale blue stand behind two little girls in white tulle.
Rebecca sits on the bed in her lace gown with a big bouquet of burgundy and blush roses, gazing at the window.
Looking down at her trailing bouquet of blush and burgundy roses, Rebecca smiles in her lace gown.
Rebecca waits on the bed by the vertical blinds, bouquet in her lap and tiara catching the light.
Rebecca turns towards the light from her bedside, earrings glinting above her rose and greenery bouquet.
Rebecca sits on the edge of the bed in her lace cap sleeve gown, bouquet resting at her side.
Rebecca by the window blinds with her sister in red, a young girl in white and three loved ones in blue, navy and plum.
Rebecca stands by the window blinds in her lace gown with her cascading bouquet of roses and greenery.
Rebecca's reflection in a tall white mirror as she checks her gown, veil and bouquet.
Family applaud as Rebecca walks into the lounge room in her gown, a man in a plum suit clapping closest.
Three older guests in suits break into applause as Rebecca appears in her gown.
Rebecca, her sister and a girl in white holding roses are cheered by clapping family in the lounge room.
A man in a plum suit and a woman in a plum gown laugh as a little girl in white leans in.
Rebecca poses under a white arched doorway with a woman in a plum gown and a man in a plum suit.
Rebecca, her sister in deep red and a young girl in white each hold rose bouquets in the arched doorway.
Rebecca stands in the arched hallway with an older woman in a red jacket and an older man in tweed.
Rebecca with her dad and a loved one in sequinned navy under the white arched doorway at home.
Her dad and a loved one in navy sequins share a smile with Rebecca in the arched hallway.
Rebecca laughs as her dad takes her hand beneath the white archway, a loved one in navy beside them.
Rebecca with an older man in a grey suit and two loved ones in black lace under the archway.
Rebecca and a loved one in pale blue lace stand arm in arm in the arched hallway.
Rebecca with her sister in red, a loved one in pale blue and an older man in sunglasses under the arch.
Rebecca stands with her dad, her sister in deep red and a loved one in navy sequins in the hallway.
Rebecca and her sister in deep red lace hold their rose and greenery bouquets side by side.
Rebecca and her sister share a smile over their bouquets of blush and burgundy roses.
Cheek to cheek, Rebecca and her sister in red lean together behind their full rose bouquets.
Rebecca between an older man in a pink tie and an older woman in a black and white jacket under the arch.
Rebecca with an older man in a striped tie and a loved one in black sparkle beneath the arched doorway.
Rebecca stands alone in the white arched hallway, her blush tulle skirt pooling on the tiled floor.
Rebecca looks down at her bouquet in the archway, her long train spread around her feet.
Rebecca glances back over her shoulder by the bright front door, showing her lace back and train.
Rebecca, her dad, her sister, a girl in white and a loved one in navy under a greenery-wrapped porch.
Rebecca and her family line up beside a white stretch limousine in the street before leaving home.
The historic manor of Oatlands Estate rises behind palms and a spreading tree, its iron balcony bright under a blue sky.
White folding chairs line the brick path to a rose-wrapped white gazebo, set for a garden ceremony among pines and palms.
Her dad helps Rebecca out of the white limousine on the gravel drive of heritage-listed Oatlands House as guests gather.
Rebecca takes her dad's hand as she steps from the limousine, the gardens soft behind them.
Rebecca with her dad and a loved one in navy sequins beside the white limousine on arrival for her garden wedding.
Rebecca, her dad, her sister and a loved one in navy under the sandstone portico of Oatlands House near Parramatta.
A white sedan trimmed with ribbon waits on the shaded drive through the estate gardens.
Axel adjusts his blush rose buttonhole at the historic estate as a loved one in a cream jacket looks on.
Axel and his best man stand by a white sedan beneath the heritage portico and its curved iron balcony.
Axel and his best man wait by the white sedan before the curved sandstone portico of Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Axel stands alone by the white sedan at the front steps, a red carpet laid at the door of the historic house.
Two red ring boxes sit in a timber tray of roses and trailing greenery on a gilt chair in the heritage house.
Rebecca in a white attic room with a loved one in navy sequins and a loved one in a jewelled jacket.
Rebecca and a loved one in a jewelled black jacket stand by the tall window of the historic upstairs room.
Rebecca sits on a gilt chair beneath the sloping ceiling of a white attic room in heritage-listed Oatlands House.
Rebecca looks down at her bouquet on a gilt armchair by the window, the gardens green beyond the glass.
Rebecca's ivory heels with ribbon ankle ties peek from beneath her tulle skirt on the dark carpet.
Rebecca sips a glass of wine with her rose and greenery bouquet in her lap before the garden ceremony.
Rebecca clinks glasses with a loved one in navy sequins and a loved one in a jewelled jacket upstairs in the heritage manor.
Rebecca gazes out of the historic manor's upstairs window from a gilt armchair, her cascading bouquet across her skirt.
The cream rotunda and iron balcony of historic Oatlands Estate, flanked by tall palms and stone lions.
Guests in bright dresses and suits wait on white folding chairs on the lawn for the garden ceremony.
Older guests settle into white chairs on the lawn at Oatlands House near Parramatta, its verandah behind them.
Axel waits by the rose-covered gazebo with his best man as a man in grey waits at a music stand in the gardens.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket walks the red carpet from the front steps of Oatlands House.
The flower girl in white tulle walks the red carpet away from the columned rotunda of the heritage house.
The ring bearer carries a flower-trimmed ring box along the red carpet at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Rebecca's sister, the maid of honour, walks the red carpet in deep red from the historic portico.
Rebecca and her dad appear at the front steps of Oatlands Estate between tall palms and stone lions.
Rebecca on her dad's arm starts down the red carpet from the heritage rotunda, her veil over her face.
Her dad walks Rebecca down the aisle beneath her veil as guests raise their phones in the gardens.
Her dad smiles with pride as he leads veiled Rebecca past the guests, the rotunda of Oatlands House near Parramatta behind.
Rebecca smiles through her veil on her dad's arm, sunlight catching the garden trees behind.
Her dad greets Axel face to face at the end of the garden aisle, Rebecca waiting veiled behind.
Her dad pulls Axel into a long hug in the afternoon sun at the historic estate.
Rebecca and Axel sit side by side for their garden ceremony, palms and a red-leafed tree behind.
Her dad wipes away a tear beside a loved one in navy sequins and a loved one in a jewelled jacket.
Rebecca's sister, the flower girl and the ring bearer sit in the front row, the heritage verandah behind.
Rebecca and Axel sit before the gazebo as front row family look on against a tall hedge in the gardens.
A man in a grey suit reads at a music stand inside the rose-wrapped Oatlands Chateau gazebo.
Rebecca smiles at Axel as they sit together during the garden ceremony while guests watch.
Rebecca and Axel listen side by side, a red-leafed tree and garden palms behind them on the historic estate.
Her dad and a loved one in navy sequins smile as they watch from the front row.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket and rose corsage listens closely during the heritage garden ceremony.
Axel's best man sits with hands clasped on a white folding chair, watching the ceremony.
Her dad, a loved one in navy sequins and a loved one in a jewelled jacket sit in the front row of the garden ceremony.
Guests stand on the drive beneath the iron balcony of Oatlands House to watch the ceremony.
Rows of guests in white chairs watch from the lawn, the historic house and its verandah behind.
Guests gather around the domed Oatlands Chateau gazebo for the garden ceremony, palms against the sun.
Rows of guests fill the garden lawn beside the iron gazebo, the cream rotunda of the heritage manor behind.
Rebecca sits veiled on a white chair, bouquet in her lap, as a loved one behind her wipes a tear.
A woman in plum cradles a little girl in white tulle among seated guests during the ceremony.
Standing guests watch the vows among palms and a slim cypress in the gardens of the historic estate.
Rebecca and Axel hold hands for their vows beneath the rose-wrapped gazebo at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
The ring bearer waits with the flower-trimmed ring box on the paved path beside the garden ceremony.
Axel slides the ring onto Rebecca's finger at the Oatlands Chateau gazebo, the gardens glowing in the afternoon sun.
Close on their hands as Axel's ring goes onto Rebecca's finger beside the white signing table at the garden ceremony.
Rebecca slides Axel's ring on at the historic estate, a red register and pen waiting on the white table.
Rebecca signs the register at Oatlands House as her sister in deep red sequins steadies the rose bouquets.
Axel signs the register at the garden ceremony, a blush rose buttonhole on his lapel and burgundy roses in front.
His best man in glasses leans in to add his name while Rebecca smiles, Axel standing behind at the heritage estate.
Rebecca's sister, the maid of honour, signs in a pearl hair vine as Rebecca watches with a soft smile in the gardens.
Rebecca and Axel share their first kiss beneath the domed Oatlands Chateau as guests clap on the brick path.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket and a loved one in navy sequins laugh and clap as the historic garden ceremony ends.
Guests in bold prints, red and black stand smiling at the close of the ceremony, the heritage verandah of Oatlands Estate behind.
Every guest gathers on the red carpet and drive for an overhead group photo, white chairs and the gazebo behind in the gardens.
Arms fly up as guests cheer around Rebecca and Axel on the red carpet, the Oatlands Chateau gazebo set in the garden behind.
Rebecca and Axel hold up their signed certificate beside a man in grey under the heritage sandstone portico after their garden ceremony.
Rebecca and Axel with her dad, a loved one in navy sequins and a loved one in a jewelled jacket at Oatlands House near Parramatta.
A family group stands on the red carpet before the columns, lanterns and stone statues of the historic portico.
Rebecca and Axel stand with her dad and a loved one in navy sequins beneath the sandstone portico of Oatlands House.
Rebecca and Axel smile beside a loved one in a jewelled black jacket on the red carpet at the heritage manor.
Rebecca and Axel with family in navy, sequins and a jewelled jacket before the arched niches and statues of Oatlands Estate.
Rebecca and Axel with a man in a purple suit and a woman in a purple gown on the portico steps above the gardens.
The wedding party lines the red carpet with family, the flower girl and ring bearer in front, at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
A loved one in navy sequins straightens Axel's buttonhole as Rebecca beams beside him under the heritage portico.
An older man in a navy suit clasps Axel's hand in congratulations as Rebecca looks on by the historic front doors.
An older man kisses Rebecca's cheek after the garden ceremony as she laughs, her sister in deep red holding roses in front.
A man in a tweed jacket and a woman in black greet Rebecca and Axel at the front doors of Oatlands House.
Rebecca and Axel with a man in a tweed jacket and a woman in a black ruffled dress between the heritage manor's stone cherubs.
Rebecca and Axel with a family of four, two young boys in blue and grey grinning in front, outside Oatlands Estate.
Rebecca and Axel stand with a family group in bright prints, red and a camel coat beneath the historic portico.
A smiling man holds a baby in a pink headband beside Rebecca and Axel at their garden wedding, a woman in a leather jacket alongside.
A girl in a black tulle skirt and a man in a flat cap join the couple's family group at Oatlands House near Parramatta.
Rebecca with two guests, one in burgundy lace and one in a leather jacket and polka dots, by the heritage verandah.
Rebecca and Axel with six guests in navy, grey, polka dots, red lace and stripes outside the front doors of the historic house.
Rebecca and Axel with the best man, her sister in deep red and the flower girl before the cream rotunda of Oatlands Estate.
The wedding party strolls down the drive from the heritage-listed manor, her sister holding the flower girl's hand.
Rebecca and Axel walk with the best man, her sister and the flower girl past clipped hedges and gardens below Oatlands House.
Rebecca and Axel walk hand in hand down the lamp-post path at the historic estate, the low sun flaring beside her veil.
Rebecca and Axel stroll the gravel path beside the golf course lawns and white lamp posts at Oatlands House near Parramatta.
Rebecca looks back at Axel on the lamp-post path, her tulle train sweeping past the gardens in golden light.
Rebecca gazes up at Axel beneath her backlit veil, leaf tiara glinting, in a golden garden portrait.
Axel smiles close to Rebecca as sunlight streams through her veil and flares across his lapel at the historic estate.
Rebecca smiles down at her bouquet of burgundy and blush blooms as Axel bows his head beside her in the gardens.
Rebecca smiles back over her shoulder, hand in hand with Axel on the lamp-lined path at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Rebecca and Axel hold hands and gaze at each other as the sun sets through the trees of the heritage estate.
Rebecca laughs up at Axel as they walk into the sun, her veil and tulle skirt lit gold beside the garden beds.
Rebecca and Axel walk hand in hand towards a lamp post for garden portraits as the sun bursts through the trees at Oatlands House.
Rebecca and Axel turn back to smile on the historic estate's lamp-post path, golden light flaring across her train.
Rebecca and Axel stand close on the path lined with white lamp posts, palms and gardens of Oatlands Estate.
Rebecca and Axel share a kiss on the edge of the lamp-lined path during their sunset garden portraits.
Her sister, the best man and the ring bearer clink pink drinks with Rebecca and Axel under a tree on the heritage grounds.
Rebecca and Axel with the best man and her sister in deep red on the curving gravel drive at Oatlands House near Parramatta.
The best man in glasses and a burgundy bow tie stands with Rebecca and Axel on the path through the gardens in the late light.
Rebecca links arms with Axel and the best man on the gravel path of the historic estate, her cascading bouquet in hand.
Rebecca and Axel with her sister in deep red satin on the drive at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west, lamp posts glowing behind.
Rebecca waves her bouquet as she walks hand in hand with Axel, her sister laughing alongside on the heritage garden path.
Rebecca and Axel walk hand in hand towards the camera with her sister in red beside them under tall gums on the historic grounds.
Rebecca and Axel stand under an arch of bare vines and late red leaves in the vineyard at Oatlands Estate.
Rebecca and her sister in deep red stand together before the bare vines and red autumn leaves of the estate gardens.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket and Axel raise glasses of pink wine beside the vines of the heritage estate.
The loved one in the jewelled jacket and Axel share a big laugh over their wine among the vines on the historic grounds.
Rebecca, the flower girl and her sister in red sit on the lawn beneath a pink flowering tree in the gardens of Oatlands House.
Rebecca chats with the loved one in the jewelled jacket over a glass of wine as Axel listens at their garden wedding.
Rebecca and Axel kiss on the lawn before a long pergola of bare autumn vines at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Rebecca and Axel stand side by side on the lawn before the bare vine pergola, a few red leaves still hanging in the gardens.
Rebecca and Axel kiss on the drive at dusk as the cream rotunda and iron balcony of Oatlands House glow behind them.
Rebecca and Axel pause on the drive before the columned rotunda of the historic manor, palms against the dusk sky.
A floral welcome sign on a white iron easel greets guests beside a candle and louvred shutter for the heritage garden reception.
The head table runs with blush and ivory roses and greenery, French doors open to the lit garden beyond.
Two caramel drip cakes crowned with gold leaf and sweets sit on silver stands among greenery and tea lights in the historic house.
A floral place card, a jar of sweets and cut crystal glasses wait at a setting beside the greenery runner.
A white wishing well, red and silver balloons and a guest book table stand beneath the tall windows of the heritage reception room.
A guest book, tea lights and scattered sweets sit before a floral sign asking for date ideas, by windows onto the gardens.
Guests dine under crystal chandeliers and gilt mirrors in the Rose Suite, the two drip cakes in the foreground.
A woman in a plum gown and a man in a dark suit and striped tie smile together at their table at the garden wedding.
Three guests in grey, florals and black smile at their table as roses and candlelight fill the historic reception room behind.
Four guests in florals, red and a black shirt with a sparkly tie gather at their table in the heritage reception.
Two guests in black lace and black ruffles smile from their gilt chairs at the garden reception.
A couple in a floral dress and a blue shirt sit close by a tall window during the reception at Oatlands Estate.
A bearded guest in a white shirt sits back with clasped hands under a crystal wall light in the historic house.
A woman in black and pearls hugs a little girl in white and black tulle on her lap at the garden reception.
An older man in a flat cap and a grinning boy in a denim jacket sit by the sandstone fireplace of the heritage reception room.
A smiling couple hold up a baby in a pink headband between candlelit tables and chandeliers in the Rose Suite.
Three guests share a smile at table seven beside the stone fireplace and gilt mirror of the historic manor.
A young woman in a pink cardigan, a woman in a patterned dress and a man in grey smile together at the garden wedding reception.
A woman in a patterned dress and black cardigan leans in with a bearded man in grey during the garden reception.
An older man in a tweed jacket and a woman in a red jacket sit by the roses and French windows onto the gardens.
An older couple, she in bold black and white stripes, sit before the marble fireplace and gilt mirror at Oatlands House near Parramatta.
An older couple in black and a brown suit with a striped tie lean together at their candlelit table.
A man in a grey suit and a woman in black lace and pearls sit at table one during the heritage garden reception.
A smiling couple in black sit together at table four beneath a crystal wall light in the historic dining room.
A man in a dark suit waves as he enters with a loved one in navy sequins past the heritage house's gilt mirror.
Guests rise to applaud under crystal chandeliers and gilt mirrors as the wedding party arrives at Oatlands House.
A man in a dark green suit with a rose buttonhole and a loved one in navy sequins smile at the rose-lined head table.
A loved one in a jewelled black jacket makes her entrance across the patterned carpet of the historic house.
Guests clap and cheer from their tables beneath a crystal chandelier as the bridal party enters the Rose Suite.
The flower girl lifts her bouquet high and the ring bearer punches the air as they dance into the garden reception.
The ring bearer and flower girl dance across the patterned carpet past the gilt mirror and marble fireplace of the heritage manor.
A little girl in white tulle twirls on the carpet at the garden reception as two men hold the double doors behind her.
The flower girl waves her bouquet overhead and dances with a young woman in silver lace as the ring bearer joins in.
Rebecca's sister raises her bouquet high, arm in arm with the best man, as they enter the historic reception room.
A woman in plum lifts a little girl in white as guests wave and film the entrance to the garden reception.
Two drummers beat big orange and silver drums as Rebecca and Axel make their entrance, Axel's arm raised high, at Oatlands Estate.
Older guests clap as Rebecca and Axel follow the drummers into the reception, hand in hand and beaming in the heritage house.
Rebecca and Axel hold hands and face each other by the white double doors and French windows to the garden.
Rebecca and Axel dance between two drummers in the panelled hallway of the historic manor.
Axel twirls Rebecca as the drummers play on either side, a silver drum and an orange drum beating out the rhythm.
A man in a dark green suit and a loved one in navy sequins clap along before tall windows onto the night gardens.
Rebecca and Axel dance hand in hand between kneeling drummers on the timber floor of the Rose Suite, balloons behind.
Guests in silver lace, stripes and black clap and film as the dancing builds in the heritage room.
Rebecca and Axel raise joined hands under green party lights as the drummers close in on the dance floor at Oatlands House.
Guests in black lace, a dark shirt and pink clap along by the French doors as a boy in blue watches the dancing.
Rebecca reaches out to touch Axel's cheek as a drummer plays on the timber floor before windows onto the dark gardens.
Rebecca dances with arms outstretched, holding Axel's hand, as guests clap along by the drums in the historic room.
A drummer in a white shirt beats a large silver drum as clapping guests and a boy in blue crowd the garden wedding dance floor.
Guests rise from their tables to clap beneath crystal chandeliers and candelabra at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Hands joined high, a loved one in a jewelled jacket, an older man in grey and a loved one in sequins lead a dancing line.
Rebecca beams on the crowded dance floor of her garden wedding as Axel follows behind, balloons and phones all around.
An older man in a pink tie leads a hand-holding line of guests across the heritage dance floor, everyone grinning.
A drummer plays a silver drum as women in prints, stripes and navy sequins clap along by the windows of the garden reception.
Rebecca dances in the middle of a circle of guests, her sister in deep red and the flower girl beside her.
A man in a pink shirt throws his arms up as he dances hand in hand with a laughing guest in black lace.
The flower girl joins a circle of family dancing by the French windows of the historic house, balloons drifting overhead.
Rebecca joins hands with the flower girl in a dance circle as guests clap and film at their garden wedding.
An older man in a grey suit leads a loved one in navy sequins through the dance as guests cheer in the historic house.
An older couple clap along to the music beside tall French windows and pink balloons in the heritage reception room.
The flower girl hugs a loved one in pale blue lace, who holds a little girl in white on the dance floor.
His best man carries a little girl in white tulle through the party, Rebecca and a loved one in pale blue behind.
Rebecca and Axel clink glasses at the head table, its long garland of blush and peach roses filling the Rose Suite.
The flower girl and a young boy in a grey suit pull funny faces at their table in the heritage manor.
Two guests lean in to chat with Rebecca at the head table, the historic room's French windows behind her.
Guests smile around a candlelit round table beneath a gilt mirror and white fireplace at Oatlands Estate.
Two young men in open-neck shirts grin over the candles at their table during the garden reception.
A couple sit close and smile for the camera at their table in the historic house, bread rolls in front of them.
Three friends in red lace, black leather and black lace share a table under brass wall lights at the garden wedding.
Four guests at table five smile beneath a crystal wall light inside heritage-listed Oatlands House.
A boy in a blue jumper grins over his plate of pasta at the garden estate reception.
Two men in grey suits sit together at a round table with a water jug and greenery in the historic reception room.
A woman in a red satin dress hugs a young boy in a grey jumper at their table as night settles over the gardens.
His best man and a loved one in pale blue lace pose before a tall gilt mirror at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
His best man and a loved one in pale blue lace gather the flower girl, a little girl and a boy by the heritage fireplace.
A little girl in white touches the best man's face as the family group laughs by the fireplace in the historic manor.
Axel sits beside a loved one in a jewelled jacket at the head table, the gardens dark beyond the windows of Oatlands House near Parramatta.
Axel kisses the cheek of a loved one in a jewelled black jacket as she smiles at the head table in the heritage manor.
Her dad reads his speech into the microphone at the head table in the Rose Suite, Rebecca and Axel listening.
His best man, Axel and Rebecca applaud as a loved one in a jewelled jacket laughs at the garden reception.
Rebecca smiles up at her dad as he reads his speech, Axel and the best man listening along the head table in the heritage house.
Her dad smiles as he reads from a sheet into the microphone, a blush rose on his lapel, the gardens green through the window.
His best man laughs and claps while Rebecca and Axel listen to her dad's speech at the garden wedding.
Her dad laughs mid-speech behind her sister in red, who smiles as a little girl plays with a napkin in the historic dining room.
Guests at table two listen to the speeches, a man in a pink shirt laughing with his hand to his chin.
Two older women listen closely to the speeches at table one, one in navy lace with her hands clasped beneath her chin.
An older woman in a black and white striped top laughs at the speeches between two guests in the heritage house.
Her sister in red lace laughs at the head table as a little girl tugs a napkin and her dad keeps reading.
Guests applaud around a candelabra by the sandstone fireplace and gilt mirror at historic Oatlands Estate.
Rebecca stops to chat with the flower girl and a young boy at their table during the garden reception, cakes waiting behind.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket gives a speech at the long flower-lined head table in the Rose Suite.
Rebecca beams as a loved one in a jewelled jacket speaks from a red folder in the heritage manor.
A woman cradles a baby in blue ear muffs as guests listen to the speeches at the garden wedding.
Axel and his best man smile as a loved one in a jewelled jacket speaks at the head table of Oatlands House.
Axel presses a hand to his chest, moved by the speech, as Rebecca laughs beside him in the historic house.
Her dad and a loved one in navy sequins laugh behind the roses at the head table, the gardens dark through the windows.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket smiles at Axel mid-speech while Rebecca looks on happily in the heritage reception room.
Guests at round tables turn to the speeches under crystal chandeliers and a gilt mirror at Oatlands Estate.
A man in a plum suit speaks into the microphone beside a woman in a plum gown holding her notes at the garden wedding.
Rebecca and Axel applaud the speeches as her sister rests her head on Rebecca's shoulder in the historic manor.
A loved one in pale blue lace and the flower girl listen at their table, the two cakes blurred behind them.
Her sister in red lace holds a little girl in white who chews her finger at the head table.
Rebecca and her sister stand behind her dad and a loved one in navy sequins at the head table of Oatlands House near Parramatta.
Axel reads his speech from a card as Rebecca looks up at him in the heritage-listed house.
Axel speaks into the microphone with a calm smile while Rebecca and her sister listen at the garden reception.
Rebecca gazes up at Axel during his speech, her dad and a loved one in sequins watching from the head table at the garden wedding.
A woman in a plum gown beams from a candlelit table under a crystal chandelier at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Guests stand and clap by the sandstone fireplace and candelabra in the historic dining room.
A loved one in navy sequins fastens a necklace for Rebecca as her dad leans in beneath the Rose Suite chandeliers.
Rebecca smiles as a loved one in navy sequins fastens a necklace, her dad watching behind in the heritage manor.
A loved one in pale blue lace fastens a necklace for Rebecca as her sister in red looks on.
A loved one in navy sequins touches Rebecca's earring as her dad and a loved one in pale blue lace look on.
Her dad holds Rebecca's head and kisses her brow in the middle of the historic reception room.
His best man fastens a bracelet on Rebecca's wrist while the flower girl watches at the garden reception.
Rebecca hugs a loved one in pale blue lace while his best man waits beside them in the heritage house.
Rebecca and Axel cut the caramel drip cake topped with their names, a pink layer cake beside it, at Oatlands Estate.
Their hands guide the knife into a caramel drip cake heaped with golden shards on a silver stand ringed with ferny greenery.
Axel laughs as he and Rebecca cut into the cake together at their heritage garden reception.
Her sister in red films on her phone with guests among the tables of Oatlands House, a gilt mirror and chandelier above.
A man in a plum suit, a woman in plum and his best man watch with smiles under the historic room's chandeliers.
Rebecca and Axel kiss with champagne flutes in hand behind their two cakes at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Rebecca wraps her arms around Axel's neck for their first dance, his smile wide, at the garden wedding.
Rebecca and Axel sway close in their first dance on the polished timber floor of the historic house.
Rebecca and Axel hold each other on the glossy timber floor of Oatlands House near Parramatta, her train spread wide.
Rebecca closes her eyes and smiles in Axel's arms as a loved one in pale blue lace films them at the garden wedding.
Rebecca and Axel hold each other close by the French windows, the gardens dark beyond the glass.
Seen through a wide opening in the Rose Suite, Rebecca and Axel dance as her sister films from the side.
Friends crowd around Rebecca and Axel in a happy huddle, heads pressed together on the dance floor of the heritage house.
Axel cheers in a circle of friends as Rebecca dances beside him at the garden wedding.
Three friends dance and laugh, one in a black and white striped dress, by the French doors of the historic house.
Rebecca dances with a man in a pink shirt as Axel claps behind them by the tall windows onto the gardens.
Rebecca and Axel dance hand in hand as guests raise their arms around them at Oatlands Estate.
Axel and Rebecca hold hands to dance as guests clap along at their heritage garden wedding.
Rebecca and Axel dance in a ring of guests, the flower girl and his best man behind, the gardens black beyond the glass.
Rebecca's mermaid skirt swings as she and Axel dance and an older woman in stripes claps beside them in the historic manor.
An older woman in stripes laughs and claps beside Rebecca's veil while his best man joins in at the garden reception.
A man in a pink shirt, a woman in a plum gown and two older guests clap along inside Oatlands House.
Rebecca laughs as guests lift her onto their shoulders, his best man helping to hold her up in the heritage manor.
Rebecca waves from high on the shoulders of guests as a woman in red films the lift at the garden wedding.
Axel and Rebecca, both lifted high, reach for each other's hands and laugh above the crowd in the historic house.
Guests clap and film on their phones by the French doors of the garden estate.
Her dad rides high on a guest's shoulders, grinning and clapping beside a crystal wall light in the heritage reception room.
An older man in a grey suit claps his hands high as the dancing builds by the windows onto the gardens.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket dances with her arms raised among the guests in the historic manor.
A loved one in pale blue lace dances arm in arm with a loved one in navy sequins, both laughing at the garden reception.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket and a woman in navy lace dance hand in hand by the windows to the gardens.
Rebecca, Axel and her sister in red pose with two guests by a cream sofa and gilt mirror at Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Her dad and a loved one in navy sequins pose with an older couple in grey and black lace in the heritage house.
Her dad shakes hands with an older man in glasses under the chandeliers of historic Oatlands Estate.
Two men in dark jackets stand arm in arm for a portrait beside a crystal wall light at the garden wedding.
Rebecca and Axel stand with four guests in red, grey, bright print and florals by the French doors in the heritage manor.
Rebecca chats with a smiling couple in green florals and a dark jacket, candelabra glowing behind at the garden reception.
Guests laugh around a candlelit table under a crystal chandelier as the night goes on in the Rose Suite.
Rebecca holds her glass between a man in a tweed blazer and a woman in a black coat in the historic house.
Axel chats with three guests, one in a bright print dress and one in a jewelled jacket, the gardens dark behind the French windows.
Rebecca and Axel gather with friends and family, a loved one in pale blue lace seated at their feet, at Oatlands House near Parramatta.
A loved one in a jewelled jacket smiles up at Axel as they talk near the candelabra at the garden reception.
Rebecca sits on an antique button-back sofa as Axel holds her hand beside a red timber door in heritage Oatlands House.
Rebecca looks up at Axel from the carved antique sofa, pink roses and a red door behind them in the historic hallway.
Axel gazes down at Rebecca on the cream sofa, her tulle skirt spread across the patterned carpet.
Rebecca and Axel kiss on a lamplit path by the fountain in the night gardens of Oatlands Estate.
Axel and Rebecca embrace beside the glowing stone fountain for night garden portraits under spreading trees.
Rebecca and Axel face each other beside a glowing white lamp post in the historic gardens, distant lights blurred below.
Rebecca and Axel hold each other before the lit rotunda and sandstone portico of Oatlands House at night.
Rebecca rests her head on Axel's shoulder before the glowing heritage portico, her train spread on the brick path.
Rebecca and Axel touch foreheads between the rose and greenery wrapped columns of the gazebo, at night in the gardens.
The Oatlands Chateau gazebo glows white in the dark garden as Rebecca and Axel embrace beneath its dome.
Rebecca and Axel walk hand in hand along the columned sandstone verandah of the historic manor, past the dark gardens.
Rebecca and Axel walk across the gravel towards a vintage silver car on the drive of Oatlands Estate in Sydney's north-west.
Rebecca laughs on the pale blue leather back seat of the vintage car as Axel smiles beside her, leaving their garden wedding.
Rebecca and Axel share a kiss through the vintage car's rear window, Oatlands House near Parramatta glowing behind.
The vintage silver car waits with white ribbon on its bonnet beneath the palms of the heritage gardens.
Her sister in red lace and guests holding roses wave goodbye from the sandstone portico steps of Oatlands Estate.
The wedding story

Our Oatlands House wedding photos: a red carpet to the gazebo, golden light by the lamp posts and drums into the reception

Getting ready at home · Arrival at Oatlands House · Gazebo ceremony · Lamp-post path and vineyard portraits · Drums, speeches and dancing · Night portraits and a vintage car

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Brogues and a burgundy bow tie

Our day began with Axel at home, where his brown brogues sat on a white floor and the rings waited in an open red box on a silver cloth. His best man, Rebecca’s brother, arrived in a burgundy bow tie, and the two of them checked hair and collars in the mirror before heading out to the front lawn, where we stood them side by side in the soft late-morning light. Inside, we kept one quiet portrait of Axel in black and white, because a calm face and a white bow tie need nothing else.

A leaf tiara and red lipstick

At Rebecca’s, the gown hung against the vertical blinds, lace over blush tulle, beside bouquets of burgundy, blush and dusty pink roses. Blinds are a gift for a dress photo: they spread the window light evenly, so lace reads clearly without a lamp on. A gold leaf tiara went into her hair, the veil came down and red lipstick finished the look. Her dad could not stop smiling at her, her sister, the maid of honour, arrived in deep red with two little girls in white, and when Rebecca walked out in her gown, three older guests broke into applause.

Arriving at Oatlands House

We framed Rebecca in the white arched doorway of the hallway, a shape that holds a full skirt beautifully, then the family gathered under a porch wrapped in greenery beside a white stretch limousine. Axel reached Oatlands House first and stood with his best man before the curved sandstone portico. Rebecca’s dad helped her out of the limousine, and she slipped upstairs to a white room under the roof, where her rings sat on a gilt chair among roses and she sipped a glass of white wine. A quiet room before the ceremony is worth planning.

Down the red carpet

The ceremony was set at the white gazebo in the garden, its iron dome wrapped in pale roses and greenery, with rows of white folding chairs on the lawn. A red carpet ran from the front steps of the house across the drive. A loved one in black came down first, then the flower girl, the ring bearer with his flower-trimmed box and the maid of honour in red, before Rebecca appeared on her dad’s arm beneath her veil. From the gazebo end we kept the rotunda of the house right behind them. At the gazebo, her dad pulled Axel into a long hug.

Rings, signatures and a cheer

Rebecca and Axel sat side by side in front of the gazebo for much of the ceremony, which let us move around the chairs and watch the front rows lean in. The afternoon sun came through the trees low and warm. Then they stood for the rings, Axel slid hers on, and they signed the register at a white table with the maid of honour and best man adding their names. The kiss under the dome had everyone on their feet, and we went up high to fit every guest into one group photo across the drive, red carpet and all.

Golden light by the lamp posts

In late autumn the sun sets before five in Sydney, so we went straight from the family groups under the portico into portraits. A gravel path lined with white lamp posts runs beside the golf course, and with the sun low behind the trees we put it at their backs, so it flared through Rebecca’s veil. They walked hand in hand, touched foreheads and laughed when the best man and maid of honour joined them. Glasses came out, and even the ring bearer clinked his with Axel’s. Light like this doesn’t last long, so it pays to have the bridal party ready.

Bare vines and a pink tree

Next we walked them into the vineyard, where the vines had dropped most of their leaves and a few red ones still hung on the wires. Autumn canes make a fine texture behind a white gown, and the rows lead the eye straight to the couple. Rebecca sat on the lawn with her sister and the flower girl under a tree in pink flower, and a loved one shared a glass of wine and a big laugh with Axel. As the light faded we brought them back up the drive, with the rotunda glowing cream against the dusk.

Drums and a full dance floor

Inside, two cakes dressed in caramel drips and gold waited under the window, and the head table ran with blush roses. The little ones danced in through the double doors, the flower girl spinning on the carpet, then two drummers led Rebecca and Axel into a room on its feet. Within minutes a long line of guests was dancing hand in hand. Her dad and Axel both spoke, the cake was cut with a kiss, and for their first dance on the timber floor we used the French windows as a dark, glossy backdrop.

Lamplight and a vintage car

Late in the night we borrowed them for a few minutes. They sat together on an antique sofa beside a red door, then we took them outside, where garden lights lifted the trees around the fountain and the house glowed under its lamps. The gazebo where they had married stood lit and white against the dark, with the two of them wrapped up in its glow. Our Oatlands House wedding photos ended at the kerb: Rebecca and Axel tucked into the back of a vintage silver car, sharing one last kiss for the camera.

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Oatlands House, Oatlands: a red-carpet gazebo ceremony and late autumn light on the lamp-post path

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How Rebecca and Axel moved around the estate

Rebecca waited out the last minutes in a white attic room upstairs while Axel and his best man stood by the car at the front steps. From there a red carpet carried the procession out of the house, across the drive and down to the rose-wrapped gazebo on the lawn. Family groups gathered under the sandstone portico, then we walked the couple along the lamp-post path and into the vineyard before the reception in the Rose Suite, and finished the night back out in the lit gardens.

A late autumn afternoon, start to finish

This was a late autumn wedding with an afternoon ceremony, and the light ran short and sweet. During the vows the sun filtered through the trees in warm patches across the lawn, so we kept shifting our angle to find faces in clean light. By the time the groups were done the sun was already sitting behind the trees, which was perfect for backlight. The drive went soft and blue soon after, with the rotunda glowing cream against the dusk sky.

Where we photographed them

The portico gave us a sheltered spot for the certificate and family groups, with columns and statues framing each row. The gravel path beside the golf course, lined with white lamp posts, was the star of the afternoon: with the sun at their backs it lit Rebecca's veil and tulle gold. In the vineyard the bare canes and last red leaves made a textured wall behind the gown, and after dark the fountain, the lamp posts and the white gazebo all glowed for night portraits.

Ideas for a similar Oatlands day

With a short autumn afternoon, have your bridal party and a round of drinks ready the moment the groups finish, because the best light on that path lasts only minutes. Rebecca's quiet glass of wine upstairs before the ceremony is worth copying, since it gives you a calm few portraits by the window. And save a little time late in the night for the garden: Rebecca and Axel stepping out to the glowing gazebo where they married gave their gallery a lovely full circle.

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