Seasons 5 Resort wedding photos: Ruth and Chelsea walk hand in hand between rows of young olive trees under a pale sky, Melbourne
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Seasons 5 Resort Wedding Photos: Ruth & Chelsea

Seasons 5 Resort · Point Cook VIC · Melbourne

Garden Wedding · Olive Groves Wedding · Waterside Wedding · City: Melbourne · Venue: Seasons 5 Resort

A navy bow tie and tan brogues, a lace gown laced up by the window, a first look beside two decorated cars, one wearing a giant top hat, then vows at the foot of the bridge to a lakeside gazebo. Ruth and Chelsea’s Seasons 5 Resort wedding kept the whole day on one resort in Point Cook, in Melbourne’s west, from olive grove portraits to speeches, toasts and a blue cake in a room full of late sun. We were there for every happy tear.

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A navy satin bow tie beside a round timber ring box engraved with Ruth and Chelsea's names and a heart at the olive grove estate.
Tan leather brogues with pale laces laid out above the navy bow tie and engraved ring box on a sage green throw.
A pale blue blazer laid across the bed in a villa room at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa, ready for Chelsea's lakeside wedding.
A card reading to the love of my life on our wedding day beside a small kraft gift box and a bottle of glitter hearts.
A tiny corked bottle of red glitter hearts with a handwritten note beside a stamped kraft gift box, ready for the olive grove wedding.
Chelsea stands by the tall window of her villa room at Seasons 5 Resort, hands in pockets, blazer and brogues on the bed.
Chelsea ties the pale laces of her tan brogues on the carpet beside the bright window of the olive grove estate's villa.
A laughing woman in a navy dress straightens Chelsea's navy bow tie beside the sheer curtains.
Chelsea grins as a woman in navy adjusts the collar around her bow tie in bright window light at this olive grove wedding.
Chelsea fixes the shirt collar of a young man with curly hair beside the sheer curtains before the garden ceremony.
Chelsea smiles in a crisp white shirt, navy braces and bow tie against the soft curtains at the waterside resort.
Chelsea buttons her pale blue blazer by the window of her villa at Seasons 5 with a small, sure smile ahead of her garden ceremony.
Chelsea beams in her blue blazer at a loved one in a white spotted top by the window of her villa among the resort gardens.
Chelsea looks down at her hands, lit from behind by the tall glass door of her room on the olive estate.
Chelsea's hands rest against her blue blazer, a sparkling ring on one finger.
Chelsea reads a card by the tall window of her villa at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook, an olive grove wedding ahead.
Chelsea's face crumples with emotion as she holds the card beside the bedside lamp, hours before her lakeside ceremony.
Chelsea holds open a handwritten card from Ruth beside the glass door of her villa in the landscaped gardens.
Chelsea wipes away a tear as a young man in a navy suit and bow tie reads the card aloud at the lakeside resort.
A woman in navy laughs beside Chelsea and a young man in a navy suit by a villa window at Seasons 5, Point Cook.
Chelsea laughs, squeezed between a woman in a navy dress and a young man in a navy suit at the olive grove resort.
Chelsea and a young man in a navy suit and bow tie stand on the grass outside their villa at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
Chelsea stands on the grass between a woman in a navy dress and a young man in a navy suit in the resort gardens.
Chelsea sits against a pale block wall in her blue blazer, glasses and navy bow tie, smiling at the olive grove venue.
Chelsea leans on the textured block wall of the veranda, hands in pockets, grinning before her waterside wedding.
Chelsea stands square to the camera against the textured block wall at Seasons 5, hands in pockets and smiling on her garden wedding day.
Ruth has her makeup done by the window, her blush lace gown hanging beside the sheer curtains at the lakeside resort.
Ivory floral lace over a blush underlay on Ruth's gown, hanging by the window at Seasons 5 Resort in Melbourne's west.
White lace ballet flats with ribbon bows and tiny gold tips on a sage green throw, ready for a garden ceremony.
A sparkling beaded bridal belt on a long white satin ribbon laid across green fabric, ready for the lakeside ceremony.
Ruth's lace flats, crystal hair comb, earrings, pendant and beaded belt laid out at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook for her olive grove wedding.
Two buttonholes, a white rose and a little thistle, wrapped in twine on brown paper for the garden wedding.
A bouquet of deep red and white roses, fluffy white blooms and eucalyptus in a kraft box, trailing navy ribbon for a waterside wedding.
A crystal sprig comb set into Ruth's braided low bun as a loved one finishes her hair in a villa among the resort gardens.
Two bridesmaids in navy dresses with braided hair while a little girl in pink grins up at one of them in the gardens.
A loved one ties giant red satin lips to the grille of a white car with sheer ribbon at the olive grove estate.
A white hatchback wearing giant red satin lips and a white ribbon, parked outside the villas at Seasons 5 Resort.
A woman in a blue patterned top and white cardigan steps out of a villa door as Chelsea and guests wait on the veranda.
Chelsea laughs with an older couple on the veranda at the lakeside resort, the woman clasping her hands and the bearded man smiling.
Chelsea stands on the lawn outside a villa at Seasons 5, Point Cook, with an older couple and a young man in a navy suit.
Chelsea shares a laugh with an older couple and a young man in a navy suit on the villa veranda before the garden ceremony.
Chelsea stands arm in arm with an older couple on the grass of the resort gardens in front of the villa's glass door.
An older woman in a blue patterned top smiles at Chelsea while the bearded man beside them looks on at the olive grove resort.
Chelsea and a friend in a navy dress hold glasses of bubbles against a pale block wall at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
A woman in a navy lace dress holding a glass stands with a young man in a navy suit by the villa window.
A makeup artist brushes mascara onto Ruth's lashes as she holds back her hair in her villa on the olive estate.
Ruth smiles softly with her hair swept back and her makeup done in the bright window light at the lakeside resort.
A bridesmaid in a navy dress stands against a block wall at Seasons 5 with a little girl in a pink floral dress.
A little girl in a pink rose print dress with a satin sash holds out her skirt against the pale block wall in the gardens.
An older loved one laces the back of Ruth's lace gown as Ruth stands side on to the big window before her lakeside ceremony.
Ruth looks towards the window, smiling, as a grey haired loved one pulls the satin corset laces tight for the garden ceremony.
Hands pull the satin ribbon corset laces tight down the back of the ivory lace gown at the waterside resort.
Ruth smiles towards the window of her villa at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook while the lacing is finished before the olive grove wedding.
A grey haired woman in a black and white floral dress concentrates on the ribbon laces.
Ruth smiles at the camera in her lace gown as the loved one behind her finishes the lacing at this olive grove wedding.
The loved one draws the long satin lace through as Ruth smiles beneath the sheer curtain by the window.
Seen through a doorway at Seasons 5 Resort, Ruth is laced in by the window as a little girl lies on the bed watching.
Ruth's hand gathers the lace and tulle skirt of her gown, a ring catching the light before her lakeside wedding.
Ruth gathers her lace skirt and glances out of the window, braids pinned into a low bun, ready for her garden ceremony.
A woman in glasses leans in close to Ruth, who looks down calmly, a fine pendant at her neck, in the olive grove estate's villa.
Ruth fastens a drop earring with her eyes lowered, loose curls falling by her cheek.
A sparkling drop earring dangles as Ruth hooks it into her ear on her waterside wedding day.
Ruth holds her white lace ballet flats against the blush lace skirt of her gown, ready to walk out to the gardens.
Ruth's white lace ballet flats peek out beneath the scalloped lace hem of her gown at the lakeside resort.
Ruth turns the ring on her finger against the soft blush lace of her gown before the garden ceremony.
A grey haired man in a dark patterned waistcoat walks through the villa doorway at the olive grove resort, mouth open in surprise.
Ruth beams in her lace gown by the window of her villa room at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa as a loved one walks in.
Ruth wraps an older loved one in a long hug by the window and the sheer curtains.
An older couple and a little girl in a floral dress peer into the room at the olive grove estate, all smiling.
Ruth smiles over her bouquet of red and white roses in the soft window light at Seasons 5.
Ruth glances down at her lace shoulder strap, a drop earring swinging, bouquet in hand before her olive grove wedding.
Ruth looks down at her bouquet, window light falling softly across her face and lace bodice before the lakeside ceremony.
Ruth sips from a green bottle with three bridesmaids and an older couple among big tropical leaves in the resort gardens.
A loved one in a black and white floral dress carries the bouquets along the garden path at the lakeside resort.
Ruth and her bouquet at the centre of three bridesmaids in navy and an older couple against the tropical leaves at Seasons 5 Resort.
Ruth stands between an older couple on the garden path, all three smiling in front of the tropical planting at the lakeside resort.
The older couple beam at Ruth as she holds her red and white rose bouquet tied with navy ribbon in the resort gardens.
Ruth poses with two bridesmaids in navy and a little girl in a pink floral dress among the tropical gardens.
Ruth and three bridesmaids in navy share a laugh with their white bouquets among the tropical foliage before the garden ceremony.
Ruth smiles with her bouquet, her lace train spread along the path beside the big leaf garden at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook.
Ruth's bouquet of deep red and white roses, fluffy white blooms and eucalyptus trails a navy ribbon over her lace gown at the lakeside resort.
Chelsea grins widely as a loved one in a dark suit pins a white rose buttonhole to her blazer before the garden ceremony.
A bridesmaid in navy hands Chelsea a bouquet of white roses by the bright window at the lakeside resort.
Chelsea stands in her villa at Seasons 5 on the olive estate between a bridesmaid holding white roses and a young man in navy.
A bridesmaid in navy holds a smiling little blonde girl in a pink floral dress outside the building at the lakeside resort.
A smiling little girl in a pink floral dress and pink sandals holds a small flag on the drive through the resort gardens.
A little black car wearing a giant top hat and a white bow on its grille pulls up at the entrance of Seasons 5 Resort.
Chelsea smiles from the passenger seat of the top hat car beside a bearded driver in a dark suit at the lakeside resort.
A white hatchback with a paper crown of hearts and diamonds on its roof waits at the olive grove estate's entrance with a bride inside.
Chelsea walks towards the crowned white car as Ruth laughs under the covered entrance of Seasons 5 Resort in Melbourne's west.
Chelsea dances between the top hat car and the red lips car in front of a patterned copper screen at the olive grove venue.
Chelsea makes a show of opening the crowned white car's door as Ruth laughs beside it.
Chelsea and Ruth hold each other in a long hug beside the crowned car at the entrance of Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
Ruth and Chelsea hold each other and laugh beside the crowned white car at the glass fronted entrance before their garden ceremony.
Chelsea leads Ruth by the hand past the red lips car and the patterned copper screen at the waterside resort.
Chelsea grins as she holds Ruth's hand in front of the crowned car and the patterned copper screen on their garden wedding day.
Chelsea and Ruth embrace between the top hat car and the red lips car under the covered entrance of the lakeside resort.
Chelsea and Ruth kiss between their two decorated cars at the glass entrance of Seasons 5, Point Cook.
A bearded man in a dark suit presses a hand to his mouth beside the black car at the olive grove estate, holding back tears.
Chelsea and Ruth share a laughing group hug with a grey haired man in a dark patterned waistcoat.
Chelsea, Ruth and a grey haired man in a dark suit hold one another tightly beside the top hat car at the olive grove resort.
Chelsea and Ruth stand with two older men in dark suits between their decorated cars at the Seasons 5 entrance.
Chelsea covers her mouth in happy shock while holding Ruth's hand between the two decorated cars at the waterside resort.
Chelsea and Ruth walk hand in hand down a tree lined path through the gardens towards the Lakeside Gazebo at Seasons 5.
Ruth twirls her lace skirt on the timber boards of the empty gazebo by the lake while Chelsea holds her hand.
An order of the day sign with ceremony, speeches and cake times propped against white chairs on the lakeside lawn at Seasons 5 Resort.
White woven wicker hearts hang from the white chairs set out on the lawn for the garden ceremony by the lake.
Ruth bends to set a white wicker heart against a post at the foot of the gazebo bridge over the lake.
A white wicker heart rests at the foot of a grey post as Ruth's lace skirt brushes the lakeside garden path.
A ribbon printed with rainbow hearts ties a white wicker heart to a dark green post for the lakeside garden ceremony.
Guests gather and chat along the pale aisle between white chairs under tall trees and olive trees on the lakeside lawn of the resort gardens.
Guests mingle around rows of white chairs in the wide sunny gardens before the olive grove ceremony at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
A smiling guest in a floral dress and sunglasses walks down the aisle as others chat on the lakeside lawn by the olive trees.
Guests laugh together on the garden ceremony lawn at Seasons 5 Resort, a woman in green lace between two men in suits.
Guests wait quietly beside the white chairs on the waterside lawn, an older man in a check shirt among them.
Guests in sunglasses stroll down the tree lined path from the resort building towards the garden ceremony by the lake.
The celebrant waits with a microphone and folder at the foot of the bridge across the lake to the Lakeside Gazebo at Seasons 5.
Guests settle into white chairs on the sunny lawn by the water beneath tall trees and silvery olive trees in the gardens.
Three bridesmaids in navy and a young man in a navy suit walk away along the garden path towards the lakeside lawn.
Bridesmaids in navy carrying white bouquets walk down the tree lined aisle path for the garden ceremony with a young man in a navy suit.
Bridesmaids in navy dresses walk down the pale aisle between white chairs on the sunny lakeside lawn at Seasons 5 Resort, olive trees beyond.
Ruth smiles softly against the pale block wall, holding her red and white rose bouquet tied with navy ribbon before the garden ceremony.
Chelsea waits to walk in, hands clasped, beside a smiling man in a navy suit by the pale block wall at the olive grove venue.
Chelsea walks arm in arm with her dad and a loved one down the pale path towards the lakeside ceremony lawn.
Chelsea smiles as her dad and a loved one walk her down the tree lined garden path, a white rose buttonhole on her blazer.
Chelsea hugs the man in the navy suit at the end of the aisle by the lake, the Lakeside Gazebo at Seasons 5 behind them.
Ruth glances back over her shoulder on the path through the gardens, her blush lace train spread behind her and her dad waiting in sunglasses.
Ruth and her dad walk arm in arm between tall trees towards the gazebo and the waiting guests at the lakeside ceremony.
Chelsea lifts a hand to her face, overcome, as she holds hands with a bearded man in sunglasses at the front of the garden aisle.
Ruth's dad walks her past a pergola and stone wall at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa on the olive grove estate, bouquet trailing navy ribbon.
Ruth smiles as her dad, in sunglasses and a dark waistcoat, leads her through the gardens past the grasses.
Chelsea waits at the front, hand in pocket, holding the bearded man's hand as guests watch from the white chairs at this olive grove wedding.
Ruth smiles over her dad's shoulder as he wraps her in a hug at the end of the garden path, her bouquet in one hand.
Ruth's dad hugs a beaming Chelsea while Ruth looks on smiling beside the seated guests at the lakeside ceremony.
Ruth hugs the bearded man in sunglasses, corset laces in view, as her dad and Chelsea look on at the olive grove ceremony.
Ruth and Chelsea walk hand in hand down the lakeside aisle at Seasons 5 between standing guests and tall trees.
A guest presses a hand to her mouth as Ruth and Chelsea walk hand in hand past the white chairs to the garden ceremony.
A little girl in a pink floral dress pushes up a pair of big sunglasses while an older guest shades her eyes by the lake.
Guests watch as Ruth and Chelsea stand before the celebrant beside the lake at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook.
Chelsea wipes her eyes beside Ruth at the foot of the gazebo bridge during the garden ceremony, the lake and attendants either side.
Chelsea and Ruth stand hand in hand on the timber bridge path over the lake to the gazebo as the celebrant speaks into a microphone.
A guest in a sheer white cardigan and sunglasses listens closely from a white chair hung with a wicker heart at the lakeside ceremony.
Chelsea and Ruth hold hands at the foot of the bridge to the Lakeside Gazebo at Seasons 5, a bridesmaid in navy beside them.
A young man in a navy suit and a bridesmaid holding white roses stand by the lake at the garden ceremony, olive branches behind them.
The celebrant reads from her folder as Chelsea and Ruth face each other in front of the gazebo railings at the waterside ceremony.
Rows of guests on white chairs face the couple at the front of the sunny garden ceremony lawn at Seasons 5 Resort, olive trees beyond.
Ruth smiles with her eyes closed as the celebrant speaks into a microphone and Chelsea stands beside her by the lake.
Ruth smiles at Chelsea, their hands joined, while the celebrant reads beside a low stone wall and lakeside willow.
Three bridesmaids in navy dresses hold white rose bouquets on the grass beside the garden ceremony at the olive grove estate.
Guests in sunglasses watch from white chairs, an older woman shading her eyes, with olive trees beyond at Seasons 5, Point Cook.
Chelsea and Ruth hold hands and smile at each other beside the lake as the celebrant reads at the gazebo railing.
Chelsea gazes at Ruth as they hold hands by the white lakeside railing, the celebrant speaking into her microphone.
Ruth smiles shyly at Chelsea at the foot of the gazebo bridge, seen past the heads of seated guests at the garden ceremony.
Guests in sunglasses lean forward and smile from the white chairs, one wiping her eye beneath a big olive tree in the gardens.
Guests on white chairs and the bridesmaids line the lawn at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa by the signing table at this olive grove wedding.
Chelsea smiles at Ruth, framed between the blurred heads of guests and a silvery olive tree at their lakeside ceremony.
Chelsea wipes a tear behind her glasses as Ruth looks on beside a low stone garden wall and a bridesmaid in navy.
Bridesmaids in navy stand in a line holding white rose and thistle bouquets, the nearest one in sharp focus by the lake.
Ruth smiles at Chelsea, her braided bun and lace straps lit by the bright afternoon sky at their garden ceremony.
Ruth smiles down at Chelsea while the celebrant reads into her microphone beside a dry stone wall by the lake.
Ruth reads her vows to Chelsea on the bridge of the Lakeside Gazebo at Seasons 5, the celebrant holding the microphone.
Ruth speaks into the microphone as she reads her vows at the garden ceremony, Chelsea holding her hand beside the white railing.
An older guest dabs her eyes as the grey haired man beside her bows his head in the front row of the olive grove ceremony.
A grey haired man in glasses grins while the woman beside him presses a tissue to her eyes behind her sunglasses at the lakeside ceremony.
Ruth reads her vows with eyes lowered, framed between the shoulders of a bridesmaid and Chelsea under a big tree in the gardens.
The bearded man in sunglasses presses a hand to his face as the man beside him wipes his eyes at the waterside ceremony.
Ruth beams at Chelsea as she speaks her vows into the microphone in front of the gazebo on the lake at Seasons 5.
Guests on white chairs listen to the garden ceremony across the path, framed between two bridesmaids' braided hair.
Ruth smiles down at her open vow book, glimpsed between the blurred shoulders of the front row at the lakeside ceremony.
A grey haired man in glasses laughs in the front row beside a little girl in big sunglasses at Seasons 5 Resort in Melbourne's west.
A teenage boy in a blue shirt looks on as Chelsea and Ruth exchange rings beside the gazebo railing during the garden ceremony.
Chelsea and Ruth laugh as they join hands on the timber bridge over the lake while the celebrant grins behind them.
Ruth wipes a tear from her cheek with one hand, the other resting in Chelsea's at their lakeside ceremony.
Chelsea slides a ring onto Ruth's finger on the gazebo bridge at Seasons 5 Resort, the celebrant holding the microphone, at this olive grove wedding.
Chelsea and Ruth hold hands on the timber bridge to the gazebo, reeds and lake water on either side.
Chelsea and Ruth share their first kiss in front of the Lakeside Gazebo at Seasons 5, wicker hearts tied to the white railings.
Chelsea and Ruth walk hand in hand, her ring catching the light against the scrolling blush lace of the gown after their garden ceremony.
A bearded man in a navy suit hugs Chelsea tightly beneath the drooping branches of a big lakeside tree.
Chelsea signs the register at a white draped table in the shade of a willowy tree in the gardens as Ruth watches.
Ruth signs the register while the celebrant points to the page and two bridesmaids in navy look on at the waterside ceremony.
A bearded man in a navy suit leans over to sign the register as Ruth smiles beside Chelsea at the garden ceremony.
A bridesmaid in navy signs the register at the white table by the lake while Chelsea and Ruth look on.
Chelsea and Ruth hold up their signed certificate at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook, the olive grove venue, a bearded man and bridesmaid behind.
Four bridesmaids in navy dresses and a young man in a navy suit stand on the lakeside grass holding white bouquets, olive trees beyond.
A loved one in black and white florals reads at the microphone beside Chelsea, Ruth and the gazebo bridge at this olive grove ceremony.
Chelsea and Ruth stand hand in hand by the lake railing, Ruth smiling with her eyes closed during the garden ceremony.
A loved one in a blue patterned top and white wrap speaks at the microphone as Chelsea and Ruth listen by the gazebo bridge.
Guests clap and cheer from the white chairs on the lakeside lawn at Seasons 5, Point Cook, a little girl on a loved one's lap.
Ruth kneels to greet a little girl in sunglasses while Chelsea hugs a loved one by an olive tree in the gardens.
A curly haired young man in a navy suit wraps Chelsea in a hug beside the lake and the white railing.
Ruth closes her eyes as she hugs a loved one in a black and white floral dress in front of a lakeside olive tree.
Chelsea grins as loved ones reach in for hugs after the garden ceremony at Seasons 5, the olive grove venue, while Ruth waits her turn.
Ruth hugs a young man in a navy suit with her eyes closed as a loved one waits beside them on the lakeside lawn.
Ruth rests her cheek on the shoulder of a grey haired man in a dark suit as guests smile from the chairs in the gardens.
The bearded man in sunglasses hugs Chelsea hard while other guests share hugs behind them by the lake.
A bridesmaid in glasses beams over Ruth's shoulder as they hug, the red and white bouquet between them after the garden ceremony.
A man in a dark suit closes his eyes as he hugs Ruth by the lake, the satin corset laces down her back in view.
Chelsea and Ruth walk back up the aisle as guests cheer, the gazebo at Seasons 5 Resort behind them on their olive grove wedding day.
Ruth laughs and Chelsea grins as guests on both sides clap them up the aisle path after their garden ceremony.
Ruth's lace skirt swings as she and Chelsea stride up the lakeside path past clapping guests in the sunshine.
Guests stand and applaud beside the white chairs and olive trees in the gardens, a woman in a red rose print dress beaming.
Chelsea and Ruth kiss on the tree lined path at the top of the aisle at Seasons 5, guests and the gazebo behind them.
The whole wedding party and about sixty guests gather on the lakeside lawn, olive trees behind, for one big group photo with Ruth and Chelsea.
Everyone throws their arms up and cheers around Chelsea and Ruth in the big garden wedding group on the lawn by the olive grove.
A big family group stands with Ruth and Chelsea on the timber floor of the Lakeside Gazebo at Seasons 5, little ones at the front.
Ruth and Chelsea stand with a smaller family group under the gazebo roof on the lake, the men in dark suits.
A family group of ten smiles with Ruth and Chelsea against the gazebo railings at their garden wedding, one man in a patterned shirt.
Ruth and Chelsea stand between a woman in a white wrap and the bearded man in a dark suit at the lakeside railing.
Chelsea stands in the middle of seven men in suits and patterned shirts in the gazebo by the lake at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
Chelsea and her line of friends in suits and a galaxy print shirt share a laugh under the gazebo roof at the garden wedding.
A family group with two little girls on hips lines up with Ruth and Chelsea on the gazebo boards above the lake.
Ruth and Chelsea smile at the olive grove venue between a woman in a black and white floral dress and a grey haired man.
Two bridesmaids in navy hold little girls in pink floral dresses beside Ruth and Chelsea in the gazebo at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook.
Ruth and Chelsea stand with two bridesmaids in navy holding white bouquets against the gazebo railing at the lakeside resort.
Ruth and Chelsea with two bridesmaids in navy, the woman in florals and the grey haired man in glasses at the olive grove estate.
The bridal party in navy lines the gazebo at Seasons 5 Resort with Ruth and Chelsea, a curly haired young man at one end.
The bridesmaids in navy and the young man in the navy suit burst out laughing with Ruth and Chelsea in the gazebo by the lake.
A large family group with young boys in white and dark suits gathers around Ruth and Chelsea on the gazebo floor at the garden wedding.
Friends and family in dark suits and a blue patterned top crowd in close around the couple in the gazebo over the lake.
Chelsea and Ruth stroll across the timber bridge above the lake at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa, the two tiered gazebo roof overhead.
Chelsea and Ruth smile at each other in the middle of the lakeside bridge, wicker hearts still tied to the railings.
Chelsea and Ruth kiss at the bridge railing above the dark lake water, framed through silvery olive leaves in the gardens.
Chelsea and Ruth walk hand in hand off the gazebo bridge to the lakeside lawn, Ruth smiling down at her bouquet.
Ruth lifts her lace skirt as she walks across the grass with Chelsea and the bridal party into the olive grove at Seasons 5.
Chelsea and Ruth walk arm in arm through the olive grove gardens with the bridesmaids in navy and the young man in a navy suit.
The bridal party lines up with Ruth and Chelsea between rows of young olive trees at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook.
The bridesmaids in navy lean in laughing around Ruth and Chelsea along the olive rows, the young man in the navy suit grinning beside them.
Ruth and Chelsea laugh as the bridesmaids crowd in close with their white bouquets in the olive grove at the lakeside resort.
Ruth and Chelsea stand with four bridesmaids in navy among the silver green olive trees at Seasons 5 Resort in Melbourne's west.
Chelsea and Ruth kiss in the middle of their bridesmaids, who smile at them from either side between the olive rows in the gardens.
The bridal party tosses their bouquets high into the air around Ruth and Chelsea in the olive grove at Seasons 5, Point Cook.
Chelsea leads Ruth by the hand down a long row of young olive trees for their garden portraits, both of them smiling.
Ruth smiles down at her bouquet as Chelsea glances back, hand in hand on the sunlit grass between the olive rows at the lakeside resort.
Chelsea grins as she walks hand in hand with Ruth through the olive grove at Seasons 5 Resort, a building behind the trees.
Chelsea kisses Ruth on the cheek on the sunlit grass, rows of young olive trees stretching away behind them in the resort gardens.
Chelsea's blue sleeve and Ruth's lace skirt meet as they hold hands, their joined fingers close up on the lakeside resort's olive estate.
Chelsea grins back over her shoulder in her blue blazer and white rose buttonhole as she leads Ruth by the hand through the olive trees.
Ruth smiles down at her bouquet as Chelsea walks ahead along the olive rows at the waterside resort, braids pinned into her low bun.
Chelsea and Ruth kiss during garden portraits in a long avenue of young olive trees at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
Chelsea and Ruth smile at each other by the olive rows, the red and white rose bouquet held between them at the lakeside resort.
Chelsea's pale blue sleeve reaches in to hold Ruth's hand, her new wedding band catching the light in the olive grove gardens.
Ruth smiles and reaches out to take Chelsea's hand among the silver green olive trees of the gardens at Seasons 5 Resort.
Ruth looks down at her red and white rose bouquet as Chelsea walks up behind her between the olive trees for garden portraits.
Chelsea grins as she walks up the grassy olive row behind Ruth, who stands soft and blurred in the foreground at the lakeside resort.
Chelsea rests a hand on Ruth's waist as they share a quiet smile in the olive grove gardens, navy ribbon trailing from the bouquet.
Ruth and Chelsea stand hand in hand among the rows of young olive trees at Seasons 5 under a pale sky for a garden portrait.
Seen from behind, Chelsea carries Ruth's lace train as they walk past the olive trees towards the lakeside resort buildings.
Chelsea gathers up Ruth's lace skirt as the two of them laugh their way along the path from the olive grove through the gardens.
Ruth wraps her arms around Chelsea from behind among big tropical leaves in the gardens while Chelsea holds the bouquet.
Chelsea smiles off to one side, holding the bouquet, while Ruth hugs her from behind with her cheek pressed close in a garden portrait.
Ruth and Chelsea hold hands at arm's length in front of a wall of big tropical leaves at Seasons 5 Resort in Melbourne's west.
Glimpsed through soft green leaves, Ruth looks across at Chelsea as they hold hands among the tropical garden planting at the lakeside resort.
In black and white, Ruth rests her forehead against Chelsea's head and hugs her close, both with eyes lowered, in a garden portrait.
Their hands cross over Chelsea's blue blazer, wedding rings on their fingers, below the white rose buttonhole at the olive grove resort by the water.
Chelsea laughs with her eyes squeezed shut as Ruth hugs her from behind and leans in close to her ear in the resort gardens.
Ruth and Chelsea walk hand in hand along the garden path past the buildings of Seasons 5 Resort & Spa, their shadow on the concrete.
Ruth looks down at her bouquet of deep red roses and fluffy white blooms, soft garden shrubs glowing behind her at the lakeside resort.
Chelsea grins on the path through the olive grove estate's gardens, holding Ruth's bouquet with its long navy ribbon in front of her blazer.
Ruth and Chelsea step into the Lakeside Gazebo at Seasons 5, seen from the timber bridge over the lake between white railings.
A navy guest book with gold script lettering rests on a white tablecloth at the lakeside reception.
A blue iced cake with a rainbow sprinkle tier and an initial topper waits by the window at Seasons 5, two glasses beside it.
Two little wooden peg dolls, one in glasses and a bow tie, sit with a tiny cat on top of the blue garden wedding cake.
A framed wish us well sign with a cheeky poem stands on the gift table by the window at the waterside resort.
A black card box with a white ceramic whale money box on top sits by the cake on the olive grove venue's gift table.
A framed cocktail style menu of canapés stands on a white tablecloth beside a spray of tiny white flowers for the garden wedding reception.
Ruth and Chelsea step through the glass doors into the olive grove venue's reception at Seasons 5 Resort as guests raise their glasses.
Chelsea kisses the back of Ruth's hand by the glass doors beside a round table with white flowers at their lakeside reception.
Guests clap at the round tables under tall windows and a chandelier in the olive grove estate's reception room at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
Ruth and Chelsea chat with an older woman holding a glass in front of a tall window at their garden wedding reception.
A little red haired girl rides on a man's shoulders while he takes a sip from his bottle.
A young man in a navy suit and bow tie and a friend in navy lace smile at their table at Seasons 5, Point Cook.
A guest in glasses and a grey blazer and a woman in a burgundy dress hold glasses of white wine by a tall window.
Four friends smile around a high table set with white flowers and bottles at the olive grove reception, two of the men in grey waistcoats.
A guest in a floral shirt and navy blazer listens to friends at the table, tall windows behind him at the waterside resort.
Four friends sit together for a photo, a young man in a check tie beside three women in lace, florals and navy.
A little girl in a unicorn hat holds up a Ruth and Chelsea's wedding photo frame between two smiling grown ups on the olive estate.
Guests fill the garden wedding reception room at Seasons 5 Resort beneath a chandelier, a high pitched ceiling and tall windows.
A little blonde girl in a pink cardigan holds a round black lid over her head like a hat, grinning.
Guests gather at a high table, one man resting his chin on his hands, another holding a beer.
Three friends stand arm in arm in the reception room, one in a pink bow tie and braces, at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook.
Two friends in navy dresses smile, one with sunglasses pushed up on her head and a glass of bubbles, at this olive grove wedding.
A man in a blue tie with a beer and a woman with red curls in a black and white dress smile together.
Chelsea hugs a friend in a navy polka dot shirt under the chandelier at Seasons 5 as a guest in florals smiles on.
A guest in a red and pink floral dress beams over the shoulder of a friend in a navy polka dot shirt.
A woman in a burgundy dress laughs as she wraps Chelsea in a big hug near the timber bar at the waterside resort.
A gluten free card stands on a white platter of little savoury tarts and beetroot canapés at the olive grove estate's reception.
Guests chat around a high table with white flowers by the big windows of the reception room at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
Ruth holds her bouquet and a glass of bubbles beside a seated woman in a blue dress and a man in a striped shirt.
Ruth kneels in her lace gown to a little girl beside the dress up box, a toy sword waving overhead, at this olive grove wedding.
Two older women stand arm in arm and smile, one in black lace and one in a blue patterned top.
A small boy in a white shirt grins as a man in a navy suit crouches behind him with a beer at the waterside celebration.
A man in a blue gingham shirt chats under the chandelier at Seasons 5 Resort while a woman beside him laughs.
Three women sit together at a round table, one with red curls and one in glasses and a coral scarf.
A woman with red hair in a navy dress and a bearded man in a pale blue shirt pose at a high table.
Ruth smiles from her seat at the table with a glass of bubbles, two guests chatting behind her at the lakeside reception.
Two men hug and laugh together, one in a grey jacket and one in a check shirt.
A woman in a blue dress and black jacket sits smiling as a friend in a red floral dress leans in.
Chelsea chats with friends in the gardens outside the buildings at Seasons 5, Point Cook, one seated on a white chair.
Ruth puts an arm around a smiling woman in a black, red and white floral dress in the olive grove venue's reception room.
Three friends smile at the bar table, a red haired woman, a bearded man and a man with a curled moustache.
Chelsea stands with four friends on the tree lined garden path at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa, low sun flaring through the trees.
Chelsea puts her arm around a friend in a long green dress, the timber bar behind them at the olive grove estate.
Chelsea leans in with a friend in a navy lace dress in front of the timber bar at the garden wedding reception.
Chelsea stands arm in arm with a blonde woman in a black, red and white floral dress by the bar at the waterside celebration.
A man in a check shirt and a blonde woman in a red and white floral dress pose arm in arm, both beaming.
Chelsea is wrapped in a hug by a dark haired woman in glasses holding a glass of bubbles.
Guests relax around a high table, a young man in a white shirt smiling straight at the camera.
A grey haired man in glasses and a black shirt chats in a circle of guests at the garden wedding reception.
A bearded man in a check shirt with a beer and a woman in a green dress lean in smiling at the olive grove reception.
A woman in navy lace and a bearded man in glasses smile at a high table by the tall windows at Seasons 5.
A man in a black shirt and two older women talk together at a round table set with glasses of bubbles on the olive estate.
A young man in a dark suit and check tie reads his speech into the microphone by a tall window at the olive grove venue.
Guests turn in their seats to watch the garden wedding speeches under two chandeliers at Seasons 5 Resort, late sun in the windows.
A bearded guest shades his eyes from the low sun while two women beside him squint and smile at the waterside reception.
A grey haired man in glasses and a patterned waistcoat speaks into the microphone beside a tall window at the garden wedding reception.
Guests laugh along to the speeches from their seats by the windows at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook, the olive grove estate.
An older woman in a black and white leaf print dress smiles from her seat.
A man in a black waistcoat waves at the microphone while Ruth and Chelsea hold hands at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
Ruth smiles down as the man at the microphone talks, Chelsea turned towards her with a glass in hand.
Guests by the window shade their eyes from the low sun, olive trees in the gardens outside at Seasons 5, Point Cook.
Ruth and Chelsea hold hands by a tall window and look towards the speaker, Chelsea holding a wine glass.
Seated and standing guests listen to the garden wedding speeches, some lifting their glasses, the timber bar behind them.
A blonde woman in navy and a bearded man laugh at the speeches, a little girl in a floral dress beside them.
The man in the waistcoat raises his glass for a toast as Ruth and Chelsea lift theirs by the tall window at Seasons 5 Resort.
Two older women raise their glasses of bubbles for the garden wedding toast as a guest in navy polka dots lifts a bottle.
Ruth hugs the grey haired man in the waistcoat, glass in hand, as guests watch from their tables at the lakeside reception.
A grey bearded man in a dark suit and blue tie speaks into the microphone, phone in his other hand, at the garden wedding reception.
Ruth, hand on hip, and Chelsea, glass in hand, listen to the bearded speaker in front of the windows.
Ruth and Chelsea laugh together as the bearded man at the microphone keeps talking at their garden wedding.
Ruth and Chelsea share a smile between the tall windows of the reception room at Seasons 5.
Ruth laughs and looks down as Chelsea leans in close, a glass of bubbles in her hand at the lakeside reception.
Ruth and Chelsea smile at each other in front of a tall narrow window, the lace train spread across the timber floor.
A young man in a navy suit rubs his forehead as he listens, a blonde woman resting her face on her hand.
Guests listen to the speeches in the low sun pouring through the windows at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook.
Ruth glances across at Chelsea, who grins with her glass of bubbles in front of the window at the waterside celebration.
Chelsea hugs the bearded speaker from behind as he holds the microphone, both of them smiling at the garden wedding reception.
Four women wipe away tears under the tall windows at Seasons 5 Resort in Melbourne's west, garden trees glowing outside.
Guests laugh at their tables, a bearded man grinning and a guest in a pink bow tie standing behind.
Guests watch the garden wedding speeches from tables and stools, a bearded man in sunglasses standing at the back.
A young man with wavy hair in a navy suit and bow tie gives his speech into the microphone at the lakeside reception.
Chelsea and Ruth crack up laughing as the young man at the microphone speaks.
Chelsea, glass in hand, and Ruth smile at the young speaker as he talks.
A blonde guest in navy lace with a gold leaf hair clip listens, holding a glass of red wine at the garden wedding reception.
Chelsea laughs into the microphone as Ruth giggles beside her by the windows at Seasons 5 Resort & Spa.
Two older women smile from their seats as the grey haired man in the waistcoat stands behind with a bottle.
Chelsea speaks into the microphone, grinning, as Ruth rests a hand on her back and laughs at their garden wedding reception.
Ruth takes the microphone for her speech while Chelsea claps beside her by the tall window.
Three women listen from their seats, one in navy polka dots, one in navy with bubbles and one in florals.
A woman in a navy dress with braided hair reads her speech from a sheet of paper into the microphone at the waterside reception.
Guests laugh from their white chairs by the big windows at Seasons 5, Point Cook, a man at the back shielding his eyes.
Ruth holds a white lace flat high in the shoe game while Chelsea, seated behind her, raises one too.
Sitting back to back for the shoe game, Ruth raises a tan brogue as a woman in navy reads out the questions.
Standing guests laugh along to the shoe game, one in a pink bow tie and braces, at the garden wedding reception.
Guests crack up at the shoe game at the olive grove resort, a bearded man filming and a little girl in a tiara.
A grey haired man in a patterned waistcoat laughs out loud with a green bottle in hand.
A woman in glasses laughs behind her hand beside an older woman as a bearded man stands filming.
Chelsea grins and raises a tan brogue in the shoe game as Ruth lifts a lace flat in the reception room at Seasons 5 Resort.
A man in a bow tie clutches his chest laughing beside a woman and a little girl in a tiara at the olive grove reception.
Ruth and Chelsea cut the blue cake together by the window and stone block wall at Seasons 5 Resort in Point Cook.
Ruth and Chelsea smile as they slice into the cake with its rainbow sprinkles, wine glasses lined up by the window.
Chelsea's hand guides Ruth's as the knife slides into the blue icing beside the little peg doll toppers of their garden wedding cake.
Ruth and Chelsea share a kiss over the cut cake by the window at Seasons 5, ending their waterside wedding day.
The wedding story

Our Seasons 5 Resort wedding photos: a top hat on the car, two walks down one aisle and a blue cake in the late sun

Getting ready in the villas · First look at the cars · Ceremony at the lakeside gazebo · Gazebo groups and olive grove portraits · Speeches, toasts and cake

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Bow tie and brogues

Chelsea was first, in a villa room at the resort, and the details were already laid out for us: a navy bow tie beside a timber ring box engraved with both their names, and two buttonholes, a white rose and a little thistle, resting on brown paper. She laced her tan brogues herself, shrugged on a pale blue blazer and laughed with a loved one while sheer curtains softened the window light. Then a loved one in a bow tie read out a card, and Chelsea had to wipe her eyes. We stayed close and let it happen.

Bubbles on the veranda

Outside, the villa’s pale block wall made a simple backdrop, so we stood Chelsea against it, hands in pockets, and let her grin do the work. Plain textured walls are our favourite for getting-ready portraits, because nothing competes with the person in front of them. Family drifted in and out of the veranda doors, and a friend in a navy dress joined her with a glass of bubbles, and the two of them cracked up. It felt more like a backyard catch-up than a countdown, which is the mood you want before a ceremony.

Lace by the window

In another room, Ruth was stepping into her lace gown. A loved one worked down the corset lacing at the back while Ruth stood side-on to the big window, which is exactly where we ask a bride to stand: soft light across one side of the face and every flower in the lace picked out without a flash. Ruth fastened a drop earring, then wrapped an older loved one in a long hug by the curtains. Outside, a family member carried the bouquets across the garden, red and white roses tied with navy ribbon that picked up Chelsea’s bow tie.

A top hat on the car

Their first look happened out the front, under the covered entrance, beside two decorated cars, one a little black car with a giant top hat on its roof and white ribbon across the grille. They came together and held on to each other for a long moment while we kept back with a longer lens so nobody felt watched. A loved one in a dark suit wiped his eyes beside the car. Then we took them down to the empty lakeside gazebo, where Ruth gave her skirt a twirl on the timber boards and Chelsea stood back and just watched her.

Two walks down one aisle

The ceremony lawn ran between rows of tall trees, with white chairs either side of a pale path and little heart signs hanging on the chairs and the gazebo bridge. The celebrant waited at the foot of that bridge with the lake behind her. Chelsea came first, walking between her dad and a loved one, smiling all the way. Then Ruth’s dad walked her down, and at the front he hugged Ruth and then turned and hugged Chelsea too. With one of us on the aisle and one at the front, we had both faces covered for that moment, because a hug like that happens once and is over in seconds.

Vows at the water’s edge

Ruth and Chelsea held hands at the foot of the bridge with the water and the gazebo behind them, and the front rows went quietly to pieces. One guest pressed a hand to her forehead, another wiped his eyes under his sunglasses, and the laughter came straight back a minute later. Rings went on, Chelsea stood with her hands clasped watching Ruth, and the kiss got a cheer. We like this spot for a ceremony because the bridge leads the eye straight back to the couple. Then came the hugs, a whole line of them, and the guests clapped them back up the path.

Gazebo groups and olive trees

Everyone squeezed onto the lawn for one big group photo, then we moved the family groups up into the gazebo, where the roof gave even shade on a bright summer afternoon and the railings made a tidy frame. The bridesmaids in navy dresses piled in around Ruth and Chelsea on the grass, all laughing at once. Everything here is a short walk apart, which is what keeps Seasons 5 Resort wedding photos relaxed. We walked the two of them into the olive grove, used a longer lens against the rows of silver-green trees, and let them stroll towards us hand in hand.

Big leaves and golden light

On the way back we stopped among big tropical leaves near the buildings, a deep green wall that made Ruth’s lace and Chelsea’s blue blazer jump out, and then gave Chelsea a quiet moment on her own on the garden path with Ruth’s bouquet. By late afternoon the sun was low behind the trees along the drive, so we caught a few friends with them there, backlit and smiling. Low sun from behind gives that warm rim of light around hair and shoulders, and it is worth saving ten minutes for it on a summer wedding day.

Speeches and a blue cake

Inside, the reception room had tall windows, timber floors and a chandelier, and the evening light came in sideways. A little guest rode high on a loved one’s shoulders, a family posed behind a ‘Ruth & Chelsea’s Wedding’ sign, and Ruth knelt down to a small girl by the dress-up box. A loved one opened the speeches at the microphone, glasses went up around the tables, and Chelsea took her turn while Ruth laughed beside her. We finished at a blue-iced cake by the window, with one cut, one kiss and the last of the daylight behind them.

Photographer's venue notes

The Lakeside Gazebo, Point Cook: vows at the foot of the bridge and olive grove portraits in summer sun

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One resort, start to finish

Ruth and Chelsea got ready in separate villas, met under the covered entrance beside their two decorated cars, and then walked a tree lined path down to the empty gazebo for a few quiet minutes before the guests arrived. The vows were at the foot of the bridge, family groups moved up onto the gazebo boards, and the bridal party then crossed the lawn into the olive grove. We wandered back past the tropical planting and the buildings to the reception room, so nobody needed a car all day, even with two of them parked out the front.

Bright sun and a long golden finish

This was a bright summer afternoon, and plenty of guests wore sunglasses or shaded their eyes through the vows. For the ceremony we leaned on the dark lake water and white railings behind the couple, which kept their skin tones calm while the lawn around them was full of light. Once it was over, the gazebo roof gave the families welcome shade. The olive grove sat under a pale sky by then, which kept the silver green leaves soft, and later the sun dropped low through the trees along the drive before streaming into the reception room.

The spots that worked for Ruth and Chelsea

The pale block wall outside the villas was an easy first backdrop for Chelsea, and for Ruth with her bouquet later on. The patterned copper screen at the entrance gave the first look a warm, graphic setting between the two cars. On the bridge we framed a kiss through silvery olive leaves so the lake stayed dark behind them. In the olive grove the long rows worked as leading lines while the two of them walked towards us, and the tropical planting near the buildings was perfect for cosy hugs from behind.

Tips for a summer day by the lake

If your reception room catches the late sun, as this one did during the speeches, expect a few squinting faces near the glass, or start the speeches a little later so the light has softened. Leave a gap between the first look and the ceremony: that pause at the empty gazebo gave Ruth and Chelsea a calm moment together and gave us a twirl on the boards. And keep something playful in the room, because the shoe game and the dress up box for the little ones delivered some of the biggest laughs of the night.

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