{"id":193163,"date":"2016-08-12T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/emma-bens-high-flying-engagement-leads-chic-autumn-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:49:28","slug":"emma-bens-high-flying-engagement-leads-chic-autumn-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/emma-bens-high-flying-engagement-leads-chic-autumn-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma and Ben’s high-flying engagement leads to chic autumn wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waiting for a proposal can make a girl crazy, but Ben Minchinton delivered at the right time.<\/p>\n

Ben, 30,\u00a0met Emma Webster, also 30, while studying at Latrobe University in Victoria, where they fell hard and later lived out their dreams of travel. One round-the-world trip down and soon enough the couple were itching for the next\u00a0adventure. “We gave up everything to go travelling,” explains Emma. \u201cI had an inkling Ben might propose in Africa, but nearing the end of our time nothing had happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cue a hot-air-balloon ride: \u201cI always wanted my proposal<\/a>\u00a0to be a surprise, and Ben certainly managed that,\u201d explains the bride. \u201cI was completely outraged when he took the camera from my hands during a dawn balloon flight in the Maasai Mara \u2014 there were lions below! \u2014 only to have him propose, cool as a cucumber, in the very crowded balloon basket without anyone else noticing. We later joked that if I\u2019d said ‘no’ he could have thrown himself to the lions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair married at their autumn wedding on April 4, 2015 in the presence of 120 guests. Their ceremony and reception at Grange Cleveland Winery<\/a> in Emma’s hometown, Lancefield, Victoria was all planned from their new home in Perth where they’d relocated after travelling. \u201cThe day of our wedding, Easter Saturday, was the type of day I think every bride dreams of; still, sunny and stunning,\u201d smiles Emma.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Corey Sleap Wedding Photographer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Sometimes its hard to describe your dream dress<\/a> before you see it,” recalls Emma. “As soon as I saw the \u2018Carolina\u2019 dress I knew it was the one,” she says of the gorgeous Anna Campbell design.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Emma’s bouquet<\/a> was a colourful blend of natives and her favourite – king proteas. “I couldn’t believe I was going to carry something so beautiful,” she praises.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“As it was autumn, the deciduous trees around the courtyard were all changing colour. It was magnificent,” describes Emma of the vista at Grange<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“I have never felt more beautiful than on my wedding day, and my hair never budged an inch!” says Emma. It was all thanks to\u00a0Livingdolls Makeup Artistry<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In lieu of favours<\/a>, Emma and Ben “made one donation per table (14 in all), and chose seven charities or organisations close to our hearts.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The newlyweds packed their bags for a mini-moon to Tasmania ahead of another overseas adventure later this\u00a0year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":145852,"parent":0,"template":"","au_real_wedding_category":[6855],"au_real_wedding_tag":[6884,6908,8008,7009,7145,7221],"au_real_wedding_style":[9007,9009],"au_real_wedding_location":[9047,9027],"au_real_wedding_setting":[9020],"au_real_wedding_colour":[10571,10598,10584],"au_real_wedding_competition":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-real-wedding"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-real-wedding\/193163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_category?post=193163"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_tag?post=193163"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_style?post=193163"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_location?post=193163"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_setting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_setting?post=193163"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_colour","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_colour?post=193163"},{"taxonomy":"au_real_wedding_competition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_real_wedding_competition?post=193163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}