Brydan is the daughter of Susan and Bryan Lenné of Callala Bay and Christopher is the youngest son of Sue and Leo Kane of Wareemba (Sydney).

The bride chose to be married in the Shoalhaven, as she has enjoyed a lifelong association with the area, particularly Callala Bay and Beach.

Guests travelled from Sydney, Gerringong, Newcastle, Albury, Mudgee, Moree, Brisbane and Cairns, Perth, Darwin, Melbourne and New Zealand.

One of the bride’s aunts, Dr Jillian Lenné-Wood, made a special trip from her home in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

The marriage took place in the historic Union Church at Greenwell Point, with celebrant, Father Kevin Tuitu’u, an old friend of the Kane family, conducting the service. 

The bride wore a classically elegant Collette Dinnigan bridal gown of silk and lace, with the strapless bodice featuring beautiful beading.

She wore a floral halo of native daisies and dodder vine in her hair and carried a bouquet of ivory, white and bush roses, white daisies, snow berries, white dahlias, dusty miller and magnolia foliage.

The bridesmaids, Morgan Chong, Kathy Lenné, Hayley Pearson and Anna De Navi wore halter-neck, maxi-length Zimmermann gowns of bronze pink silk, overlaid with a leaf pattern. 

They carried bouquets similar to the bride, with the addition of pink and peach roses of varying shades.

The flower girl, Bethany Sayers, wore a silver and white tutu with ballet slippers.

The groom and his attendants, Timothy Kane, Trevor Moses, Timothy Raffferty and Matthew Graham wore dark navy dinner suits, with bow ties, and nosegays of small white roses and snow berries in their jacket lapels.

The church’s beautiful interior was decorated with flower arrangements at the ends of pews, vases of flowers on the window sills and two magnificent arrangements of Western Australian red flowering gum boughs, flanked the church’s apse.

Prior to and during the service, a mixture of classical music and traditional melodies was played by a local group, Trio 42, comprising of Anne Stuart (cello), Vicki McCartney (flute) and Jim Dorrington (guitar).

At the conclusion of the service, guests were transported by bus to the reception at the Pyree School of Arts Hall (aka The Red Shed), which the bride and groom, helped by friends and family, decorated during the three days prior to the wedding.

While the bridal party had photographs taken, guests played croquet and kubb on the grassy area adjoining the hall.

The food and refreshments at the reception showcased local businesses and producers: Duck Duck Goose catering from Berry provided canapes, then a delicious gourmet barbecue buffet, followed by sweet canapes; oysters supplied by the Allen Brothers, Greenwell Point; soft cheeses from Unicorn Cheeses, South Nowra; figs from Smaidimi Estate, Worrigee; cupcakes from Baby J’s Cakes, Nowra; and boutique beers were dispersed throughout the evening by Tim Thomas from the HopDog Brewery, South Nowra.

The one exception was the bridal cake, which was made and decorated by friends of the bride’s from Brisbane, Amanda and Patti van Gramberg.

All the flower arrangements, plus the bridal bouquets, were the work of Bridesmaid, Morgan Chong.

The highlight of the evening was the bridal waltz, not a waltz at all for this Gen-Y couple, but a self-choreographed dance to the 1989 hit single by the Scottish band the Proclaimers, I’m Gonna Be (500 miles).

The performance brought guests to their feet and the newlyweds were joined on the dance floor by family members.

The bridal bouquet was later taken to Melbourne by the bride’s aunts, to be presented to the bride’s 97-year-old grandmother, as a memento of the wedding she was unable to attend.

A piece of lace from the wedding gown was tied around the stems of the bouquet.

The young couple flew out for a honeymoon to Indonesia and their home is in Coogee, Sydney.

Photographs courtesy of Emma Hampton Photography.