Stay tuned the Wedding Event is coming Jan 17th -19th 2016 Ayers Rock. ;D
A number of Myswag members are attending :cheers:
Mark
The word has spread, the bush telegraph doesn't miss a thing ;D
Armageddon is a comin :angel: :angel:
Must've missed the bulk PM
Quote from: SJindustries on December 25, 2015, 01:36:47 PM
Must've missed the bulk PM
That's only for special people , not the Riff/Raff .l missed it too :'( :cheers:
No bulk pm ;D
All will be revealed ;D
Mark
Quote from: speewa158 on December 25, 2015, 04:31:00 PM
That's only for special people , not the Riff/Raff .l missed it too :'( :cheers:
Means I'm out also then
January at Uluru? You are going to be hot in the suit!
Will need some :cheers: to cool down.
Quote from: speewa158 on December 25, 2015, 04:31:00 PM
That's only for special people , not the Riff/Raff .l missed it too :'( :cheers:
the riff/raff crew have fun
After making Penny walk to the tip of Cape York for the wedding proposal, you're not making her climb to the top of Ayers Rock for her to marry you are you Mark? ;D ;D.
:cheers:
Peter
Quote from: Mobi on December 25, 2015, 09:25:08 PM
After making Penny walk to the tip of Cape York for the wedding proposal, you're not making her climb to the top of Ayers Rock for her to marry you are you Mark? ;D ;D.
:cheers:
Peter
;D ;D ;D
Getting closer..... :cup: :cup:
not going to the top of the rock to make babies :o
Quote from: Bird on January 11, 2016, 07:17:41 PM
not going to the top of the rock to make babies :o
Argh......................must clear image from head..........................dead puppies, dead puppies, dead puppies..................it's not working :'( .
Quote from: Bird on January 11, 2016, 07:17:41 PM
not going to the top of the rock to make babies :o
Unless there is a bar up there no way. Looking forward to catching up with some great friends and family. Only 5 more sleeps ;D
Mark
Quote from: McGirrUnless there is a bar up there no way.
well you'd need a bar to do it wouldn't you... :P
safe trip everyone
Just got word the road from Warburton to Uluru is in great condition. Leaving Sat morning around 5.00am to allow the hour and a half time difference and should arrive at Uluru around 12.30pm / 1.00 pm Sat.
Straight to the bottle shop first :cheers:
Mark
I'll be waiting :cheers:
Congrats guys, all the best. :cup: :cup: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Looking at the weather forcast, might pay to take a few umbrellas ... ..Nahh bugger that, It would just make a special day even more special ... Reckon this song sums it up pretty well . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4mTKcJfnnE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4mTKcJfnnE) ..Congrats guys and all the best .
Congrats :cup: :cup: :cheers:
Congrats Mark, have a great day and don't enjoy too many :cheers:,
GG
lf we cant make to the gig can you post pics of the night >:D ??? :cheers:
Well Done To Both of You :cup: :cheers:
Quote from: speewa158 on January 12, 2016, 04:56:08 PM
lf we cant make to the gig can you post pics of the night >:D ??? :cheers:
Well Done To Both of You :cup: :cheers:
Please post up a after wedding photo, not necessarily mounted, holding hands will do. ;D
Quote from: speewa158 on December 25, 2015, 04:31:00 PM
That's only for special people , not the Riff/Raff .l missed it too :'( :cheers:
Bugger, that's me gone as well. ;D
All the best Mark. :cheers:
Woohoo, All the best Mark :cup: :cheers: :cup: :cheers:
Nothing like making it a special event,
Congrats and good luck.
Quote from: McGirr on January 12, 2016, 09:53:21 AM
Straight to the bottle shop first :cheers:
Mark
That will cost ;D
Congratulations to you both :cup: :cup:
:cheers:
Thank you everyone. There will be plenty of pics don't worry.
Ones of me drinking will be the main ones :cheers:
Mark
Quote from: McGirr on January 12, 2016, 09:53:21 AM
Just got word the road from Warburton to Uluru is in great condition. Leaving Sat morning around 5.00am to allow the hour and a half time difference and should arrive at Uluru around 12.30pm / 1.00 pm Sat.
Straight to the bottle shop first :cheers:
Mark
Gees, Yulara bottle shop prices :o :o. Hope you have been saving up ;D
KB
Quote from: KingBilly on January 12, 2016, 08:23:33 PM
Gees, Yulara bottle shop prices :o :o. Hope you have been saving up ;D
KB
The wedding cost me a kidney and a lung. At least the air is free ;D
Mark
Got your umbrellas and wellies?
KB
Quote from: KingBilly on January 14, 2016, 10:50:01 PM
Got your umbrellas and wellies?
KB
They'll need waders and Life preservers.
We're on our way to the airport............see you there :cheers: :cup:
Quote from: jk on January 15, 2016, 04:11:46 AM
We're on our way to the airport............see you there :cheers: :cup:
See you guys tomorrow. Safe trip.
Mark
Congrats & have a great day Mark & Penny.
:cheers:
Sarah & Tim
:worthles:
:worthles:
:worthles:
Come on mate. Stop cuddling the bride and post some photos
KB
Quote from: KingBilly on January 16, 2016, 07:03:35 PM
:worthles:
:worthles:
:worthles:
Come on mate. Stop cuddling the bride and post some photos
KB
I believe Monday is the big day KB, I am sure he is fixing the dry community problem at the moment
GG
Ah, rodger that. Thanks for the update
KB
Mark and Penny,
Good luck with the big day tomorrow. We will thinking of you at 7.30am. Such a shame we are missing it, but look forward to the photos.
Tina and David
Quote from: GGV8Cruza on January 16, 2016, 07:06:35 PM
I believe Monday is the big day KB, I am sure he is fixing the dry community problem at the moment
GG
Did he drag the rain over there, or has he shouted the Bar? :cheers: :angel:
Congratulations Mark McGirr and Penny Albert , may you have a long and happy life together. :cup:
The photos that Symon took tell it all. :cheers:
cheers duggie
Well I finally have time after a hectic and busy schedule to write a few words.
Thank you to everyone for your pm's, texts and posts.
It has been fantastic to catch up with family and the myswag family that have attended. The wedding went perfect. I will post up pics and do a report later ;D, once I stop drinking.
A special mention must go to Symon and Kirsty who photographed our wedding. Both Penny and I are overwhelmed. Thank you both, so much, for making our special occasion so memorable.
We had a few glitches, especially when a contractor digs up a a main power cable that cuts power to our rooms just as we book in. But more on this later.
Mark
Congratulations Mr and Mrs McGirr :cup: May you have many, many happy adventures together in the years ahead :cheers:
Cheers
Karen
Congratulations Mark & Penny. :cheers:
It was a fabulous day. I will let Mark do the honours of putting up the photos, but below is a teaser.
Congratulations Mark and Penny.
Hope your day was beautiful and that you have many more happy days ahead.
WOW Factor overload ! The white with those rich color tones will make for some stunning photo memories for sure .
Bloody WOW. Awesome backdrop for a wedding location McGirr :cup::cup: :cup:
Quote from: Symon on January 19, 2016, 09:15:41 AM
It was a fabulous day. I will let Mark do the honours of putting up the photos, but below is a teaser.
awesome backdrop, and very forward thinking to have a toilet for everyone to use so they didn't have to run away and dig a hole... :cup: :cup: :cup:
lm glad you will only be doing it once , cause you will never get the red dirt out of the white clothing >:D :cheers:
Quote from: McGirr on January 18, 2016, 10:48:25 PM
We had a few glitches, especially when a contractor digs up a a main power cable that cuts power to our rooms just as we book in. But more on this later.
Mark
Ya could of got your photographer to fix that for ya :)
Congratulations guys. Wonderful spot for a wedding.
Congratulations to Penny and Mark. It looks stunning :cup:
:cheers:
Any prospective grooms out there don't let the other half see the photos, cause Mark has set the bar pretty high.
Seriously, thanks for sharing your special day with us. Magnificent setting.
Cheers Glen
How awesome :cup:
Congratulations Mark an Penny and many many more happy years to come :cheers:
John
Congratulations Mark an Penny, what an awesome couple
Ray
Congratulation to you Mark and Penny. What a great location for such a special event.
Good thing your in a dry community Mark otherwise you could be celebrating for 6 months mate...
:cup: :cup: :cheers: :cheers:
Quote from: idlegossip on January 20, 2016, 09:05:08 PM
Congratulation to you Mark and Penny. What a great location for such a special event.
Good thing your in a dry community Mark otherwise you could be celebrating for 6 months mate...
:cup: :cup: :cheers: :cheers:
Could they put up with 6 months of wet weather at "The Rock"?
Congrats .... where are you going for the Honey Moon :cheers:
yogi
Quote from: yogi on January 21, 2016, 01:48:54 PM
Congrats .... where are you going for the Honey Moon :cheers:
yogi
We are taking 4 weeks to get to our next job so that's our honeymoon ;D
We just got back to Warburton and will have all the pics and the fun we all had soon. Thank you to everyone for your kind wishes.
Mark
Seriously mark ive read this whole tread and to do what you did by leaving home (wether renred or owned) means alot of packing,alot of uncertainty. And alot of expence, trust me ive been there.
What an awsum place to have a wedding and ill be following your story.
If you see a wierd green thing that looks like spongebobs bus flag me down.
Ill have a cold one onboard
The day had come and we left Warburton at 5.00am Sat morning for the 6 hr drive to Yulara. We arrived at 1.15pm and bumped into John and Julie, Symon and Kirsty at Emu Walk Apartments, everyone's accommodation for the big event.
Penny and I went to book in when all of a sudden the power went out at reception. Some contractor had dug a hole and cut into a main power cable. This cut power to all the one bedroom units we were all staying in. No problem it should come on soon so the reception staff offered Penny and I some drink vouchers so we could go to the bar and wait for the power to come on. We explained that we were the party getting married and advised I would need more drink vouchers for our friends. So with a handful of drink vouchers we all headed to the bar. My family also joined us at the bar.
After a few, quite a lot, of drinks I headed to the reception to find out the status of the power issue and was advised that the power may be out all night. I was told they are in the process of moving us to another area in the resort and would get back to me once it was sorted. Naturally this meant I had to ask for more drink vouchers for the wedding guests.
Time was moving on and I headed ( staggered) to the reception to find out what was happening and they advised we would all be moved to the 2 bedroom apartments at Emu Walk with no extra charge as we had only booked 1 bedroom apartments. The Porter grabbed our bags and moved all of us to the new apartments.
Sunday dawned and Penny and I with Symon and Kirsty were taken by our wedding co ordinator to the lookout where the wedding would take place. More wedding guests arrived and the bar was calling so we all headed down. This evening we were all heading to the Sounds of Silence Dinner. After gathering at reception it was only a short bus trip to the dinner. We had a short walk up a small dune to a timber deck where we enjoyed wine and beer with canapés, overlooking the Rock.
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The wedding guests.
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Penny and I
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Mark, Kerry and Olivia.
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Symon and Kirsty, our great photographers
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After the canapés we walked down a short track to our dining area
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Geoff and Kay
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My family. Parents at the bottom of the screen who celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary that night. (Penny and I arranged a cake for them) On the right my son Jack, daughter Jaime-Lea, my sister and her partner and my Aunty and uncle.
The meal was fantastic and a lot of it. We also had a talk about the stars from an Astronomer who had a great laser pointing out the stars constellations. We all headed back by bus to our accommodation after this as it was around 10.30pm with the wedding starting the next morning at 5.30am. One more night of being single.
To be continued.
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Well as someone who had, until 6 days ago, never been to the 'Rock', (other than maybe flying overhead at a very great height at some time in the past)...
I had an absolute ball and I'm so, so glad that I was able to be a part of the Wedding of the Year ;D
Now, I need to pour myself something chilled while I get on with editing some more photos!
Quote from: McGirr on January 21, 2016, 08:41:00 PM
The day had come and we left Warburton at 5.00am Sat morning for the 6 hr drive to Yulara. We arrived at 1.15pm and bumped into John and Julie, Symon and Kirsty at Emu Walk Apartments, everyone's accommodation for the big event.
Penny and I went to book in when all of a sudden the power went out at reception. Some contractor had dug a hole and cut into a main power cable. This cut power to all the one bedroom units we were all staying in. No problem it should come on soon so the reception staff offered Penny and I some drink vouchers so we could go to the bar and wait for the power to come on. We explained that we were the party getting married and advised I would need more drink vouchers for our friends. So with a handful of drink vouchers we all headed to the bar. My family also joined us at the bar....
To be continued.
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Mark, I couldn't help myself. Here is a better photo of Symon and I... wearing his beloved Cape York polo shirt... ;D
Now I promise to edit some more trip photos!
Great pic Kirsty.
Mark
You don't do things by halves do you McGIRR.
Well done.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/01/15/20/45/bounty-of-rain-transforms-uluru (http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/01/15/20/45/bounty-of-rain-transforms-uluru)
Congratulations Guys. I don't know you but I know your good people (Geoff told me so it must be true ;) ) so I hope you have a long and happy life together.
The big day arrived, morning I should say, as the guests and I met out of the front of reception to be ferried to the lookout at 5.00am. Penny, in the mean time, was at the hairdressers since 3.30am.
We all gathered at the lookout waiting for the bride. As the sun eased its way up Penny arrived for the short walk up to the lookout with her father.
The ceremony seemed to go quick and before we knew it we were married. After the normal photos we headed to another spot for pics while the guests headed back to the resort for the reception.
It was Kay's birthday (Geoff's better half) and Penny and I had a cake pre made ready for her. After the reception we all dispersed for some nanna naps before attending the Geoff and Mark VS drinking party in the afternoon.
Tuesday morning arrived and most guests were heading home. After 3 months of planning it was over. So quick.
A big thank you to everyone who attended our special day. Thank you to John (JK) for being my witness and made sure I was sober for the wedding. It was great to catch up with family and great friends.
Pic time:
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A massive thank you goes to Symon and Kirsty who captured our wedding perfectly. We can't thank you both enough.
Mark
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All the best to you and Penny for the future mate :cup: , it was a very special day in a very special place for a couple of great people. Julie and I had a wonderfull time and it was good to catch up with some of our old Myswag friends :cheers:
Cheers
Johnno
Congrats Mcgirr and Mrs Mcgirr.
Beautiful pics and the bride looked stunning. :cup:
All the best for the future guys ;D
:cheers:
Quote from: jk on January 24, 2016, 07:06:37 PM
All the best to you and Penny for the future mate :cup: , it was a very special day in a very special place for a couple of great people. Julie and I had a wonderfull time and it was good to catch up with some of our old Myswag friends :cheers:
Cheers
Johnno
Myswaggers.....under the stars...at Ayres Rock...roughing it...what more could you want... ;D ;D
Mark V.S.
Best wishes from us.
Pretty special wedding going by those pics... good on ya. :cup:
It was our pleasure to do the camera duties for you and Penny Mark. I would also like to thank you for preparing such perfect conditions for photography. The colour contrast between the red earth and the white was brilliant, and the early timing coupled with the overcast sky gave us lovely soft light to work with as well as stunning clouds.
It really was an effort to take a bad photo.
Congratulations! - What an awesome location!!
All the best!
Just awesome guys well done :cheers:
Quote from: McGirr on January 21, 2016, 06:17:17 PM
We are taking 4 weeks to get to our next job so that's our honeymoon ;D
We just got back to Warburton and will have all the pics and the fun we all had soon. Thank you to everyone for your kind wishes.
Mark
Congratulations and what a fantastic spot to get married...Out of curiosity did you need to get any special permission ??
Where is the "next job" destination ?
Cheers...
Quote from: Kunnara on January 25, 2016, 06:32:03 PM
Congratulations and what a fantastic spot to get married...Out of curiosity did you need to get any special permission ??
Where is the "next job" destination ?
Cheers...
No special permission needed. Our next job is My Barnett Roadhouse in the Kimberleys for the 2016 season.
Mark
Mark and Penny, congratulations. What an amazing memory that you will both look back on.
My Barnett will be bloody interesting. Beautiful spot, and the best hot chips there I've ever had whilst travelling!! Hope you can keep up the quality. :)
Enjoy. Wish I was meeting you there.
G
Mark and Penny,
Congrats and best wishes to you both, and many thanks for allowing us to be a part of your big event.
The choice of venue and time of day was brilliant. We had a ball.
Thanks also for the cake and present for Kay's birthday. She really was very touched.
:cheers: :cheers:
Geoff
Wow a year has passed already. Still remember it like yesterday.
Pic of my son and father.
Mark
Quote from: McGirr on January 18, 2017, 12:02:51 PM
Wow a year has passed already. Still remember it like yesterday.
It was, wasn't it??...It was certainly a great weekend.... :cup: :cup:
Quote from: McGirr on January 18, 2017, 12:02:51 PM
Pic of my son and father.
That's one to treasure Mark..... :cup: :cup:
Congrats to Penny and you.
When's the honeymoon over Mark?
Quote from: Cruiser 105Tvan on January 18, 2017, 07:37:41 PM
When's the honeymoon over Mark?
When I am 6ft under mate. Too much to see and do traveling.
Mark
Quote from: McGirr on January 18, 2017, 08:00:56 PM
When I am 6ft under mate. Too much to see and do traveling.
Mark
Good to hear, enjoy while you can!! :cheers: