Ceremony Location - The Risk

We don't love the Old Cheese Factory anymore. I bet you knew it would happen.

We haven't even gone down there to check it out, but after seeing their brochure we were really not impressed.

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I have contacted a few other places - Jells Park - Boronia Park - Emerald Lake Park - asking for more information.

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Boronia Park

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Emerald Lake Park
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I don't know why I am so obsessed with getting married in some sort of Garden/Park - but I honestly couldn't see it any other way. I can imagine the birds singing in the trees while we are saying our vows.
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I was hooked on Boronia Park simply because of the Amphitheatre. I contacted them yesterday via email and received this response:
"The Arboretum can not actually be booked, it is sort of like a "first in best dressed" basis on the day."
WOW........ This does mean it is free.... but would you want to save $500 to risk having 10 kids on skateboards crashing your ceremony? Or to have everyone turn up and a family is sitting there having a picnic........ What is your opinion?
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Jells Park is going to be a tricky one. I completed 4 pages of forms yesterday in order to just query having an event there. I haven't heard back. One good thing about Jells is that it is SO close to our house and a lot of the guests will be familiar with where abouts it would be. The minus is that we would need to hire chairs and bring them in.
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And then I discovered Emerald Lake Park. I am in LOVE. Please please please let the Amphitheatres for our size event be available on our wedding day. Please let the largest undercover area also be available! Please please please! You "Hire" the areas so no doubt the Ranger would make sure no one crashes it. Oh please please please. The total charge of the hire (including the backup covered area) would be $303.00
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I will keep you posted.