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MelRose Cakes is owned and run by Cake Designer Melissa Rose, based at Toronto on the gorgeous Lake Macquarie.

Specialiasing in Wedding Cakes, Melissa will sit down with every customer and help plan their cake for any occasion, believing that her customer’s needs are of the utmost importance.

Cupcakes from $3.00

MelRose Cupcakes

Black & White Bling

Stunning in Pink

Simple Elegance

15 Flavours to choose from

Your choices are endless, and your decision… the right one

Email Melissa today or visit her staff at the Lake Macquarie Wedding Expo, at Wangi District Workers Club on Sunday 16th May, 2010 for some great cake inspiration

We were married on 1st March 2008.

For a whole week before our big day, we had torrential rain. As you could imagine, I was in complete panic mode. We were getting married on the foreshore at Toronto and I did not want a complete bog hole to have to walk through in my dress & heels. Nor did i want my guests to endure that as well.

Id’ spent that week making sure all final details were in order, ducking here, there & everywhere, nails, tans, hair touch ups, helping our wedding hire lady to decorate the reception etc… and all in the rain.

The night before our wedding day, my mum and I sat in the living room, listening to the rain,I was so upset thinking that first thing in the morning, I would have to make a zillion phone calls, to rearrange for our ceremony to be held in the Toronto Yacht club, which is where our reception was arranged for. We sat there & prayed, “Please God , give us sunshine.” After drifting off to sleep for the last time as some-ones fiance, I slept quite well, considering.

THEN… when I woke up, i could hear the birds chirping and thought “geez, there was quite a glare in my room” I opened my eyes and there was sunshine. I’ve never jumped up so quick . I ran straight out the front door thanking my lucky stars for this awesome weather.

Our wedding day was perfect. Our wedding was spectacular,(and no bog holes to walk through).

My husband to be was waiting, looking as handsome as ever, with our 3 gorgeous boys. This was the best day of my life.

Note: Photography by LK Photography, Reception was held at Royal Motor Yacht Club

Lake Munmorah Flower Farm Pty/Ld (trading as Olivieri Flowers) is a family owned & operated company. They have been established for 19 years & are one of the leading flower farms in NSW. The farm is located at Doyalson on the beautiful Central Coast of NSW, approx one hour’s drive from Sydney.

Olivieri’s Florist is a division of Lake Munmorah Flower Farm Pty Ltd.
The two businesses commenced in November 1990 by three brothers who combined their experience and passion in producing and supplying quality fresh flowers to the floral trade and ultimately the consumer. 

They found suitable land in Doyalson NSW and began their dream of creating one of the best commercial flower growing farms in NSW. Throughout the years they have kept up to date with emerging trends in flower growing and adopted many successful world-wide production processes.

Olivieri Flowers specialise in growing Gerbera, Asiatic Lily, Oriental Lily, Chrysanthemum and other selected seasonal flowers.

To complement the flower growing business, it was a natural course to establish a florist shop, and locate it at the farm entrance with easy access to passing traffic and locals.

Olivieri’s Florist offers a complete range of florist services by their trained floral designers. The Flower Shop is supplied daily with quality fresh cut flowers direct from the farm of Olivieri Flowers located at their back door!

The Watagan Logde is a one stop wedding venue in Martinsville.  Ceremonies are set within the beautiful bushland, the bamboo garden or edging the pool with a view. Their Tuscan Function Centre seats up to 150 guests with access to a courtyard for enjoying canapes and pre reception drinks. For a slightly smaller gathering you could consider the Martins Restaurant. A verandah overlooking the grassy gardens,a small loft area upstairs with its own private balcony, will allow you to create. Martins Restaurant will seat between 50 to 120 people depending on your chosen layout.

Watagan Lodge also has onsite accommodation including 9 self catering units, 14 loft apartments and a six bedroom house to hold all your wedding guests (or most of them anyway).  

Bamboo Garden

Martins Restaurant

 If you have a venue that you would like review in the Lake Macquarie area then email info@lakemacquarieweddings.com.au

Lake Macquarie has over 170km of gorgeous shorelinee available for you to create your beautiful wedding.

You can’t however just rock up and get married in one of the parks or shorelines maintained by Lake Macquarie City Council. The following fees apply:

• Normal Casual Hire (for up to one day and up to 500 people)
  • Area Hire (per area per day) – $100
  • Speers Point Park Open Shelter hire  – $100
  • Speers Point Heritage Shed Hire (includes electricity) – $100
  • Bond (including key deposit) – upto 500 people per site – $225
  • Loss of Key – $100
• Rotunda Hire (hourly rate)
  • Toronto Foreshore/Warners Bay Foreshore (including electricity) – $100
• Stage Hire (per day) incl power
  • Speers Point Park/Cooranbong Park (wedding, naming ceremony) – $150
  • Speers Point Park/Cooranbong Park (not for  profit event) – $350

If your not sure that your chosen area has a hire fee attached to it, call Lake Macquarie Council for more information.

Mark & Tamara

Guest Blogger and local Lake Macquarie Photographer ~ LK Photography

When I think of a wedding which took advantage of the variety Lake Macquarie has to offer, it would be Tamara & Mark’s. They also happen to be the couple showcase the new Lake Macquarie Weddings Website.  This lovely wedding also comes to mind as one of the sweetest and fun filled weddings.

Rotunda at Whitebridge

Although Tamara knew she was getting married that day, Mark had kept all planning details and locations top secret.  He did a great job of finding a perfect little rotunda with perfect lush grass, in Whitebridge, overlooking the majestic blue ocean, in a place you never would have imagined. Like this spot, there are literally hundreds of locations with great vantage points on the lake, beach or to the west of the lake in a bushland setting, just waiting to be discovered for your wedding. 

Family & Friends share an awesome view

Back to Tamara & Mark, once the ceremony had been performed, amid a little joking from Tamara’s father and a lot of laughter when Mark realised he had placed Tamara’s ring on the wrong hand, they gathered all their family in front of this fabulous scenery to take their family photos and some romantic shots. 

The Romance

Tamara & Mark

Modern Love

After a leisurely car ride to a jetty in Wangi, where we captured more romantic shots. Guests then boarded a boat that was transformed into Tamara & Marks reception venue, caterer and DJ all in one.  Mark continued the theme of ‘water’ throughout the wedding, for everywhere they went there was either the ocean or the lake. The reception was on a boat, their cake had shells complete with octopus bride and groom and messages in a bottle for them both.  The mood was relaxed and casual, happy and most of all loving as they sailed off into the sunset of Lake Macquarie.

Lake Macquaire is a gorgeous back drop

Fun Love

Lake Macquaire's King & Queen of Love for the day All aboard for a wedding on Lake Macquaire

Guest Blogger: Laura Zavaroni from LK Photography, A Local Lake Macquarie Wedding Photographer.

The inaugral Lake Macquarie Wedding Expo will grace our shores on Sunday May 16th 2010.

Thanks to the planning of NSW Wedding Planning Workshops and Wangi District Workers Club who will be the host venue, this expo will be the first in a line of Lake Macquarie exclusive wedding events planned to assist in increasing the knowledge of the area to our potential brides and grooms.

The invitation is now open for all Lake Macquarie servicing wedding businesses to apply to exhibit at the event with some great opportunities available.

Keep tuned for upcoming information regarding the expo. If you are interested in exhibiting please don’t hesitate to contact info@weddingplanningworkshops.com.au for your exhibiting application.

Lake Macquarie is quaintly surrounded by the Central Coast, Pacific Ocean, Newcastle and the Hunter Regions. With over 170km of lake shoreline, beaches and gorgeous bushland settings, Lake Macquarie can be often overlooked as a Wedding Region. We think it deserves it’s own focus, therefore introducing an exclusive Wedding Directory for bride and service providers alike… in Lake Macquarie.

Advertising opportunities from only $75/year for businesses that service the Lake Macquarie region. We are encouraging Real Engagement & Wedding stories, Local suppliers to be guest bloggers and the opportunity for suppliers to have us Review their products or services.

If Brides can’t find what they want on the directory they should contact us and we will do our best to head them in the right direction.

Don’t miss out on being part of the biggest growing wedding region in NSW.