It proved to be fifth time's the charm for Georgey Henshall and Jack Bowyer as their two-year journey to the alter finally came to reality.
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The Bendigo couple were married at Spring Hill near Daylesford after having their previous four wedding dates scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic.
They were engaged in New York in October, 2019, and started planning their wedding immediately.
Their initial plan was to marry in Italy in September last year. When the pandemic took a hold of the world, they pushed the date to September, 2021.
"We (originally) thought 'a wedding in Italy, this will be great'," Georgey said. "We had it all planned by January, 2020, and sent the invites in February. By March we could see it was not going to happen. At the time, being naive, we moved it September (this year). But we got to September (2020) and said 'this won't happen, even next year'."
When it became apparent international travel wouldn't re-open they rescheduled for a Melbourne wedding on June 11, which was pushed to July 24 and finally August 14.
Three days before their wedding, with Melbourne still locked down, Georgey and Jack re-organised their day to a regional wedding.
"Jack and I just said 'what are we doing this for? We're doing it for us, so let's do it for us," Georgey said. "We were still calling people to figure things out on Friday morning with the wedding on Saturday.
"I called almost every restaurant in regional Victoria. (We) booked a beautiful French restaurant in Daylesford and a church in Spring Hill.
"At the end of the day we think this is exactly what should have happened. The hilarity of it all, the drama and quick thinking, it was always meant to be this way."
Immediate family and friends attended with three of Jack's four siblings - stranded in Queensland, Melbourne and Chicago respectively - face-timing into the ceremony.
Georgey said staying positive in the face of having their wedding dates constantly shifting was taxing but there was great support for her and Jack.
"We didn't ever not be positive. We were in no rush, we said 'how it will be is how it's meant to be'," she said.
"Our friends and family just want us to be happy and married whether they were there or not. We have been together almost nine years and two of them were spent trying to figure how to get married."
Georgey wore a dress by Harriette Gordon and carried flowers by Brett Matthew John. Her hair and make-up was done by Demi Ryan. Jack wore a suit by Albert Clothing.