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Ben and Lucy have decided to get married! Yes, we hear you say ‘about bloody time’.
Because its the 21st century, an age of aeroplanes, mobile phones, temporal disconnection and virtual everything we thought we’d keep a wedding blog. That way, we don’t have to feel quite as guilty for living millions of miles away from most of our ‘nearest and dearest’.
‘Who are these Ben and Lucy clowns?’
Well, Ben was born in 1975 in Christchurch, New Zealand. His mum is originally from Yorkshire and his dad is from Sydney. He moved to Darwin in 1984 where his parents took up residence at the Darwin Sailing Club. Ben has a younger sister called Amy, who is currently living in Melbourne. Ben moved back to England (via Atlantic/Mediterranean sailing adventures) in 2004. He is now busy saving the world as a Director of 40.7 and Sustainable Industries Ireland Ltd. – companies involved in something to do with green energy.
Lucy was born in Darwin. Her dad is originally from the US and met her mum (from Melbourne) when she agreed to join him as a fellow adventurer while he cruised the south pacific. They eventually came ashore in Darwin – a few weeks before Lucy’s older brother, Daniel, was born. Lucy’s parents very sensibly divorced sometime in the early 90s, but still appear to get along well most of the time and Lucy’s dad has remarried. Lucy went to uni in Adelaide and then moved to Brisbane for her PhD. After that she moved to London to be a post-doc, and is currently working for Queensland University of Technology, although they let her commute virtually most of the time. Which means she is still allowed to live in the UK.
How did they meet?
Lucy and Ben met through the Darwin Sailing Club when Lucy was still in high school and Ben was working for the Winter School of Sailing. Lucy had an enormous crush on Ben and was thrilled when he eventually invited her out to Rattle’n Hum, got her drunk and pashed her. That was in 1997…
Why have they decided to get married?
Ummm…. well, it sounded like a good idea at the time. Lucy still likes Ben, and Ben seems to think Lucy is alright. Lucy thinks Ben would look nice in a suit and Ben think Lucy wouldn’t look too bad in a wedding dress. Besides, they don’t get to see their friends and family very often these days and thought that a wedding would be a good excuse to catch up with people they miss.
When? Sunday 21 December 2008.
Where? The Old Treasury Building, Melbourne. See the ‘location’ page for more details.
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Anne Mercedes | February 3, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Do you say anywhere WHEN you will get married? I could not find it anywhere. It could be a useful thing to know.
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benandlucyweddingsilliness | February 3, 2008 at 6:26 pm
There you go. I have added the date AND the location. How is that for service? We will also ad a whole new tab with DATE written on it, so that it is super easy to find!
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Cuz Rob | March 20, 2008 at 12:05 am
Hey guys, do you realise that the 8th April 2009 is actually on a WEDNESDAY ? Looking forward to making further sense of your wedding SILLINESS through this fantastic blog !
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Jamie and Kat | June 13, 2008 at 1:48 pm
not sure if you realise that you have two different dates one in april and one in december
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Peter Nicholas | July 3, 2008 at 12:56 am
I will be in Melbourne on 16 July. Any chance of bringing the wedding forward a few months?
If not, I’ll just have to be there again in December.
Congratulations from a proud uncle.
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Nic & Stu | July 10, 2008 at 1:16 pm
hey guys, you both looked good on the bucking bronco that night, hey luce, wasn’t it 1996 we did ambon together on zanizbar, and wasn’t ben on the maid that year,,,,,,
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benandlucyweddingsilliness | July 10, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Yep. There are different dates… but only in the comments. Just ignore the comments and you will be fine
The first dates are from our OLD wedding plan… The NEW wedding plan is for DECEMBER. Although, if you show up in April, you will get extra points for being so keen.
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benandlucyweddingsilliness | July 10, 2008 at 2:29 pm
And Stu… Lucy says ‘OH NO! A WITNESS!’ Darn. We are going to have to have you assassinated. Unless you swear to forget everything that might possibly embarrass Lucy. Ever. XX
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Jamie | July 14, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Ah i think inn 1996 ben was on andromeda when we kicked toms ass he was on aus maid and we broke you lot out from the hotel room AHHH memories
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benandlucyweddingsilliness | July 14, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Lucy says: I’m pretty sure that Jamie is right on this one. Sorry Stu
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Paul and Julie RICHARDSON | July 15, 2008 at 9:05 am
Congratulations ben and lucy all the best in the future Julie and Paul Richardson
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The O Team | November 11, 2008 at 6:35 am
Hi Guys, Unfortunately we are now about half way between the 2 venues so we’ll miss out on seeing you, but we’ll send our representative along!!! Gosh Ben it seems no time since I was putting sun screen on your nose & a weight belt around you to sail at Terrigal now I’m a Grandma & you’re an uncle. Have a wonderful day on the 21/12 we’ll raise a glas or 10 to your future, love to see some photos of the beautiful Lucy on the day.
Love Maz & George