I want to Marry You! ...a beach wedding, on Magnetic Island, Queensland

Why go to Bali? Have a Magnetic Island Beach Wedding!

For your Magnetic Island Beach Wedding we offer,
23 beaches and bays, on an island in the Great Barrier Reef,
320 days of sunshine every year,
...with everything you need for your dream wedding,
...and it's safe to visit all year round! 

Why take a chance with a Bali Wedding in these uncertain times?

Before you consider a Bali wedding...

Go to the Australian Governments

Then...
 Click here to begin exploring Images of Magnetic Island


 Need a celebrant?
Before you decide see 'How to choose a marriage celebrant' and
 'Magnetic Island Wedding and Family Celebrants'

One of the very best of Magnetic Island weddings celebrants brides' questions: The Ring - Why the 4th Finger?

 

Some Bride's are really curious. Here is one of the very best of Magnetic Island weddings celebrant Crusty's collection of brides' questions;

Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger?

This is cute. Try it out before your Magnetic Island Wedding.
Article courtesy Mailster: Mail From Friends

There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese.....

• Thumb represents your Parents

• Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings

• Middle finger represents your-Self

• Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner & 

• the Last (Little) finger represents your children

Now, Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold them together - back to back
Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip

 (As shown in the figure below):

How overseas couples can get married on Magnetic Island, Australia

Anyone in the world can be married on Tropical North Queensland's Magnetic Island. It does not matter if you are from a country other than Australia.

Photo courtesy Magnetic Informer Visitors Guide

Ok, let us assume you are from an overseas country and you have decided to be married in Australia.

1.    Choose the location for your wedding. Magnetic Island would be an excellent choice. Click here for more informatiuon about Magnetic Island or Google 'Magnetic Island' both web & images.

2.    Find an authorised marriage celebrant who is just right for you. Do a Google Search for; ‘Magnetic Island Celebrants’ or ‘Celebrants Magnetic Island’. Contact the celebrants to find out which one is right for you and who is available for your chosen date & time, next...

Beach Weddings? Island Weddings? Have a Magnetic Island Wedding

So, you want an island wedding or a beach wedding.
Why not have a Magnetic Island Wedding?
Just 8km from Townsville in Tropical North Queensland

Greetings from paradise, congratulations on your forthcoming wedding and for choosing to marry on North Queensland's tropical Magnetic Island - Australia’s most affordable, unique and accessible island venue for your special day.  I’m David Crusty Herron, call me David if you prefer, and I would be delighted to show you how easy it is to plan and create the island wedding ceremony of your dreams. Obligation free of course.

And every couple’s dreams are different. As an island resident celebrant with the experience of over 1500 beautiful ceremonies I realise that it is your wedding and that you are the reason and focus of the day. So your ceremony should be about you, your dreams, and your future together as a family written and choreographed just for you.

Getting Married on Magnetic Island? Here's 5 ways you can help keep Maggie Beautiful

 Getting Married on Magnetic Island? Here's 5 ways you can help keep Maggie Beautiful!

Magnetic Island Weddings are wonderfully memorable moments and We really love having weddings in our Magnetic Island home but remember...

1. It's your home too
Welcome to Magnetic Island or "Maggie”, as locals affectionately call her. We love our *island in the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - and we hope you love her too. We're proud to share her with you and ask that you respect and protect our beautiful and ecologically sensitive island home.

Barefoot Beach Wedding - Beach Shoes, Barefoot Sandals, Foot Jewellery, for Her & Him

Magnetic Island has 23 beaches & bays for your wedding. So have a Barefoot Wedding but still wear shoes. Wear Barefoot Sandals, Barefoot Beach Shoes - Made on Magnetic island!

Check out these samples of unique one off designs of 'Barefoot Beach Shoes', 'Barefoot Sandals' or 'Foot Jewellery' for the bride & groom from 'Made on Magnetic Island'  at Horseshoe Bay. Why not design your own? I did.

The Barefoot Beach Shoes & Barefoot Sandals displayed were designed by Sharon or our Brides

What about Magnetic Island Weather for my Wedding Ceremony?

Photo courtesy Magnetic Island Photography MaryAnne Law

Magnetic Island Weather won't disappoint you, or your wedding guests, with around 320 days with sunshine a year.  So let's do some comparisons of the *average of Days with Rain and Fine Days a year for some Wedding Destinations around Oz. We'll start with Cairns and head south...

Magnetic Island Wedding Ceremony Location Permits & Fees. The Facts!

Some of  Magnetic Island's land based wedding ceremony locations & venues may require a permit from the Townsville City Council Open Space Bookings Department. 

• The maximum you will pay is $106.00 for one (1) hour.
• there is NO variation in fees for different Council controlled ceremony locations on Magnetic Island.

 

 Rocky Bay in the State Park

 If your wedding ceremony is planned for a Magnetic Island location under the jurisdiction of the Department of Environmental Resource Management (DERM), previously the EPA, then you will NOT have to pay a fee. 

A Magnetic Island Welcome to you, our visitors from overseas

 Florence Bay after 3:00pm, it's all yours!

If you are looking for something different from the usual island venues' offerings around the place for your island wedding ceremony - talk to us. We can can make your dream island wedding ceremony a reality. So checkout Magnetic island, Queensland, Australia.

The Magnetic Island Wedding Ceremony Help Line Celebrants

If you are looking for a celebrant to make your Magnetic Island Wedding ceremony everything you want it to be, or, if you wish to be married in Townsville, in Cairns or The Whitsundays contact a celebrant from The Wedding Team first.

If you don't 'click' with your celebrant let us know what style of celebrant you are looking for and we'll happily refer you to some bride & groom recommended celebrants.