Legal Stuff

After many years in the wedding industry, owner of Elope to Australia, Lisa Brereton has a huge network of wedding industry suppliers across Australia. Lisa is well known in the industry and is a dedicated celebrant and wedding planner who has worked hard to source some amazing wedding professionals, who have all dropped their prices so they can be part of the Elope to Australia team. Lisa will take the stress out of organising your elopement or small wedding. She’ll save you money and use quality wedding suppliers. You can find out more about Lisa at lisabreretoncelebrant.com.au.

Elope to Australia can organise your elopement (no guests or up to 8 guests) or small weddings (up to 20 guests) – so you can either sneak away or bring your friends.

There are no rules about when, where, or how you marry. You can be married at any time on any day of the year (365/24/7) You can be married anywhere you like - indoors, outdoors, in a park, on a beach, by a lake, in a hot air balloon, on a boat, in a wedding chapel, a restaurant, historical building, vineyard, lookout, or surrounded by kangaroos, koalas and other Australian wildlife, in fact anywhere you like. Often you will need to obtain approval of the local Council to marry on public land and we can help with this. Many venues will charge you if you’d like to be married on their private premises. You can wear what you like, too. Don’t think you need to wear wedding attire. You can wear a bikini if you like. •

You do not legally need to exchange wedding rings.

The smallest legal wedding will contain five people: the Celebrant, the couple, and two witnesses over 18.

To legally marry in Australia, you must lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) with your celebrant at least one month before your ceremony date, and no more than 18 months before.

Both parties must be 18 years of age or older, not currently married to someone else, and not marrying a close family member. You will need to provide proof of identity (passport or birth certificate) and, if previously married, proof of divorce or death of former spouse.

Your Marriage Celebrant, we will guide you through every step of the legal process and ensure all paperwork is completed correctly and submitted to the relevant authorities. The Notice of Intended Marriage must be signed in front of an approved witness such as a Justice of the Peace, Solicitor, Doctor or Police Officer (the category of person approved is listed on the Notice). If you are outside Australia the witness must be an official at the Australian Embassy or Consulate OR a Notary Public (again, check the form). The Notice can be scanned and emailed as long as you give the original to your celebrant before the ceremony starts. You will need to have two witnesses over the age of 18 present at the ceremony. Don’t panic though, if you’re planning an elopement we can arrange witnesses on your behalf. Consider whether you are both able to understand the English language. If this is not the case you must provide a registered official interpreter (there will be an additional charge for this).

Elope to Australia is committed to protecting your privacy. Any personal information you provide — including your name, email address, phone number, and wedding details — is collected solely for the purpose of providing our elopement and wedding services.

We will never sell, share, or disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent, except where required by law or necessary to deliver our services (for example, sharing details with your chosen venue or suppliers).

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information at any time by contacting us at info@elopetoaustralia.com.au