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Can we marry people on the water or in the air in Australia?

Posted by Josh Withers | Apr 22, 2019 | Our Guidelines to Australian Marriage Law, The Art of Ceremony | 2 |

Elle asks:

I have a wedding where I am marrying the couple on a boat, we are all going to get on and cruise for 10mins until the couple get a feeling like yep lets pull up here and then I will do their ceremony, then the boat will carry on for couple of hours whilst everyone has drinks, food and watches the sunset. So in regard to Location of marriage on paperwork, NOIM and Marriage Docs as I won’t know the coordinates until we literally pull up, do I just write the coordinates in quickly before I call everyone in to kick ceremony off or can I fill when we go to sign docs? And am I just writing the coordinates, or do I need to put the boats name also?

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Josh is a marriage celebrant since 2009, based in Tasmania with his wife Britt and two daughters. With Sarah Aird he co-founded the Celebrant Institute and specialises in the business of celebrancy and the art of present and intimate ceremony.