A beautiful day on Snelling Beach, Kangaroo Island as a bushfire raged 20 kilometres away across the water. Pluming smoke clouded the sun to cast a deep golden light over us all. The bride came down to us via the rustic steps carved into the hillside below the magnificent Cliff House, Lifetime Private Retreats. After a brief service by celebrant Vicki MacLean and a spectacular photoshoot on the beach we retired to the Lifetime Retreats Shearing Shed for for an intimate reception and a rousing gig by Melbourne's Carus Thompson.