DAMEIAN & TARUN

Congratulations DAMEIAN & TARUN

10 October 2020, Sydney NSW

Dameian Sullivan and Tarun Naidu met through an online dating app. “We had been chatting for about two months. After a few failed attempts to meet up, we discovered we were heading to the same party in a few weeks’ time. When I walked into the party with friends, I saw Tarun on the other side of the room. We locked eyes but I nervously ran away! A few drinks later, I finally built up the courage to say hello and have a dance, and the rest is history.”

Dameian and Tarun were in a long distance relationship due to Tarun working in Colombo, Sri Lanka and Dameian taking leave to go backpacking for six months in Africa. “We met up in Johannesburg and drove down the garden route to Cape Town. The proposal day began with parasailing off Signal Hill in the morning. The day started to get hotter but Tarun still wanted to hike to the top of Lion’s Head. On the way up, I offered to take the backpack from Tarun, but he was quick to respond that he was fine with it (although I could see he was struggling in the heat). When we finally arrived at the top, I wanted to relax and enjoy the view, but each time I went to sit down, he suggested a different spot with a ‘better view’. Finally he agreed on a spot and wanted me to stand and look at the view so he could take a photo. He seemed to be taking forever so I turned around to see why and saw him standing there holding up a ring and then he popped the question.”

“We had to plan our wedding twice. The first wedding was going to take place on the South Coast of NSW, however with the devastation of the bush fires and Covid, it all fell to pieces. Unsure if it would be even possible to have a wedding in the mists of a global pandemic, less than two months before our planned date we received hope it could still go ahead. We changed the location to Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden and managed to pull everything together at the most perfect location. The backdrop was the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. One of my highlights was the surprise Limousine ride Tarun organised for myself and my family.”

“Our advice for other couples planning their wedding is to keep it simple and assign tasks for each other with deadlines. Given we were and still are in the middle of a global pandemic, we were lucky to be able to have a wedding at all, so the honeymoon is on hold until the international borders open. We plan to visit Eastern Europe.”

DAMEIAN & TARUN’S WEDDING CREW

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Attire - Brent Wilson and Calibre Cake - Little Dance Catering - Botanic House Celebrant - Louise Spedding Ceremony Location - The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney Reception Location - Botanic House Photography - Better Together Photo Co