A Rainy Erskine Falls Elopement for Two Travellers in Love
“Anna did the photos for our wedding and she was absolutely AMAZING - we loved her because of her focus on candid photographs - not a lot of interrupting the fun to get people to pose, but actual photos of people enjoying themselves. She had tons of suggestions and we could not have asked for a better person to capture our wedding. I cannot recommend her more highly.”
- Mike & Jerome
Mike and Jerome travelled across continents to get married in the Otways.
At the time, Mike was living in Pakistan working as a diplomat, while Jerome was based in Bangkok as a video game artist. They’d met on holiday in Bangkok a couple of years earlier, back when Mike was living in Athens and Jerome was in Barcelona, and had spent their relationship finding ways to close the distance between them — flights between countries, adventures across Asia, and eventually planning an elopement in a place neither of them had ever been before.
Australia became the meeting point.
Instead of planning a huge wedding, they chose something far more personal: a small waterfall elopement at Erskine Falls with just a handful of close friends there to witness it all. Mike had a friend fly in from Melbourne, Jerome had friends arrive from Spain and Bangkok, and together they spent several days exploring the Otways — winery visits, long lunches, winding forest roads and winter weather included.
The morning of the elopement was wet, cold and beautifully wild.
Umbrellas were packed, coats stayed on, and nobody cared that conditions weren’t “perfect”. The walk into Erskine Falls became part of the experience — muddy tracks, slippery rocks, laughter echoing through the bush and mist hanging thick between the trees.
And honestly, that’s what made it feel so special.
There wasn’t a big production or carefully staged timeline. Just two people fully present with each other, surrounded by the sounds of the forest and the people they loved most.
One of the things Mike and Jerome told me early on was that they didn’t want their wedding day interrupted by endless posing. They wanted photographs that felt real — candid moments, genuine reactions, and the feeling of actually being there.
So that’s exactly how we approached it.
The walk to the falls. Quiet moments before the ceremony. Their friends cheering them on from under umbrellas. The exchange of vows beside the waterfall. The hike back out afterwards, married and completely soaked.
It felt less like a traditional wedding and more like an adventure shared with the people who mattered most.
And truly — nothing more was needed.
Celebrant: Zena Lythgo
