Happy New Year to all our couples - and future newlyweds

We're back from our far away travels and preparing for a busy and happy 2010. Last year was one of our busiest ever, with weddings at our favourite venues and some new to us. Maybe the highlight was Theresa and Ryan's wedding in Albany, Western Australia.

Here they are just married, about to go to their wedding breakfast and then on to their honeymoon in Cairns.

It was their spring, our autumn and the setting just out of this world. We couldn't believe the size of these enormous gum trees. The specimens in Kew Gardens, just across the river from us, are minute in comparison.

It was a 23 hour flight from London to Perth with a short stop over in Bruneii. And after all that travelling, it seemed a good idea to make a proper break and get to know Western Australia really well.

And now, after a couple of months away, we're back after the long holiday and ready for the new wedding season which begins for us in April.