Award-winning Hobart marriage celebrant Josh Withers
From the Huon Valley to the Derwent Valley, Hobart to Cradle Mountain, I create awesome weddings!. I'm Josh Withers and I am a male fun Hobart marriage celebrant ready to create a fun wedding ceremony for you!
For weddings and elopements within Southern Tasmania all travel expenses covered
Intimate ceremony
The best wedding ceremony ever
Ceremony and MC the reception
A match almost as good as the two of you
I believe your ceremony should be the best part of the wedding, so I work my behind off to make it unqiue, meaningful, fun, and honest.
The moment you walk down the aisle and become a married couple should be comfortable. People love to tell you it's stressful and awkward. If I'm your celebrant it's not.
I work with your photographers and videographers to make sure that the ceremony records as well as it feels in-person.
I have four packages, but the most popular is where I'm your celebrant and MC at the reception. I'm available to be just your celebrant in a wedding or an elopement package, and also just the paperwork-only in a registry-style wedding.
We need to meet at least once to sign pre-marriage paperwork, but I'm available in-person or on video call for as many meetings as you need to feel confident.
To get married in Tasmania you need to be 18 or over, not related, not currently married, and consenting and willing to marriage. Proof of place and date of birth is needed, along with evidence of former marriages ending.
Australian marriage law requires one month's notice to get married in Tasmania and Australia-wide. As far as booking a celebrant, I recommend booking the right celebrant early, but most couples book nine to 18 months in advance.
Any and all people can marry in Tasmania, regardless of nationality, religion, gender, ciizenship, or visa. You simply must be 18 or over meet the rest of the marriage law requirements.
Visitors to Tasmania often forget about Tasmania's weather, which is to say: bring a jacket. Plus, if you're eloping in the wilderness, consider not wearing heels.
Kunyani/Mount Wellington looming large over Hobart is what drew my family to Tasmania, so the Hobart region will always be my first love.
I call the Huon Valley home, Ranelagh to be precise, so I'm always up for a meeting at the famous Summer Kitchen down the road from my house.
I've spent more time in Cradle Mountain than some wombats, I'd love to marry you around Dove Lake.
It's worrying that more people haven't considered a Bicheno lobster roll an important part of their wedding day, but when you elope on the east coast it can be a reality!
Spring Bay Mill would be one of my favourite places to create weddings!
It is no accident that Frogmore Creek Wines is one of the most popular wedding venues on the Apple Isle.
The intimacy and peace on the island is addictive and you may not find the energy to ever leave.
One of the biggest Tasmanian secrets is how lovely the West Tamar region and Launceston is for a wedding.
"Our wedding day was an absolute dream come true, thanks in large part to our incredible wedding celebrant, Josh Withers. From the moment we met him, we knew we had found someone truly special to officiate our ceremony. Josh's warm and friendly personality instantly put us at ease, and his genuine passion for what he does was evident in every interaction."
Belle
from Toowoomba
"Josh was an amazing celebrant! Calm, relaxed and genuine. It is evident in his work that he has years in the wedding industry - professional and experienced. Josh managed our family friendly ceremony with ease making the ceremony both intimate and fun. I particularly liked that he didn’t pretend to know us or to tell our story - he left that for us to do in our vows."
Kerri-Anne
from Noosa
"Josh made our wedding everything we wanted! After years of trying to organise the millions of wedding details and never landing on something that truly reflected us as a couple, we were blown away by Josh's ability to make our day fun, memorable, relaxed, meaningful, and deeply personal. The whole process was hassle-free, and we wish we could relive the whole day over again! Thank you to Josh and the whole team for making our wedding dreams come true."
Harriet Dawson
Mount Warning Elopement
If you want a long and weird, boring and drab thing to occur before your wedding reception begins, please, for the love of God, do not contact me
My Friends
My friends in the wedding industry that I trust and recommend in Hobart
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