News & What’s New?

Yes, you can still get married and no, love is not cancelled!

☞ Taking bookings for 2025 & 2026 ceremonies.

▷ From 18th February 2022;

Anyone can attend a wedding, funeral or place of worship:

You are not required to be fully vaccinated or carry vaccination evidence. 
Face masks are not required for indoor premises.
COVID-19 Safe Check-in is not required at places of worship, funerals, memorial services, or gatherings afterwards.

➢ From 18 February 2022, there are no restrictions for singing and dancing at hospitality venues.

➢ Standing while drinking is permitted but it is strongly discouraged by NSW Health.

⚭ While you can do a lot of the legal work and planning without meeting in person you cannot get married over video-conferencing – you, your celebrant and two adult witnesses must be physically present together.

Types of Ceremonies

Please select the type of ceremony you are interested in for more information;

▷ Request a meeting to discuss your ceremony and select convenient date, time and place to meet.

▷ If you are overseas and looking at getting married in Australia please visit my page for overseas couples wishing to marry in Australia. Overseas Couples

Click to Call Adrian Downey NSW Celebrant on 0405001999

An introduction…

▷ I am pleased to partner with and be able to recommend Sydney Funerals Co offering affordable funerals in Sydney. For more information and to contact Sydney Funerals please see Funeral Ceremonies .

▷ 2023 Blacktown City Local Business Awards has launched. If you would like to cast a vote for me in the 2023 Local Business Awards you can vote here.

▷ Yes you can still get married. I am still taking bookings for 2023 and 2024, so if you are looking at booking your Celebrant for your wedding or any other ceremony please still get in touch as I am happy to provide further information and answer any questions that you may have.

Much of the preparation work can be completed by email, phone call, Zoom or Skype and I can guide you from there.

▷ 2020 Blacktown City Local Business Awards launched. If you would like to cast a vote for me in the 2020 Local Business Awards you can vote here.

▷ The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released Australian marriage statistics in November 2019 for the previous year. They show that “In 2018 there were 119,188 marriages in Australia, up 6,234 (5.5%) compared to 2017, the median age at marriage was 32.4 years for males and 30.5 years for females, 79.7% of males and 81.0% of females married for the first time and four out of five (79.7%) marriages were performed by a civil celebrant”. They can be found here.

▷ 2019 Blacktown City Local Business Awards have been launched. If you would like to cast a vote for me in the 2019 Local Business Awards you can vote here.

▷ Adrian Downey NSW Celebrant has been featured in our Top 35 Sydney Marriage Celebrants article editors choice Wedding Diaries.

▷ I am pleased to enter into a partnership with Wedding Knights for a great value ceremony package for Adrian Downey NSW Celebrant clients.

▷ Featured on easyweddings.com.au – Couple celebrate elegant romantic wedding with pyjama party here.

▷ Wedding Fact: Marriage Celebrant suppliers charge between $450 and $900, averaging at $685. Across Australia, the average cost is $650. Given Australian weddings typically cost $35,590, this means Australian couples spend 2% of their wedding budget on Marriage Celebrant. Source: Easyweddings.com.au

▷ Featured on easyweddings.com.au – Casual Sunday proposal leads to relaxed intimate wedding in Centennial Park. Read about Juliana and Andrew’s relaxed intimate wedding here.

▷ On 9 December 2017, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 will commence. The Act changes the definition of marriage and provides for marriage equality in Australia. The right to marry in Australia will no longer be determined by sex or gender. More information is available on the Marriage equality in Australia page here.

The results of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey may be found here.

The Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has a web page with information on the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey. The web page can be found here.

▷ The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released Australian marriage statistics in November 2015 for the previous year. They show that “The number of marriages increased in 2014 by 2,238 (1.9%)”. “Civil celebrants have overseen the majority of marriages since 1999 and the proportion of marriage ceremonies overseen by a civil celebrant increased again to 74.1 per cent of all marriages in 2014”. They can be found here.

▷ Adrian your Celebrant and you think it was the wedding of the year? Did you have an amazing wedding, one that was just too good not to share? Well, Easy Weddings would love to see your pictures and hear your story. Submit your wedding here.

▷ 2015 Local Business Awards: If you would like to cast a vote for me in the 2015 Local Business Awards you can vote here.

▷ ABIA 2014 Bride To Be Competition. Over $100,000.00 in wedding prizes. Register here.

▷ ABIA Awards 2012 update: I am very pleased with the result from the ABIA awards for 2012 with an overall rating of 99.71% . Find all results here.

▷ Released 14th Feb 2012 is the K.I.S.S Wedding Planners Complete Wedding Packages. You can take a look at the packages from K.I.S.S Wedding Planners here.

▷ Thank you to all those couples who took the time to vote for me in the Australian Bridal Industry Academy (ABIA) awards making me a top contender in the finals of the marriage celebrants NSW category for 2010, 2011 and 2012.

❓ The answers to many frequently asked questions can be found by visiting the What to do page, clicking on the FAQs, or visiting the Resources page.

Forms

You can Upload a File, arrange a meeting to have a chat about your ceremony at a date, time and place convenient, send your notice of intended marriage details or make a ceremony booking using the forms below.

Contact Me

Please select one of the contact options below and let’s get in touch.

▷ If you are overseas and looking at getting married in Australia please visit my page for overseas couples wishing to marry in Australia Overseas Couples.