Ballarat couple Joseph Lokan and Kirah Bristow were just two of many couples to fast-track their wedding day on Friday night as Victoria entered a five-day lockdown.
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With their wedding scheduled for Saturday, the couple's plans were thrown out the window Friday afternoon when Premier Daniel Andrews announced the lockdown.
It was the second time the couple have had to change the date, with their wedding originally planned for October before the first lockdowns started.
Watching the Premier's press conference from their planned reception venue at the Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club, the couple's day quickly went from heartbreak to a mad rush to get everything in place for a Friday night wedding just five hours later.
With the help of venue staff and family and friends, the couple quickly phoned their entire guest list to work out how many could make their nuptials on such short notice, cobbling together a guest list of 45 people.
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Ms Bristow said the day went smoothly until the lockdown was announced.
"We got up, got everything ready for the day, came here and started setting up. Around 1.30pm found out that we couldn't have it tomorrow so, of course, I went outside and had a little bit of a cry," she said.
"My partner was like, 'No, we'll just do it today'. We got everything organised, rang everyone up, got them sorted as much as we could and here we are.
"We might not have everyone here that we wanted to have here, but the main people are here and we're getting married, that's the main thing, that's why we're here."
Mr Lokan said he appreciated that everyone was on-board right away.
"Everyone's been able to change their plans to make our plans. I think we organised the whole thing in an hour," he said.
"I think there were eight or nine people on the phones, a few phone calls later and here we are. I wasn't doing it again, so it was happening this weekend."
Ballarat Greyhound Racing Club event coordinator Anthea Stanton was with the couple every step of the way, helping to organise the wedding in mere hours.
Ms Stanton said everything was able to fall into place relatively quickly.
"We were quick on our feet trying to think of what to do and then it was just like, 'how can we make it happen tonight?' and that was the agreement across everybody," she said.
"The band they could move, the photo booth could move, not one service of the wedding has fallen in this process.
"We've just been so fortunate in regards to everyone's availability and willingness to be here tonight."
Ms Stanton said she did not expect to plan a wedding on Friday.
"I think it might be the last wedding in a while, so it's really good that we get to do it tonight. It was both thrilling and exhausting all at the same time," she said.
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