On the day of your Registry wedding

Welcome to the Pyrmont Wedding Registry. When you come for a wedding, you must arrive 15 minutes early. Your guests are welcome to use our beautiful waiting area.

Due to logistical and capacity reasons, we can only accommodate you and your party up to 15 minutes before your ceremony is due to begin.

Before your wedding, your celebrant will meet with each partner individually to check important paperwork and your original identity documents, which are required to be seen by law for our premium and classic ceremonies.

Once all your paperwork has been checked, your celebrant will guide you and your guests to one of our beautifully appointed wedding rooms. We've got two rooms that accommodate up to 30 guests each.

To begin your ceremony, you and your partner can both start at the front or both of you - or either of you, could walk down the aisle.

If you would prefer that one of you is not seen before the ceremony begins, let us know beforehand and we'll do our best to accommodate this.

During your wedding ceremony, your celebrant will guide you through the proceedings. This will include an introduction followed by a repeating of the legal vows.

If you choose to do so, you and your partner may also exchange personal vows and rings.

You and your witnesses will take a seat at our signing table and sign all the legal paperwork, and you'll get to take a certificate home with you on the day. And then your celebrant will present you as a newly married couple.

After the ceremony, you'll have approximately five minutes to take photos in our beautiful room and we invite you to continue taking photos outside by the water afterwards.

If you choose our legal only option, this will be conducted in our private legal only rooms. After your wedding, your celebrant will register your marriage. This usually happens soon after the ceremony.

We will then post you your registered marriage certificate. This usually arrives within two weeks and can be used to change your name. And then a few weeks later, your commemorative certificate will arrive separately.

When you get married in Australia, you can use your registered marriage certificate to take your partner's surname. And in most cases, you don't need to lodge for an official change of name.

For example, to update your New South Wales driver licence, take your registered marriage certificate to your local Service NSW centre. For more information, visit our change your surname after marriage page on our website.

Thank you for joining us on the tour of our beautiful Pyrmont Wedding Registry. If you have any questions, please call or email our friendly team of celebrants. But for now, enjoy the gorgeous surrounds of the Pyrmont Wedding Registry.