Wedding website for Australian couples
Australian weddings rarely sit in one city. Parents may live in another state, and friends often need a flight from Auckland, Singapore, London, or a hometown further away. The website is the page they open when the family chat has already moved on to clothes and flights.
In the south, September to November and March to May are the kinder months for an outdoor hour. December to February is hot. In the north the dry season, roughly May to October, is the comfortable window, and the wet season is the one people plan around. A guest flying up from Queensland in a southern winter will ask what coat to pack.
One country, several clocks
Australia does not share one clock. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory use daylight saving. Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia do not. A Saturday afternoon in Melbourne is a different hour in Perth, and the gap changes when the south moves its clocks.
Each event stays on the wedding's own clock, labelled with the country. The hour does not jump to the guest's phone. You pick the zone that matches the celebration, such as Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, or Perth. A calendar link keeps that hour for someone opening it in London or Lagos. Put the day on the page before anyone books.
Who is usually on the list
Guest lists mix people born here, family who migrated, and relatives who never left the other country. Greek, Italian, Lebanese, Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Pacific Islander, and African households often plan more than one gathering. One person may be invited to a welcome night, another only to the main day, and a third to lunch the next morning.
You can run up to six events and invite each guest only to the ones that include them. A save-the-date and the later invitation share the same link. Each guest is named. The WhatsApp or email message can carry a photo and opens that person's own page.
How Australian guests reply
Email is still how many colleagues expect a formal note. WhatsApp is where a lot of migrant families actually answer, especially when relatives overseas already live in a group chat. SMS is what some older relatives send, and a phone call is still how a parent collects a yes.
Send the personal link on WhatsApp, or open WhatsApp on your own phone with that guest's link already written. Use email for everyone else. English or French is set per household. If the reply arrives by phone, record party size, names, meal, dietary needs, and a song. Phone numbers are cleaned first, whether the list came from Excel or CSV or was typed one household at a time.
The starting plan
For a couple planning from Australia, the starting plan includes the website, RSVP, a table list, guest passes, and card gifts, with 30 WhatsApp messages, 50 email invites, and 10 AI answers.
Free to start.
What belongs on the page
Guests need the schedule, dress code, travel notes, a short FAQ, and photos in one link, plus the nearest airport. There are 30+ designs. A table list is on every plan. The floor-plan drawing is on Standard. After a yes, a guest can receive a QR pass.
Bea can help set up the site and the list. Nothing is sent or published until you tap Confirm. A Zola, The Knot, or Joy link is previewed first and uses 10 AI credits.
Australian dollars, charged in US dollars
Families often call a cash gift a wishing well and talk about it in Australian dollars. Plan checkout and card gifts are charged in US dollars. Basic is $79, Standard is $149, and Season is $649, each paid once. Season is five weddings for a planner. A guest picks an amount and a note. You see the name and the total after a payout bank is connected. A honeymoon fund can sit with the gift.
Standard and Season add an RSVP confirmation, reminders only to guests who have not answered, a day-of note, and a thank-you.
Melbourne and Canberra
Melbourne has its own guide, because a list spread from the inner north to the south-east is a different problem from a national one. Canberra has its own guide for couples whose families will drive from Sydney or Melbourne. Those pages link here, and they link to each other.
FAQ
Will a guest in Perth see the Melbourne hour?
The event stays on the wedding's clock, with the country labelled. It does not shift to the phone. Pick the zone for that celebration, and the calendar link uses the same hour.
Who gets an automatic reminder?
On Standard and Season, reminders go only to guests who have not replied, with a confirmation, a day-of note, and a thank-you. You can also record a reply that came by phone.
Can I invite someone only to one part of the weekend?
Yes. Each event has its own list, up to six. A guest only sees, and replies to, the events you invited them to.
What currency is the plan for an Australian wedding?
Plans and card gifts are charged in US dollars. Basic is $79, Standard is $149, and Season is $649, each paid once. Families may still talk about a wishing well in Australian dollars. Free to start.