The newly-wed couple Alita (middle) and Justin Schaller (right) on Fiji’s first submarine The Sea View which is yet to be launched. Photo SHEIK DEAN
By SHEIK DEAN
Yet another unique wedding took place in Fiji – this time staged on the deck of the country’s first submarine.
The wedding saw Australian couple tying the knot on a yet-to-be launched submarine The Sea View in Port Denarau Marina on Denarau Island in Nadi.
For the newly-weds, Alita and Justin Schaller who met on the famous social networking site Facebook six years ago, they were on Cloud 9 to be wed in ‘beautiful’ Fiji.
“We have heard so much about Fiji and we decided why not a wedding in paradise? It is our first time in Fiji and we are overwhelmed with the wedding setup,” Mr Schaller said.
“The experience has been amazing – having a wedding on Fiji’s first submarine built in Fiji.
“Organising a wedding like this would have been very hard but with the help of I Do Fiji, everything went smoothly.”
Wedding planner
I Do Fiji, a wedding planner based in Australia, was behind staging this dream wedding for the couple.
Director Sam Prasad said weddings are now a bar coded financial hole facing couples in Australia and in other developed countries.
“A survey in 2012 from ‘Bride to Be’ found that brides spend an average of 220 hours browsing, visiting and planning their weddings,” he said.
“Squeaking sand between toes, balmy weather, sound of lapping waves and sweet smell of frangipani are so much fun. Our weddings are planned in Australia and executed in Fiji.
Mr Prasad said he stages weddings in Fiji because of the love for his home country.