After five attempts to get married, Queensland couple finally say ‘I do’, despite power outages and major flooding

A drizzle of rain and a gust of wind can be just enough to upend any wedding plans.

But for one longtime Queensland couple, not even a tropical storm was going to get in the way of their fifth attempt to walk down the aisle. 

After multiple rescheduled wedding dates since their 2021 engagement, Sam Bennett and Elizabeth Brosnan were finally set to tie the knot on Friday, March 7.

But there was one unforeseen obstacle that would derail their wedding plans yet again – and it was completely out of their control.

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“Looked at the weather forecast, sort of a week before, and saw it was going to be raining,” bride Brosnan recalled to Today hosts Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic.

“I thought, ‘Oh, whatever, rain on your wedding day, it’s supposed to be good luck’. But it turned out it was a bit more than just a bit of rain.”

That “bit of rain” ended up becoming Cyclone Alfred. 

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The couple had to push their wedding back a couple of days.

But by the time Sunday rolled around, Brosnan said the weather was still “crazy”.

“So then we just said, ‘We’ll just do it Monday and whatever happens, happens and we’ll just hope for the best.'”

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Despite facing flooding and power outages in the aftermath of a tropical cyclone, the pair went ahead as planned on the Monday.

But there remained one issue: there was no power in the hotel or Brosnan’s house for her to get ready.

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Luckily, one of her bridesmaids ended up saving the day by lending her house, which had managed to keep the power going and was backed up with generators incase they had any more hiccups.

After setback upon setback, by some miracle, the weather pretty much held off on the day for the newlyweds.

Bennett said they had just a ”little bit of drizzle” during the actual ceremony.

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“Five attempts, finally got there. Beautiful day,” he gushed, calling it “magical”.

“We had 13 guests. So it was quite fitting to have unlucky 13 on the day we had.”

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