Two hours, seven guests and one surprise sister flying in from the US. Here's how Abby and Andy pulled off a proper Melbourne Registry Office elopement, sunset on the Parliament House steps included.

Everything you actually need to know about getting married at the Melbourne Registry Office, booking, timing, where to take photos after, and the stuff nobody tells you until you're standing on the steps.

A winter wedding at the Melbourne Registry Office, complete with a first look outside Lanson Place Parliament Gardens, a scenic walk to beat the sunset, family photos at Treasury Gardens, and dinner at Moat. Proof that a registry office elopement can be properly, beautifully simple.