Yup, DH and I were married at the Registry Office. The one in Perth is a big room, gorgeously decorated, with room for 22 guests. We had to lodge paperwork 30 days beforehand and pay around $300 I think. On the day, I still did the whole 'hide from the groom' thing, I asked if I could sit in a private room while everyone else was in the waiting room. Then once everyone had filed in, the celebrant came and got me, and Dad walked me down the very short aisle. We needed to have 2 witnesses who were over 18 and knew us both, and the 5 of us sat at a long wooden table for the signing, and then stood up for the vows. When you put in your paperwork you'll be given 4 or 5 options for vows, and the celebrant will ask beforehand which ones you want to use.

All in all it took about half hour, including pictures. You do have limited picture time, as obviously they try to fit as many couples in per day as possible. So we took only a few photos there, and then headed to a local park for our 'professional' photos, which were really just taken by everyone on their digital cameras.

I have photo's of our wedding and photos from the park if you wanted to have a look, PM me and we can be FB friends, and you can see the pics

PS - About everyone elses reactions. At the time most people were horrified. I'm not sure how much was to do with the way we got married and how much was to do with just the fact that we were getting married at all, given we had only known each other 8 months. Even my parents say now though that it was the best wedding they've been to, it was about the marriage, not the day