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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Cait Kelly in Mansfield

‘Not worth the risk’: Lana and Todd were due to get married – but instead spent the day at a bushfire shelter

Lana Wolstencroft and Todd Byrnes at Mansfield showgrounds
‘Another week’s all right’ … Lana Wolstencroft and Todd Byrnes were meant to be married this Saturday, but had to postpone their nuptials due to the bushfires around Mansfield. Photograph: Cait Kelly

Lana Wolstencroft should have been walking down the aisle towards her high school sweetheart, Todd Byrnes, on Saturday afternoon. Instead, the pair were at the Mansfield showgrounds, standing in the sun as the smoke haze from a devastating bushfire lifted.

“The fire just kept developing,” Wolstencroft says. “So we were like, we’re just going to have to watch this, see how it goes.

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