Jumping for joy: Australian couple have kangaroo as
bridesmaid on their wedding day
A wedding went with a hop, skip and a jump when the couple's pet
baby kangaroo attended the ceremony as a bridesmaid.
Gilly Richardson and John Hughes were married in front of 80
guests on their sprawling family farm.
The hoppy couple: John and Gilly Hughes on their wedding
day with pet kangaroo and bridesmaid Zoe in Deans Marsh, Victoria,
Australia
But it was not just the loved up couple jumping for joy during
the ceremony, held in March.
The bride and groom adopted Zoe after finding her on a dirt
track next to her dead mother on Black Saturday, close to their
property in rural Deans Marsh, Victoria, Australia.
The Black Saturday bushfires on February 7 last year resulted in
Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire -
173 people died and 414 were injured.
All together: The pair with daughters Brooke, five, and
Holly, four, and the latest addition to their family
The third daughter: Zoe was rescued by the family after
being found next to her dead mother's body on a dirt track
following the Black Saturday bushfire last year
Knowing that she could die within days if not cared for, John
and Gilly took the joey into their home.
She quickly became a beloved third daughter, alongside the
couple's two children Brooke, five, and Holly, four.
All three were attendants at the wedding earlier this year, with
two-year-old Zoe even posing up for pictures
Fitting right in: Zoe always appears happy to have her
photograph taken
