In an agonising and unfortunate accident, a camera card with the wedding photos of a Mayfield couple has been lost.
Charlotte Hilder and Kildare Wafula were married at Zenith Beach at Shoal Bay on Saturday.
Their photographer filed a 64-gigabyte SD card with shots of the ceremony and guests, then put it in a camera bag.
More photos were taken on another SD card as the day went on. Those photos are safe. But the precious pictures of the wedding itself - including Charlotte's dad walking her down the sandy aisle and the groom kissing the bride - are lost.
It's thought that the card may have fallen out of the camera bag on the beach or in the beach's top car park.
Charlotte says she's devastated about "not having the memories of that day with my closest friends and family".
"Also, we wanted to send the photos back to Kildare's family in Kenya."
Experts have said that the card being out in the elements shouldn't wipe the photos from it.
Charlotte said they had received a message suggesting an SD card had been found, with details posted on a surfing Facebook group. But no more information was provided. If that proves to be untrue, they're hoping a metal detector might be able to find the missing card.
Right As Rain
Newcastle Herald education reporter Helen Gregory spotted this on Facebook on Thursday: "The Cardiff High School science department would like everyone to remain calm. They wish to assure everyone the compound falling from the sky is not a strange alien substance. It is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.
"We are experiencing it in its liquid state, commonly known as water. When water is falling from the sky it is known as rain. Rain is mostly harmless, as long as the quantity in a short period of time does not exceed the soil's capability to absorb it."
Vehicle Loyalty
People get pretty loyal to car brands, it seems. But which brands get the most loyalty?
New data from Roy Morgan research shows Toyota and Mazda lead the loyalty race.
"Toyota and Mazda have been near the top of customer loyalty ratings for a few years now, with both recording impressive growth over the same period," Roy Morgan chief executive Michele Levine said.
"Luxury car brands appear to be losing loyal customers."
Toyota and Mazda were followed in the loyalty stakes by Subaru, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, BMW, Hyundai, Honda, Lexus, Audi, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Ford and Holden.
Geez, Holden and Ford have really fallen down the pecking order, haven't they? What happened to all those loyal petrolheads who proudly wear Holden and Ford gear?
Guess they're driving Toyotas now.
