Known for its luscious gardens and intricate architecture, Caversham House is one of Perth's most popular venues for a lavish and traditional wedding.
However, when one Perth couple booked the venue on February 11 for their wedding, they would have had no idea it would turn out to be one of the wettest weekends in Perth's history.
When arriving at the venue on Saturday afternoon, the usual sprawling green lawns, tall columns and cobbled staircases were completely underwater.
But instead of moving the wedding to somewhere more suitable, they pressed ahead with the venue and their photographer, Robert Gordon from Squint Photography, decided it was important the submerged grounds still made it into the couple's wedding album.
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"As a photographer, it's our job to tell a story. If it's raining, or if there's a flood, that's the story we need to tell because that's the memory they will have of their day," he said.
The rain produced a few unique challenges, and Mr Gordon said the venue was incredibly lucky to have its tiered grounds.
"Originally the wedding was planned to be on the lawn at the bottom of the stairs," he said.
"We were very fortunate it wasn't actually raining on the day, as we were able to get down onto the first tier to take photos of the walls.
"When we first went down for the photos, the water was sort of halfway up the stairs, and I managed to do a couple of photos from where I was standing right on the edge of the middle step.
"But then, suddenly, the next couple of steps were underwater - the water level was rising so quickly!"
Venue manager Kristy Van Der Walt said it was only the second flood Caversham House had experienced in 17 years.
"On Saturday the flood water rose approximately a metre above the banks of the Swan River and into our Hidden Gardens," she said.
"The water levels were reassessed the following day and measured at just over two metres in depth.
"Water levels have been predicted to recede to normal within the week as per our previous experience with the last flood which was experienced at Caversham House in the year 2000.
"Over the weekend, we had several events at Caversham House, none of which were affected by the flooding as they utilised our beautiful gardens on the upper levels which remain unaffected by the water."
Mr Gordon said the bride and groom had been 'wonderful' about their experience, and the photographs that had been taken of the day were especially unique.