The year 2020, was tough and challenging for all but ours ended on a high. We had been saving for our wonderful Whitsunday Island Hopping holiday all year. We were jumping from Hamilton Island, to Long Island then to Daydream Island. It was on this holiday that Jeremy proposed.

We just have to take it back a little bit for you to understand why it was such a special, yet very surprising proposal.

6 Years ago, when Jeremy and I moved to Mackay, we begun setting up some of our own traditions. Things to maintain when living so far away from our loved ones and friends. One of our traditions was to always play a round of golf on Boxing Day.

So on the 26th of December, 2020, Jeremy and I jumped on our ferry and set about our golf day on Dent Island. Nothing was out of the ordinary, we were dressed up in our finest golf gear, esky in the buggie stocked with cider and plenty of spare golf balls.

The weather was up and down all day, from hot and sunny to overcast and showers. But Jeremy and I made the most of our time on this Island and played some of the best golf we have in a while. Cue hole number 16 -- I was one shot up -- as Jeremy kept hitting balls in the water or in the shrubbery. It was a beautiful hole it overlooked Hamilton Island wharf with stretches' of blue sea on either side and big green islands in the distance. I had to get some quick snaps of the view. I walked to my ball and was hitting for one over par when I sunk a long putt - I was cheering - I picked up my ball out of the hole and started walking towards the buggy all the while wishing Jeremy luck on trying to keep up with my game - my head was getting pretty big at this moment - when Jeremy demanded I go back and look in the hole. He was on one knee with his putter in his hand -- again I didn't think anything of it, I assumed he was lining his putt up -- so I responded to him 'Why?' 'It's your putt' to which he said 'No woman, check the hole, I've already putted.' I started walking towards the hole, then he said 'Anything else in there?' I peered in and saw a little black box at the bottom of the hole, I pulled it out, opened the box and all he said was 'So will you marry me ?' No cute little speech, just a straight up, so will you marry me. I was flabbergasted! I did not see this one coming, I was in my competitive zone, nothing seemed out of the ordinary as we always play on boxing day - which is why it was a perfect proposal.