Witnesses - Who to choose?

There's a few myths about choosing a wedding witness that some couples get a little confused over, so I thought I'd explain exactly who can and who can't be witnesses, and where they can come from. Some couples think a witness MUST be a member of the wedding party, or MUST be a family member or that the couple MUST have one witness representing each of them. The reality is, yes, all that makes sense and yes, most weddings will have witnesses like that. But legally, a witness can be much broader than that. Below is what a witness to a wedding has to be.

A witness must be over 18 years old and can understand what is being said during the ceremony

And that's it. Are they over 18? Check. Do they speak and understand the language that the ceremony is in (ie. English)? Check. Then they're in. They don't need to be related or unrelated, they don't have to even be Australian citizens. You can, technically, pull strangers off the street and ask them to be your witness so long as they fulfil the above qualifications.

So the question that couples should be asking isn't who MUST the witnesses be, but rather, who would be the people you most WANT to be up there signing that beautiful document with you?