About Pamela Gray
I was drawn to being a celebrant by a longing to create and be involved in beautiful rituals that are personal and meaningful.
Because both my heart and my mind are engaged, a great happiness for this “work” has developed. The joys and skills I’ve gained in speech pathology, acting, public speaking, teaching and administration converge for me in being a celebrant.
My licence to celebrate marriages was granted in March 1995, just after I’d moved from the busy-ness of Sydney to Milton, a small coastal town about 4 hours south of Sydney, where I hand-made paper, grew some of my food, taught at TAFE and started Creating Ceremonies as Unique as Your Love.
In 2005, I moved to the even smaller location of W-Tree in the "Snowy River High Country" of East Gippsland, Victoria, not so far from Lakes Entrance and Bairnsdale, where I again happily made paper, joined others in growing food organically and lead a more spiritual life in a Buddhist community.
I moved from there in 2011.
Having family and friends who I often visit in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and other places, means so it’s often easy for me to celebrate weddings in those cities and places in between.
Some other things about me
Since 1982 I’ve gained degrees in Communications and in Arts; and post-grad diplomas in Social Sciences and Social Ecology.
I’ve been involved in event management (Sydney to the ’Gong Bike Ride, Ulladulla Summer Games), Commonwealth and NSW Public Services (Child Welfare, Health and Energy) and in community development (welfare, recreation, social justice, permaculture and volunteer work). I'm currently studying Grief and Bereavement with the Bereavement Care Centre.
Natural and beautiful things (like wood, glass, gardens, forest, beaches, the moon and the dark sky) have special places in my heart and life. In quieter moments I like cycling, walking and spending time both in the bush and on the beach. Catching up with friends over coffee or a good meal is always fun and I enjoy the sort of films that get me thinking and laughing. Reading good books (and meeting people who’ve read others) and listening to music that tingles my spine are also significant in my life.
An interest in being ‘centred’ and the big questions of life has drawn me to Buddhist practices, Chi Gong, Tai Chi, Aikido, Vipassana Meditation, Shiatsu, Macrobiotics, Permaculture, Dru, Iyengar and Satyananda Yoga.
Apart from travelling in Australia, I’ve had the good fortune to have been overseas to some exotic and delightful places like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Crete and Turkey. I lived and studied in Stockholm for a year last century. Supporting and living with villagers in East Timor has been significant in this last decade.
