Dane and Ella

Dane is Australian. We meet in Rome while backpacking through Europe in 2010. Since then we meet in Japan, Australia, USA eventually married

Placed 33rd

in their group

We would like to thank you for supporting Dane and Ella in this year's competition. Your participation allows us to aid both the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Oceana in their respective missions to support hunger relief and ocean conservation.

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How did your love story begin?

We meet in Rome, Italy while we were both backpacking with friends through Europe. Dane came from Australia and Ella from USA. It was love at first sight. We spend the next week traveling Greece together before going our own directions. Over the next few years we meet up in Japan, Australia and the USA.

What is your favorite memory you've shared as a couple?

Our wedding day. Cheesy but true. We got married just outside of Sydney, Australia in the Hunter Valley wine region. Ella’s extended family, including elderly grandfather who walked her down the aisle, came from New Zealand and immediate family and friends came from USA. We paid for it largely ourselves and everything was just perfect. The music was so good our guests were dancing on the dance floor between courses.

What would you do with $20,000?

Put it towards our home. We moved to Austin, TX recently and after being married for 6 years we have finally bought our first home together. It was built in the 1970s and requires a lot of updates….

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