Newlyweds! Erica Baxter and James Packer (Photo by Tim Anderson from news.com.au)

Well one of Australia’s richest men wed Australian model Erica Baxter yesterday in France. A number of ‘distinguished’ guests flocked to the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc on the Cote d’Az for festivities surrounding the highly anticipated event. Beach parties and frolicking in the sea were all enjoyed by models and the rich and famous from around the world (including Tom Cruise and wife Katie) in a week long event surrounding the nuptials.

The Paparazzi capture Erica walking down the aisle with her father in the couples ‘public’ ceremony. Photo by Megan Cullen from theage.com.au

After a quick legal ceremony at the registry office, in which Erica wore a flirty white skirt and jacket with a bunch of white peonies. In the afternoon Erica changed into a $100,000 Christian Dior white strapless gown for a ceremony in front of all the guests (rumoured to be a Scientology ceremony) The couple wed under a flower trimmed canopy which displayed white floral lanterns. Afterwards a reception continued in the hotel to the sounds of jazz. As night fell trees lit up with fairy lights, candles and lilies floated in the hotel pool and the reception was bathed in a wash of pink light. The reception continued past midnight.