There wasn't a dry eye on the farm when Dr Harry Cooper and his long-time partner Susan “Suze" Sheeran finally said "I do!".

Looking out over the sprawling hills of their 125-acre property in Port Macquarie, the happy couple exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony in front of 42 of their closest family and friends earlier this month.

“It was a magical day and I wouldn't change a thing!" says Suze, who looked stunning in an elegant white lace gown.

“I've waited all my life for this bloke... he's a real genuine person - what you see is what you get.”

SPECIAL CONNECTION

It was a union 10 years in the making for Harry, 78, and his bride, who first crossed paths at a friend's backyard barbecue and have been inseparable ever since. “We just connected - we clicked straight away," recalls Suze, 63, who'll never forget the first time she laid eyes on her now husband.

“I absolutely knew who he was [from TV], but who doesn't, but that aside it was about the connection and conversation - we were on the same wavelength!'

And Harry quickly knew Suze was the lady for him. "I saw a blonde lady sitting down the end of the table... and I thought she was so good looking," Harry tells Woman's Day, with a cheeky grin. “Our friends disappeared swimming and we weren't prepared for that, so we got talking and had a lot in common.

“She's very caring, she's so hardworking and I'm so lucky to call myself her husband."

There was no sea of candles, over-the-top romantic gestures or even bended knee when Harry popped the question in January over cups of tea on the front porch. Dubbing it “the worst proposal in the world", Harry admits he could have handled the special moment a little better!