Online dating takes passion, commitment and persistence. But it’s also fun. We know — we did plenty of it before we met in January 2018. We often talked about dating profiles — the hilarious, the adequate, the boring and the downright loathsome. Those discussions brought us here. We found our next, best and last partner in each other. We hope you will, too.

Our vibrant, warm photography and words to lift you off the screen will get you more dates, new dates and better dates. Along the way you can learn new things about yourself and — we hope — meet your next, best and last partner sooner than you think.

Catherine Condell is a Melbourne artist, photographer, illustrator and garden designer. A former life drawing teacher and university lecturer in design and colour theory, her passions now are portrait photography and helping our clients find their next, best and last. She loves art, gardens, the Surf Coast, her two adult children, her husband Tom and a small old dog called Pip.

Tom Manning is a Melbourne copywriter and creative writer with work published in The Age and The Australian. His passions include his wife Catherine, the Victorian coast, hand-crafting unique industrially inspired furniture and an indefatigable English Springer Spaniel called Max. He recently closed a successful career in commerce and now loves writing for this website and our clients, drawing on a lifelong interest in personal relationships.

There’s plenty more to discover  — explore real-life profiles from those on the journey here.

Images of Catherine and Tom by Iain and Jo Photography