Samantha Armytage shares photo with husband after romantic getaway

Samantha Armytage and her husband Richard Lavender enjoyed a romantic weekend at Tasmania’s Satellite Island, following their New Year’s Eve wedding.

On Sunday evening, the Sunrise host, 44, shared a loved-up selfie of the pair to her Instagram Stories as they headed back home to Sydney.

Samantha joked online how Richard, 60, ‘is slowly getting used to the selfies’. 

The Channel Seven star, who cut a chic figure in the photo, also told fans how they had a ‘happy, happy weekend’ and to go ‘see Australia’.

Samantha and her equestrian businessman beau stayed at the Boathouse at Satellite Island, a tiny private island in the south of Tasmania.

It is certainly romantic with visitors able to enjoy a bonfire at sunset, shuck wild oysters straight from the sea, swim in the stunning waters or simply take in the Tasmanian wilderness.  

Over the weekend, Samantha shared glimpses of their travels to her Instagram Stories, including photos of empty oyster shells.

The journalist captioned one photo: ‘So delicious I forgot to take a pic before demolishing.’

She followed that with a picture of Richard carrying a box of oysters and a bucket, which she captioned: ‘My husband… he loves an oyster.’  

Samantha also told her followers that she was enjoying one of the local delicacies recommended to her.

‘And to everyone asking, yes we stopped at the Bruny Island Cheese,’ she wrote alongside a picture of her dipping bread into a delicious container of cheese.  

Samantha and Richard wed in front of a small group of family and friends at Richard’s 40-hectare estate in the Southern Highlands on New Year’s Eve. 

The couple reportedly started dating in April 2019 and announced their engagement in June last year.

While she has officially taken on Richard’s surname, for now, she will continue to use her maiden name professionally.