By learning more about death, our mortality, and ways to say goodbye, the inevitable becomes less confronting. Written by Australian journalist Lisa Herbert, this blog aims to reveal interesting, informative, and sometimes fascinating facts and thoughts about end-of-life planning.
So put on some comfy shoes as we explore cemeteries, the world of funerals, and death and dying.
Invocare, Australia’s largest funeral provider, has drastically reduced its pricing on burial and cremation memorial sites in NSW and Qld. It comes 14 months after a private equity firm bought the business.
There’s a very interesting palliative care change in the Government’s aged care reforms and it’s raised my eyebrows. In recent days you may have seen
Much of Melbourne Cemetery has been transformed into native grassland.
“If, until now, our future doctors have not been equipped with the right language to navigate death, what hope has there been for the rest
With the remains of 1,800 people expected to be found at the site of a school redevelopment, how will they be dealt with?
Barry the cemetery support dog makes grieving families feel more comfortable about their cemetery visit.
A step-by-step guide to water cremation or alkaline hydrolysis.
A man who died in a Sydney hospital on May 12 has become the first person to be frozen and stored in Australia’s only cryogenic facility.
Construction works adjacent to the former Wolston Park Mental Hospital cemetery have encroached on the cemetery.
