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What you need to know when planning your loved one’s cremation The death of a loved one can cause significant emotional and financial stress for the family left behind. The Australian Seniors Cost of Death Report revealed that a premium burial in Australia could be anywhere between $13,000 to $19,000 depending on your location. And, let’s face …

A very common question that comes up when people are organising a funeral is “Why can’t I have the funeral on a weekend?”. Some people believe it common sense to hold funerals when people aren’t at work. However, there are a number of reasons why funerals are traditionally held on a weekday rather than a …

Planning a funeral can be overwhelming, emotional and difficult. This is why we want to share our top 4 tips when it comes to planning a funeral (whether it’s for yourself or your loved one).  1. Understand your Budget This is the first step in any funeral planning as it will dictate the rest of …

Grief and loss are universal and experienced by all people, across all cultures. The 5 stages of grief is a theory developed by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross who suggests we all go through five distinct stages after losing a loved one. As we are grieving, we spend different lengths of time working through each step and experience each …

Over the years (it’s been 30), I‘ve seen many funeral companies come and go. Everyone seems to think there is a big quid in funerals, but news flash: there isn’t. When done correctly; it costs a lot of money. To give you an example, our new hearse comes with a price tag of $220,000! How …

The cremation process is one process that is often hidden from the public. The thought of it is something most people would prefer not to think about. But for many of us who work in the funeral industry, it’s something we see and deal with daily. We wanted to share the process for those who …

It’s important to have a funeral, and I’ve looked at funerals from both sides of the fence, as a funeral provider and as a funeral participant. As a funeral director, you can get a bit hardened to death and dying and it’s not until you lose someone that the reality check sets in. My father …

Who starts out in life dreaming of becoming a funeral director? No one! I am Bob, founder of Browne Brothers Funerals, and I started my professional life straight out of University as a taxi driver, which was good fun in those days – when the call of the radio was like gambling, and good Tullamarine …

When a loved one passes away, a funeral is not for them, it’s about them. A funeral is actually for everyone who knew and loved them. Since the beginning of time, all cultures have created rituals to honour & celebrate their deceased loved ones. As humans, we have a need to acknowledge what the person …