Pre-planning in Australia

Wollongong City Funerals is an independent funeral home in Wollongong serving families across the Illawarra. The firm offers burials, cremations, embalming, infant and children's services and floral arrangements, plus pre-paid plans, funeral bonds, eulogy support, photo presentations and grief support information. Chapel use can be arranged through the office for families gathering after the service. First calls are taken 24 hours a day for transfers into care.

White Lady Funerals Eastwood is a corporate-owned funeral director serving families in Eastwood, NSW and surrounding areas. The business operates under the White Lady Funerals group. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. Services are available for Catholic, Anglican, Uniting Church families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Divine Family Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Earlwood, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. Services are available for Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Hindu families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Coast Family Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Erina, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers livestreaming for distant family. Services are available for Catholic, Anglican, Secular / Non-Religious families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Simplicity Funerals Liverpool is a corporate-owned funeral director serving families in Liverpool, NSW and surrounding areas. The business operates under the Simplicity Funerals group. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. They serve Catholic families. Member of the Australian Funeral Directors Association, with 24-hour first-call coverage every day.

Funeral Management Services is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Canterbury, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Heritage Brothers Funeral Services Tweed Heads is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Tweed Heads, NSW and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. Services are available for Catholic, Anglican, Uniting Church families. Member of the Australian Funeral Directors Association, with 24-hour first-call coverage every day.

Aboriginal Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Lambton, NSW and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. They serve Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Grafton & District Funerals is staffed by locals serving locals across the Clarence Valley from its Grafton base. The team describes themselves as different individuals working toward a single goal: looking after client families through what is often an exhausting period. Services extend across Grafton, South Grafton and surrounding rural communities. AFDA-accredited. The office is not advertised as 24 hour, so families with after-hours needs should phone first to confirm contact arrangements before attending in person.

Life Rites Funeral Services is based in Hurstville in Sydney's south and looks after families across the St George area with arranging, viewing and ceremony planning. The team takes on the practical detail of coffin, flowers, celebrant, paperwork, transport and venue so families can focus on grief and gathering rather than logistics. Both traditional services and lower-cost cremation packages are offered, with options to suit cultural preferences common across the southern suburbs. Available 24 hours a day.

Allied Funeral Home is a corporate-owned funeral director serving families in Coffs Harbour, NSW and surrounding areas. The business operates under the Simplicity Funerals group. The business offers an on-site chapel.

FAREWELLS Funeral Directors 【善终】殡葬事务所 is an independent funeral director serving families in Carlingford, NSW and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family, on-site refrigeration. They serve Catholic families. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Alexandra Kirk Funerals is an independent funeral director serving families in Freshwater, NSW and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Polish Funeral Services is an independent funeral director serving families in Bella Vista, NSW and surrounding areas. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.

Funeral Studio is an independent funeral director serving families in Sydney, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel.

Value Cremations covers Kirrawee and the Sutherland Shire as a low-cost cremation provider rather than a traditional funeral home with a chapel. Zip Pay is available to approved applicants for families spreading the cost, with monthly minimum repayments and standard interest free terms. The model is built around direct or unattended cremation rather than catered gatherings. Available 24 hours a day for at-need contact. Phone the office to confirm what is included in the headline price for the Sutherland Shire service area.

Absolute Care Funerals has been operating for over 15 years across Lane Cove, Hornsby, Baulkham Hills and Tuggerah, serving Greater Sydney and the Central Coast as a family-run funeral director. The team of skilled coordinators specialises in personalised funeral services tailored to individual preferences, cultural needs and religious requirements. They arrange all aspects of funeral planning including cremations, religious services, coffins, hearses, catering, musicians and clergy coordination across major Sydney and Central Coast crematoriums and cemeteries, as well as churches and chosen venues. Contact them at any time for assistance with your funeral arrangements.

Living Hope Funerals is a profit-for-purpose funeral director based in Hurstville, serving families across Sydney's south. The business focuses on compassionate, personalised services that reflect individual lives, values, and memories, with a commitment to transparency and fair pricing. Living Hope partners financially with local churches, ministries, and charities, so families who choose this provider also contribute to community initiatives. Phone support is available 24 hours a day.

Adriano Coluccio Funeral Services has a Smithfield branch covering Western Sydney alongside its other Sydney locations. Families can arrange viewings, chapel services, traditional burials and cremations through the same team, with upcoming services and image galleries published online. The Smithfield site sits within the wider South West Sydney corridor and is set up for the larger family gatherings common in the area. Calls are taken 24 hours a day for first contact and transfers into care.

Great Lakes Funerals at Forster publishes a pricing and disclosure document on its website in line with the Fair Trading Regulation Act in NSW, so families can see the costs before phoning. A more detailed estimate can be requested for the specific service they are planning. The firm is AFDA-accredited and covers Forster, Tuncurry and the wider Great Lakes region. Available 24 hours a day for at-need calls. Phone the Forster office to confirm inclusions or to begin arrangements for a local burial or cremation service.

Simplicity Funerals Erina is a corporate-owned funeral director serving families in Erina, NSW and surrounding areas. The business operates under the Simplicity Funerals group. Facilities include an on-site chapel, livestreaming for distant family. They serve Catholic families. Member of the Australian Funeral Directors Association, with 24-hour first-call coverage every day.

Victoria Cross Funerals is a family-owned funeral director serving families in Kingsgrove, NSW and surrounding areas. The business offers an on-site chapel. First-call coverage is available 24 hours, every day of the week.