What is a personalised funeral? A personalised funeral is a funeral service or ceremony or memorial which reflects the person who has died as well as honours their life and loves, family and friends, their community and beliefs.   Funeral Music

Aileen was a charismatic and vivacious woman: her funeral reflected that. Through conversations with the Picaluna team prior to her death, they were able to create an event in the right funeral venue, with the atmosphere. Just as she wished.

Knowing what to do with your person’s ashes isn’t always a decision that comes easily. Sometimes they’re left in the closet or under the bed for months, even years, until you feel ready to memorialise them in a way that feels right.

Ryan gave the middle finger to cancer by facing his death and funeral plans consciously

Whether choosing the coffin for a traditional or non-traditional funeral it can, for many, be one of the most confronting parts of the funeral arrangement meeting.

Whether you are looking for flowers for a funeral service, life celebration funeral, outside funeral, cremation or burial, memorial service, scattering ashes ceremony or non-traditional funeral service it is important to find the best flowers. 

At Picaluna, our funeral directors or funeral arrangers as they are sometimes called, come from a wide range of backgrounds.  Many of our funeral directors are also marriage celebrants, who may have attended a funeral service organised by Picaluna and decided to explore the pathway of becoming a funeral celebrant and then funeral director.

A great funeral slide show is one of the high points of a great funeral service or a memorial ceremony.

By Martin Moroney Generally speaking, the funeral celebrant conducts the funeral ceremony the funeral director organizes the logistics of the funeral, the coffin, the venue,

I have been immersed in death literacy conversations and projects, including as a funeral celebrant. I have facilitated many discussions about the importance of accepting our mortality and, in doing so, being proactive in planning for our inevitable death. These conversations include encouraging our loved ones to take practical steps in planning for their deaths. We talk about advance care planning, wills, funeral service arrangements, preferences for cremation or burial, an indoor or outdoor funeral, and a traditional or cardboard coffin.

The funeral landscape in Australia over the past 150 years has had a number of significant changes, particularly in the last few decades.

On top of this, your mind is likely in a state of shock and making even simple decisions can be a challenge. Navigating your way into the unknown territory of funeral services in Sydney can be an overwhelming experience before you’ve even started.

Not all funeral directors are the same and it pays to do your homework. Here are some tips that will save you a lot of heartache.

Picaluna farewelled John Beverley in the backyard of his bushland home. Family, friends and neighbours gathered to say goodbye, bringing camping chairs and joining together

The spray of orchids my family to whom I officiated their mums’ funeral on the 18th August gave me are standing tall. They are still

There’s nothing like sitting around a campfire telling stories and reflecting on the meaning of life.  The bright flames, burning embers, the sound of crackling

Everyone has a different relationship with technology, so depending on your level of confidence, compiling a slideshow of images for a funeral service or memorial

Saying goodbye during lockdown The world it seems has changed forever since the arrival of COVID19. Rather than stop on the street to say hello,

When planning a final farewell for a loved one, you will need to decide on the interment type, whether it be burial or cremation. Once

The role of funeral directors or funeral celebrants is to work with the family in arranging the details and logistics of a funeral service, Memorial