Note: Horse back riding is prohibited in here. Strange…read more... Speaking of strange, I jog past this cemetery often as part of weekly exercise rituals and I am rather absorbed by the captivating beauty of this particular graveyard. I usually find myself reading the names as I run past just because they are from an era so long ago. The grave stones are old and produce a sea of extensive grey. Equipped with pointed iron fence, this is your typical graveyard featured in a horror movie and featuring vampires. It holds character... Many of the pioneering families that helped establish South Australia and the city of Mitcham are buried here, and the Mitcham Council is active in working along with a Local History Officer if you are interested in finding out where your ancestors were once buried. For more direct information, this large premises of the dead is located on Old Belair Road and is home to both the Mitcham General and Mitcham Anglican Cemeteries.

Today I went to my cousins funeral in Fawkner Memorial Park organized by The White Lady Funerals…read more After the funeral there was refreshments served at the Historic tea rooms at the Fawkner Memorial Park. Quite a few people had arrived at the venue, by the time my husband and I got there. I was served a cup of tea and decided to have a sandwich before heading off to work. All the trays still had cling wrap on them. We saw some other people opening the cling wrap to get the sandwiches. So we thought it would be o.k to open up a tray near us. However one of the Staff members from the White Lady Funerals told us off for opening up the tray. They told us that we should wait for the immediate family members to arrive first! in my opinion this was so rude! My cousin had wanted the refreshments to be served to all the friends and family who attended. So much for her wish! I left without having any thing to eat. Besides this, the tea room was so small and crowded. People were walking outside to eat and drink, where some of the graves were situated. Very poor service, and bad attitude of the White Lady Funerals. If I had my way, I would not give them any stars!

I had the displeasure of having to attend a funeral at this location a couple of weeks ago…read more Funerals are never nice however they can be made a little more bearable. The place was nice and everything but I truly believe they made a massive planning faux pas. I realise the family picked this location as it had meaning to them however the person that passed away was quite young (under 60yrs) therefore you can expect a much larger turn out than for someone who is maybe 80. The room was so small that I would guess maybe 20% of people attending actually got a seat in the actual room itself. I was NOT late and still got stuck standing, with about 50 other people, crammed into a foyer area. We could barely see a thing, in fact I did not even know it was an open coffin until I got home and read it online. In addition they allowed people to pour through two foyer area's as well as outside. It was extremely hot this day and I seriously felt like I was going to pass out. It went for over an hour and a lot of people walked out well before it ended. The service and celebrant were ok, as was the surrounds, but not in any way ok for a funeral with so many people in attendance. Their air cond could not even cope with all the people. At least being a female I could wear something a little cooler but the poor men in full suits, they looked like they were melting. Without having this particular experience here it would probably get at least 3 stars. If the family really had to have this location due to previous relationships with this particular branch then they should have maybe made it a direct family only event or something, but I think everyone deserves to be able to say goodbye if they so choose so a larger venue would have made a lot of sense. The family is grieving and making decision based on other thoughts at that time, the funeral directors should have foreseen it may be an issue with someone taken so young.