Cemetery services

From 11 August 2025, the Cemetery Services Customer Care Team will be located in the Nambour Office, to enhance accessibility and better serve our community.

This is the first step in a new way of delivering services with Cemetery Services becoming available by appointment at our Council Service Centres in 2026.

We will still manage our 18 cemeteries and continue to offer essential services including:

Burials and ash interments: Coordinating and delivering dignified burial and ash interment memorial services, tailored to meet the cultural and personal needs of families.
Site selection and planning: Assisting families with both immediate (at-need) and future planning for burial and ash interment sites, offering guidance and support during emotionally challenging times.
Cemetery maintenance: Maintaining the beauty, safety and accessibility of 18 cemeteries across the region, ensuring the cemetery spaces remain peaceful and well-kept for visitors and loved ones.

To make an appointment, please call on (07) 5459 2300 or email cemeteries@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.

Burial services

Services are available each day of the week. Special arrangements and charges apply for weekend services.

Funeral Directors can contact council during business hours of 8.30am to 4.30pm on telephone 5459 2300 for bookings and enquiries.

Chairs and shade are provided for convenience and comfort.

Historic records are held on council's computer system.

Online burial bookings can be made by Funeral Directors only.

An outdoor chapel within the grounds of the Kulangoor Cemetery is available for public use. It provides an alternative location to an indoor church or chapel service.

The following applications are available for you:

Answers to your questions

Sunshine Coast Cemeteries have compiled the following information in response to frequently asked questions.

Graves are prepared so that two adults can be interred (burial or cremation).

Fresh flowers may be placed on graves. Artificial flowers, tins, jars and other containers are not allowed.

Planting trees or shrubs near the grave is not allowed.

Only one plaque may be placed on a gravesite. Placement can be arranged soon after the burial.

Plaques and memorials can only be ordered by either:

the person who purchased the gravesite
the person who handled the arrangements
an authorised person or executor.

Full payment is required before the final order for the memorial is placed. Payments can be made by telephone, online, by mail or by cash or cheque at council's customer service centres (details are on all invoices).

Before any works relating to installation or repairs can be undertaken within a cemetery, an application must be made to council.

All monumental and repair works must be done by qualified trade persons with appropriate insurances.