Funeral live streaming in Lake Macquarie
Lake Macquarie is its own city rather than a suburb of Newcastle, and its funerals mostly stay local. Worth knowing: Adamstown Heights, Garden Suburb, Kotara South, Rankin Park, New Lambton Heights and Redhead are Lake Macquarie addresses, not Newcastle ones.
What makes Lake Macquarie different
None of the nine cemeteries run by Lake Macquarie City Council has an on-site chapel, so graveside services here are genuinely outdoors, with no building, no power and no network to borrow. Belmont, Toronto, Morisset, Whitebridge, West Wallsend, Wyee, Catherine Hill Bay and Martinsville all fall into that category. A satellite connection and battery power are not a luxury at those sites, they are the only way it works.
We cover Belmont, Charlestown, Toronto, Warners Bay, Swansea, Morisset, Glendale, Cardiff, Caves Beach, Redhead, Valentine, Wangi Wangi, Speers Point and the rest of the Lake Macquarie local government area. There is no travel surcharge anywhere in that area.
Chapels, churches and crematoria we cover in Lake Macquarie
Every venue below is a real, currently operating location. If yours is not listed, it does not mean we cannot work there, it means we have not written it up yet.
- Lake Macquarie Memorial Park Ryhope The crematorium chapel on Cessnock Road, seating around 100 with a large standing overflow area. The chapel has its own audio-visual system, and the venue takes MP4 or WMV in 16:9 and MP3 only, with media due 48 business hours ahead and a USB backup recommended. No CDs, DVDs, PowerPoint or streaming links.
- Dailey Family Funerals, Reflections Chapel Glendale A 110-seat chapel with the Reflections Tearooms alongside for another 100, and no strict time limit on services. The chapel can carry a feed through to the tearooms for overflow, which matters when the room fills.
- Pettigrew Family Funerals, Belmont Belmont A purpose-built 150-seat chapel with a function centre attached, built in 2014 and renovated in 2021.
- White Lady Funerals, Belmont Belmont An 80-seat chapel on the Pacific Highway.
- White Lady Funerals, Charlestown Charlestown A chapel on the Pacific Highway at Charlestown.
- White Lady Funerals, Toronto Toronto A chapel on Donnelly Avenue.
- St Joseph's Catholic Church Toronto The Toronto parish church on Wangi Road.
- St Patrick's Catholic Church Swansea Part of the East Lake Macquarie parish.
- St Peter's Anglican Church Swansea East Lake Macquarie Anglican.
What we bring to every job
Starlink on every job
The stream runs on our own satellite connection, not the venue's wifi and not a mobile hotspot. Chapels, cemeteries, gardens and vineyards are exactly the places where reception fails, and we have removed that from the list of things you need to worry about.
The recording is guaranteed
We record locally on redundant media at the same time as we stream. If the internet drops, if the power goes out, if a viewer's connection fails, the recording is still made and you still receive it.
Blackmagic Design broadcast kit
Real cameras and a vision switcher, cut live between angles, with audio taken from the celebrant or the venue's own system. Not a phone on a tripod at the back of the room.
Quiet, and quick to book
We set up early, stay out of the way and pack down without interrupting anything. Funerals can be booked at a few days' notice, and the recording comes back to you quickly.
Common questions
Do you charge extra to travel to Lake Macquarie?
No. There is no travel surcharge and no minimum booking anywhere in our service area.
Do you need the chapel's wifi?
No. We bring our own Starlink satellite connection to every service, so we do not need a password, a network exception or anything at all from the venue or the funeral director.
What if the service is in a few days?
Call us. Funerals are arranged quickly and we work to that. We will tell you on the phone whether the date is free rather than making you wait for an email.
Can you stream a graveside service?
Yes. Because we bring our own connection and our own power, an outdoor graveside service is no harder for us than a chapel.
Do we get the recording even if the stream fails?
Yes. We record locally on redundant media throughout. A dropped connection cannot cost you the footage.
Packages, pricing and what happens on the day are all on our main funeral live streaming page.
Talk to us about your date
Tell us the date and the venue and we will come straight back to you.