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.
Talk to us
If the service or event is in the next few days, call rather than email.
- Our own Starlink connection on every job
- Recording guaranteed, even if the stream drops
- No travel surcharge across the Hunter, Port Stephens or the Central Coast
Chapels, churches and crematoria we cover in Lake Macquarie
If your venue is not listed, we can still work there. Ask us.
- 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
- Our own Starlink connection
- A guaranteed recording, with a backup copy
- Broadcast cameras and a live mixing desk
- Audio taken from the celebrant
Common questions
Can you stream a graveside service at a Lake Macquarie council cemetery?
Yes. None of the nine council cemeteries has a chapel, so at Belmont, Toronto, Morisset, West Wallsend or Catherine Hill Bay we bring our own satellite connection and battery power and stream from the graveside.
Is Redhead or Adamstown Heights Lake Macquarie or Newcastle?
Both are Lake Macquarie addresses, along with Garden Suburb, Kotara South, Rankin Park and New Lambton Heights. It makes no difference to us: there is no travel charge either side of the boundary.
Can you cover a chapel service at Ryhope?
Yes. Lake Macquarie Memorial Park at Ryhope seats around 100 with a large standing area, which is exactly when people outside the chapel and further away benefit from a stream.
Do we get the recording if the stream drops?
Yes. We record locally, with a backup copy, the whole time. 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.