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pay online. The collection staff are
on-call at all times.
In providing an alternative to
conventional funeral and crema-
tion services, Upright Burials is
distinctive in a number of ways:
Secure: Each individual site is se-
cure forever, with no additional
fees payable.
Environmentally friendly and
ecologically sustainable non-en-
ergy intensive, the process leaves
the lightest carbon footprint possi-
ble. Energy used in the collection,
storage, and delivery of the body
to the cemetery is partially offset
via the planting of a tree at Mt. Ele-
phant for each person buried.
The Upright Burials facility uses
pright Burials provide a sim- tudes have changed due to social, cept involves a far simpler and green power.
ple, natural, and economical urban, and environmental pres- safer approach to burial that re- A single one-time fee of $3250
Uburial, in which a deceased sures to the point where the offer moves the OH&S issues and inc GST. This includes collection
person is collected, prepared and of an alternative form of burial is labour involved in digging tradi- from anywhere in the Melbourne
then transported to the Kurweeton now being met with open minds tional graves, and it meets all EPA metropolitan area.
Road Cemetery in the Corangamite and interest. and statutory government require- Mr. Dupleix says that the Upright
Shire of Victoria’s Western Districts. "This is a very forward thinking ments. There's a saving associated Burials’ ownership and manage-
The burial involves wrapping the concept that's entering the market with this approach and we pass ment comes from the original in-
deceased in a biodegradable body at the right time. The Upright Buri- that on to the client." vestment group of 20 individuals
bag (rather than using a coffin) and als business is very much a quality “There are further savings in who have strong connections with
then burying the body in a vertical process, and getting that right is using a rural cemetery, where land the agricultural industry of Victo-
position. The cemetery is purpose- critical. We're fortunate that the values are lower. The four hectare ria's western districts have been
fully kept in a natural state, without very negative opinions we re- cemetery is part of a setting lo- able to see the vision of their orig-
the use of headstones. "Numerous ceived when we first started devel- cated within sight of Mt. Elephant. inal investment become a
people have expressed interest in oping this business have given For any person who likes the no- reality."This is a terrific group, a
using Upright Burials over the way to the recognition of the sen- tion of a peaceful, pastoral setting very pragmatic group. They had
years, and we've been working sible solution this provides to as their final resting place, this the vision from the start to see that
diligently to make it a reality. The problems such as urban land pres- cemetery is a superb this was a bold concept worth pur-
interest simply reflects that this sure and preserving the natural en- location,”"says Mr. Dupleix. suing and were willing to back it,"
natural approach to burial has cap- vironment," he says. For the benefit of relatives and he says. “We’re people of the land
tured people’s imagination, and Burying the body in an upright future visitors, the exact location who became passionate about
that for many this type of burial position is one of the keys to deliv- of each grave is is recorded on the providing a sensible, simple alter-
represents a strong fit with their ering an economical alternative to memorial wall commemorating native to burial that embodies our
values," says Upright Burials' Man- conventional horizontal burial. the people buried there. values of simplicity, nature, and
aging Director, Tony Dupleix. "From the outset, we questioned Clients can go to www.upright- economy.”
Mr. Dupleix observes that as op- the need to bury people horizon- burials.com.au to follow the www.uprightburials.com.au
posed to a decade ago, public atti- tally," says Mr. Dupleix. "Our con- straight-forward steps to order and