Customised Packages for Your Needs
While we endeavour to ensure each service is as special and personalised to your loved one as possible, we have put together packages to suit any budgets, cultural requirements and personal preferences. If the service you require is not listed above, please contact us so we can provide you with a tailored quotation that fits your needs.
Cremation – No Service, No Attendance
Professional fee: $1,750.00
Basic Cremation Coffin: $615.00
Copy of Death Certificate: $70.00
Cremation Fees: $990.00
Doctor's Cremation Paperwork: $325.00
Total Package Cost: $3,750.00
This quotation covers the costs and expenses for a private cremation, with no service or attendance. The quote includes our services with no additional charges to you.
The professional fee covers all funeral director services, including local removal from the place of death, hospital or Forensic Medicine (day or night), mortuary care and preparation, registration of the death, arranging of all doctor paperwork, as well as 24-hour availability to advise and assist the family.
Cremation – Bowden Chapel or Church
Venue: Bowden Family Funeral Chapel, Wyong, or Church on the Central Coast
Professional fee: $3,040.00
Polished Woodgrain Flatlid Coffin: $1,885.00
Copy of Death Certificate: $70.00
Cremation Fees: $990.00
Flowers: $390.00
Cremation Paperwork: $325.00
Total Package Cost: $6,700.00
This quotation covers the costs and expenses for a chapel service held, in its entirety, at the Bowden Family Funeral Chapel, 365 Pacific Highway, Wyong, followed by a cremation. Alternatively, the service may be held in a church on the Central Coast. The quote includes our services with no additional charges to you.
The professional fee covers all funeral director services, including local removal from the place of death, hospital or Forensic Medicine (all
hours), mortuary care and preparation, any viewings, registration of the death, arranging of all doctor paperwork, as well as 24-hour availability to advise and assist the family. We also offer the services of our own celebrant to officiate the service (if required) at no additional charge.
Also Provided: a framed photo for the coffin, attendance book and personalised memorial card/order of service to attendees on the day of the service.
Optional Costs
- Coffins – White and Made to Order Speciality colours from $2,135.00.
- We can arrange funeral notices on your behalf in the paper/s of your choice, charged at an at-cost price at the time of printing.
- Clergy/minister fees or outside celebrant, if required, can be paid at cost. Clergy fees are typically about $400.00, celebrants between $400.00 - $500.00.
- Catering/function – Our function hall is available to host an after-service function or wake when the service is held in our chapel. We do not charge for the use of the hall. Catering costs about $15/head and includes mixed sandwich platters, pies and sausage rolls, cake, tea, coffee, and juice.
Cremation – Central Coast Memorial Parks
Venue: Palmdale Memorial Park, Lake Macquarie Memorial Park, Greenways Memorial Chapel
Professional fee: $3,040.00
Polished Woodgrain Flatlid Coffin: $1,885.00
Copy of Death Certificate: $70.00
Cremation and Chapel Fees: $1590.00
Flowers: $390.00
Cremation Paperwork: $325.00
Total Package Cost: $7,300.00
This quotation covers the costs and expenses for a chapel service held, in its entirety, at any of the Memorial Parks or Memorial Chapels in the Central Coast or Lake Macquarie Region, followed by a cremation. The quote includes our services with no additional charges to you.
The professional fee covers all funeral director services, including local removal from the place of death, hospital, or Forensic Medicine (day or night), mortuary care and preparation, any viewings, registration of the death, arranging of all doctor paperwork, transfer of the coffin by hearse as needed, as well as 24-hour availability to advise and assist the family. We also offer the services of our own celebrant to officiate the service (if required) at no additional charge.
Also provided: a framed photo for the coffin, attendance book and personalised memorial card/order of service to attendees on the day of the service.
Optional Costs
- Coffins – White and Made to Order Speciality colours from $2,135.00.
- We can arrange funeral notices on your behalf in the paper/s of your choice, charged at an at-cost price at the time of printing.
- Clergy/minister fees or outside celebrant, if required, can be paid at cost. Clergy fees are typically about $400.00, celebrants between $400.00 - $500.00.
Burials – Gosford
Chapel, Church or Graveside Service – Burial at Wamberal or Point Clare Cemetery
Service venue: Bowden Family Funeral Chapel, Wyong, Church on the Central Coast or Graveside of Burial Site.
Professional fee: $3,040.00
Polished Woodgrain Flatlid Coffin: $1,885.00
Copy of Death Certificate: $70.00
Order for Interment (Council): $450.00
Open and Close of Burial Plot (Digging Fee): $1,600.00
Flowers: $390.00
*(If Required) Perpetual Right of Interment (Purchase of Burial Plot): $3,403.00 P.C. - $3,600.00 W
Total Package Cost (Family-Owned Plot): $7,435.00
Total Package Cost (with plot-purchase): $10,838.00 - $11,035.00
This package covers the costs and expenses for a chapel service (Bowden Family Funeral Chapel, Wyong), a church service or a
graveside service, followed by a burial at Point Clare Cemetery or Wamberal Cemetery. The quote includes our services with no additional charges to you.
The professional fee covers all funeral director services, including local removal from the place of death, hospital or Forensic Medicine (day or night), mortuary care and preparation, any viewings, registration of the death, arranging of all doctor paperwork, transfer of the coffin by hearse as needed, as well as 24-hour availability to advise and assist the family. We also offer the services of our own celebrant to officiate the service (if required) at no additional charge.
Also provided: a framed photo for the coffin, attendance book and personalised memorial card/order of service to attendees on the day of the service.
Optional Costs
- Coffins – White and Made to Order Speciality colours from $2,135.00.
- We can arrange funeral notices on your behalf in the paper/s of your choice, charged at an at-cost price at the time of printing.
- Clergy/minister fees or outside celebrant, if required, can be paid at cost. Clergy fees are typically about $400.00, celebrants between $400.00-$500.00
Burials – Wyong
Chapel, Church or Graveside Service – Burial at Noraville or Jilliby Cemetery
Service venue: Bowden Family Funeral Chapel, Wyong, Church on the Central Coast or Graveside of Burial Site.
Professional fee: $3,040.00
Polished Woodgrain Flatlid Coffin: $1,885.00
Copy of Death Certificate: $70.00
Open and Close of Burial Plot (Digging Fee): $1,450.00
Order of Burial (Council Permit Fee): $580.00
Flowers: $390.00
*(If Required) Perpetual Right of Interment (Purchase of Burial Plot): $3,420.00
Total Package Cost (Family-Owned Plot): $7,415.00
Total Package Cost (with plot-purchase): $10,835.00
This package covers the costs and expenses for a chapel service (Bowden Family Funeral Chapel, Wyong), a church service or a graveside service, followed by a burial at Noraville Cemetery or Jilliby Cemetery. The quote includes our services with no additional charges to you.
The professional fee covers all funeral director services, including local removal from the place of death, hospital or Forensic Medicine (day
or night), mortuary care and preparation, any viewings, registration of the death, arranging of all doctor paperwork, transfer of the coffin by hearse as needed, as well as 24-hour availability to advise and assist the family. We also offer the services of our own celebrant to officiate the service (if required) at no additional charge.
Also provided: a framed photo for the coffin, attendance book and personalised memorial card/order of service to attendees on the day of the service.
Optional Costs
- Coffins – White and Made to Order Speciality colours from $2,135.00.
- We can arrange funeral notices on your behalf in the paper/s of your choice, charged at an at-cost price at the time of printing.
- Clergy/minister fees or outside celebrant, if required, can be paid at cost. Clergy fees are typically about $400.00, celebrants between $400.00-$500.00
Fees, Disbursements and Optional Costs
Services Included Within Our Standard Professional Service Fee
Local transfer from place of death, hospital, nursing home or mortuary to our funeral home (Within 80km), no after-hours charges applied: $550.00
All reasonable and standard mortuary care, preparation, holding, dressing and laying out. (Without embalming): $880.00
Arrangements (Including but not limited to Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, doctors/coroners, crematorium/cemetery, initial and ongoing liaising with family), and Conducting of Service (with an appropriate number of staff, with the required training and skill sets required for each service, use of hearse when required etc.): $1,610.00
Use of the Bowden Family Funeral Chapel - one service (No time limit: within reason): Nil
Viewings of the body before service at our funeral home: Nil
Transportation from funeral home to Palmdale Crematorium: Nil
Complementary Service Extras - Condolence book, Order of Service/Memorial Card design and printing (up to 100 copies), Framed photo for service: Nil
One of our on-staff celebrants to officiate the service: Nil
Coffins - Starting with a polished, flat lid coffin (Rosewood, Teak, Cedar, Oak): from $1,885.00
Coffins - Gloss White and Made to order speciality colours: from $2,135.00
Copy of Death Certificate (We will provide certified copies with original): $70.00
Flowers - Traditional casket cover (style, content discussed with family): from $390.00
Cremation Fees (Our local cremations take place at Palmdale Crematorium): $990
Cremation Documents (Required for a cremation to be permitted in NSW): $325
Optional Third-Party Costs (Estimated Prices Only)
Clergy/outside celebrant: $400.00-$900.00
Newspaper Notices (Sydney, Newcastle and Central Coast): $300.00-$550.00 quotation upon request
Newspaper Notices (Regional): quotation upon request
Professionally produced AV Presentation (slideshow): from $ 280.00
Sydney Transfers (may be conducted by or with the aid of 3rd party contractors): $325.00
Out of Region Transfers (say be conducted by or with the aid of 3rd party contractors): quotation upon request
Reach out to us for pricing and package details at 02 4351 8004.