Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has proposed extracting bodies from overcrowded cemeteries to be reburied on top of each other in a bid to combat overcrowding currently facing Gold Coast cemeteries.
The proposal is one of several being considered by the council, including building a new cemetery and offering a burial-at-sea service inside the new dive precinct off Main Beach.
Funeral Director for Mudgeeraba Cemetery, Terry Hobson, expects land to run out within two years an says the council “can’t wait until a cemetery is full before before taking action.