Cemeteries are peaceful, open spaces – they can be for the living too

Historic Toowong cemetery in Brisbane. ‘I think about the people who once walked the land upon which I now walk, who were warmed by the same sun.’ Photograph: Kris Olin/Alamy

Is there any better way to feel connected with the meaning of life as by walking among the dead?

Every time I wander through the cemetery near my inner city Brisbane house, I think about the people who once walked the land upon which I now walk, who were warmed by the same sun.