From high-rise towers to underwater cities of the dead – what is the future of Australian cemeteries?

Sydney's famous Waverley Cemetery sits between Coogee and Bondi Beach. Australia’s annual number of deaths will more than double by 2050 and cemetery space is already at a premium. (Pexels: Kate Trifo)

Our culture largely avoids the thought of death. Although talking about our mortality, and planning for what happens next— in a very practical sense — can be comforting. 

Gillian and Geoff Senior, a couple from Camperdown Victoria, say its just "common sense planning for the inevitable." And their afterlife plans are all sorted.