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Father's Day events and services at SMCT

Father's Day

Father's Day Hampers

Find out how to collect your Father's Day hamper

Events

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Visiting for Father's Day

Information to help you plan your visit on the Father's Day weekend

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Father's Day hamper collection

Have you booked a Father's Day picnic hamper?

We look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful cemetery sites this Father's Day weekend. If you have booked a Father's Day hamper, you will need to collect it on Saturday 31 August between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm.

Please refer to your chosen cemetery for information on where to collect your hamper. You can also download a map with these details marked on it.

Springvale Botanical Cemetery

Collect your Springvale Botanical Cemetery hamper from the Community Care and Wellbeing building.

A photograph of the team at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, greeting community members as they approach the marquee to collect their picnic hampers.

Bunurong Memorial Park

Collect your Bunurong Memorial Park hamper from the Cumulus Reflection Space.

A photograph of the team at Bunurong Memorial Park standing behind a table, preparing to welcome guests to collect their picnic hampers.


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Visiting information for Father's Day

We look forward to welcoming you to our locations over the Father's Day weekend.

Many members of our community plan to visit our locations at this time. If you are joining us, you may notice some small changes to the way we support you during your visit. You can read more about these below.

The Cafe Vita et flores food truck is parked on a green lawn, beneath trees on a sunny day. An umbrella is set up to the left-hand side, and some chairs are set up in front of the truck on the right.

Visit our food truck, Hilda, for hot drinks and snacks near the Police Road entrance on Saturday and Sunday.

A mother and daughter sit at Cafe Vita et flores in Bunurong Memorial park. They have sandwiches and wraps on the plates in front of them. The daughter is smiling and the mother has the back of her head to camera.

Drop in to Café Vita et flores, open at both Springvale and Bunurong locations from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday.

A long table set up at Cafe Vita et flores, adorned with flowers.

Enjoy increased seating and a special menu at our Springvale café.

A large, cream-coloured backdrop features messages scrawled on them in different coloured ink. Pink and white floral arrangements on the left and right frame the backdrop.

Honour a loved one by adding to our floral tribute walls, located at the café at both our Springvale and Bunurong locations.


Flowers for Father's Day

Our talented florists can assist you in choosing beautiful floral arrangements on Father’s Day in-store and at our pop-up florist. You can also order flowers online.

We also know that you can’t always visit the memorial site of your loved one. Our florist team can deliver any arrangement ordered to the grave or memorial site of a loved one over the Father's Day weekend. Please place your order by close of business on Thursday 29 August to ensure timely delivery.

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Father's Day Flowers from Café Vita et flores
Father's Day Flowers from Café Vita et flores
Father's Day Flowers from Café Vita et flores
Father's Day Flowers and gifts from Café Vita et flores
Father's Day gifts from Café Vita et flores

Father's Day at SMCT

Discover some of the stories shared by our community, and revisit events from previous years below. If you have any questions about our events, get in touch.

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A Day to honour fathers and their important lessons 2022

This year we were grateful to host our annual Father’s Day event in person to enjoy a delicious High Tea while hearing from a diverse range of speakers on the topic of fatherhood and grief.
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Father's Day Online Remembrance Service 2021

In 2021, we partnered with The Fathering Project to hold an online remembrance service, with AFL icon Rodney Eade sharing a thoughtful reflection on fathers and fatherhood.
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Father's Day Remembrance Service 2019

More than 200 members of our community joined us at Bunurong Memorial Park, with some taking the opportunity to leave a handwritten tribute for a much-loved father or father figure.
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Living and grieving well

Father’s Day – remembering in your way

For some, a father was more of a figure in their life.
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