Wamberal Cemetery Plan of Management - Gosford City Council

PROPOSED LANDSCAPE SPACES
LOCATION MAP
THE ENTRANCE ROAD
EXISTING BIKE PATH
EXISTING BIKE PATH
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COUNCIL
STOCKPILE
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A
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APPROX 1190
LAWN PLOTS
APPROX 1180
LAWN PLOTS
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EXISTING PUBLIC RESERVE
EXISTING PARKING
EXISTING BURIALS
EXISTING THICK COASTAL VEGETATION
EXISTING BURIALS
EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVE
EXISTING BURIALS
EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVE
LAWN AREA
PREPARED FOR
FUTURE BURIALS
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EXISTING
BURIALS
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7
14
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B
EXISTING
THICK
COASTAL
VEGETATION
EXISTING
THICK
COASTAL
VEGETATION
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VIEWS ACROSS
WAMBERAL
LAGOON
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SITE ARRIVAL SIGNAGE AND
DIRECTION BOARD:
Curving sandstone walls guide motorists
into the carpark area and exhibit interactive
site information such as cemetery history,
grave locations and directions. The
area behind the walls becomes a quiet,
reflective seating space utilising the clear
views to Wamberal Lagoon and the ocean.
Opportunities exist to include a weather
shelter and bench seats within the wall
structure as well as lighting to highlight the
shelter structure and signage at night.
OVERFLOW CARPARK AND
AMENITIES BLOCK:
Additional carparking will be provided at
the current location of the RTA site office.
Existing trees will be retained and the
parking will work with the existing landform
and tree locations. The existing amenities
block is to be upgraded and relocated to a
more central position between the parking
and main signage area to open up stronger
views across the site towards the Lagoon.
SITE ENTRY FROM THE
ENTRANCE ROAD:
Sandstone walls mark the entry into
Wamberal Cemetery and low mass
plantings create an avenue feel within
the informality of the existing Eucalypts.
Resurfacing of all roads within the cemetery
will help to reinforce public roads and those
designated for hearse. Entry road will be
gated and opened and closed daily.
PROPOSED LAWN BURIAL
AREA 1 :
Dense plantings around the edge of the
burial lawn creates the sense of a large
scale garden room. A central avenue allows
hearse access and a looping path provides
pedestrian access. Approximately 2350
new lawn burial plots will be created across
both lawn burial areas.
PROPOSED LAWN BURIAL
AREA 2 :
Open lawn burial area with central hearse
access. Mass feature plantings and small
shade trees along the western edge creates
a backdrop for bench seating and creates
an informal reflective space taking in views
across the site and towards Wamberal
Lagoon. A gravel path provides access
around the lawn graves and links in with the
path circuiting the site.
CIRCUIT PATH:
A decomposed granite path circuits the
site allowing the cemetery to be used by
nearby residents for passive recreation
and to allow for a sequential and easily
accessed experience of spaces. Along
the southern edge the path diverts into the
edge of the neighbouring reserve in order
to pass existing graves hard against the
southern site boundary.
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FORMALISED TURNING CIRCLE:
Terminating central drive with large feature
tree and plantings.
MEMORIAL GARDEN ROOM:
Overlooking new lawn burial area with
reflective feature pond and seating.
CREMAINS / MEMORIAL
GARDEN ROOM:
Winding through clearings in existing
coastal vegetation providing a private and
reflective space. Cremain plaques to be
positioned on randomly placed sandstone
slabs within native grasses.
VIEWING DECK:
A quiet, reflective space overlooking
Wamberal Lagoon and terminating the
central drive. Adjoins the loop track that
circles the cemetery. Opportunity to place
water tank beneath decking.
CHILDRENS MEMORIAL
GARDEN:
Sandstone boulders, seating, feature trees
and dense planting creates an enclosed and
reflective ‘room’ and provides an opportunity
for memorial plaque installation.
UPGRADE OF EXISTING
CREMAIN / MEMORIAL
GARDENS:
Extending on the existing gardens and
upgrading them to match in with the
natural, coastal aesthetics of the proposed
landscaping.
EXTENSION TO EXISTING
MEMORIAL GARDENS:
Utilising large existing trees to extend on
the current memorial gardens.
CREMAINS GARDEN BELOW
OLDER RESTORED BURIALS
WESTERN SITE BOUNDARY
FACING THE ENTRANCE ROAD:
The existing RTA wall to be retrofitted with
materials and signage that link into the
signage system proposed for within the
cemetery. Signage, materials and planting
along this western edge will provide the
cemetery with a greater roadside presence
and a stronger sense of identity.
COUNCIL STOCKPILE
Storage area for council soils and mulches
screened from cemetery and road by
existing vegetation.
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LEGEND
A
EXISTING TREES
PROPOSED TIMBER SEAT
SANDSTONE SLABS
HARDWOOD SLATS
PROPOSED TREES
EXISTING VEGETATION
PROPOSED FEATURE
PLANTINGS
PROPOSED CEMETERY
DIRECTION AND HISTORY BOARD
PROPOSED FORMAL
PAVED AREA
PROPOSED ORNAMENTAL
GRASSES
PROPOSED GATE
PROPOSED COUNCIL SOIL
STOCKPILE
PROPOSED FEATURE
SIGNAGE WALLS
CREMAINS GARDEN CONCEPT:
Use of sandstone slabs to display cremation plaques
within a soft and natural landscape setting.
MEMORIAL POND
INFORMAL CREMAINS GARDEN
INDICATIVE CHARACTER OF AMENITY
BLOCK AND WEATHER SHELTER OVER
MAIN SIGNAGE AREA
PROPOSED SECTION SIGNAGE
PROPOSED SANDSTONE
PLAQUE SLABS
PROPOSED REFLECTION
POND
NOTE: All recommendations in this Masterplan are subject to relevant agencies approval.
ENTRY ROAD PERSPECTIVE LOOKING TOWARDS FEATURE SIGNAGE WALL:
Mass native planting amongst existing Eucalypts reinforces the entry experience and focal signage
wall guides traffic into the heart of the site.
Wamberal Cemetery
The Entrance Road, Wamberal
Cemetery Masterplan
07210 March 2008
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