9News. I was crying uncontrollably. Ollie s grave is not the only one to be cleared by the council.
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Natalie Tsokas with Ollie, who died in 2018, and his siblings. In the nearby grave of Duncan McClean, a small garden accompanying his final resting place was removed. Duncan s widow Kate French-McClean told
9News she was also devastated and said she could understand the pain Ollie s family would be feeling. His family has come out to an unmarked grave; it s distressing, French-McClean told
9News. I was as distressed about Duncan s flowers. In a statement, Scenic Rim Regional Council said its workers had removed the items and plants from Ollie and Duncan s graves, but it had been in “regular contact” with the families involved.
Family distressed after eight-year-old s grave wiped
The family of an eight-year-old boy is heartbroken after a Gold Coast Hinterland council cleared his gravesite, leaving only an unmarked grave for them to return to.
Oliver Tianen s family were unable to afford a grave stone at the Tamborine Mountain cemetery when the schoolboy lost his battle to cancer in 2018, and instead opted for a timber cross.
His grave was decorated with toys and trinkets from school friends and loved ones, which have all been cleared away by the council.
Now the eight-year-old lies buried in an unmarked grave.
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Oliver Tianen s family were unable to afford a grave stone at the Tamborine Mountain cemetery when the schoolboy lost his battle to cancer in 2018(Nine)
A heartbroken family returned to their eight-year-old son s grave to find it had been destroyed by the local council, leaving the plot unmarked.
Oliver Tianen was laid to rest at the Tamborine Mountain cemetery in the Gold Coast Hinterland in 2018 after a bitter battle with cancer but his family were not able to afford a gravestone, so he was buried in an unmarked plot with a timber cross.
The schoolboy s friends and loved ones would come to the site and decorate it with toys, trinkets and flowers.
But this week, the Scenic Rim Regional Council removed the cross along with the rest of the treasured items, leaving Oliver s mother Natalie shattered.
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Subscriber only Freezing winter storms were forecast as the state braced for low temperatures, rain, destructive winds and the likelihood of snow on high peaks. Temperatures up to 8C below the June average were predicted for overnight Wednesday in the midst of the cold snap, with the lowest figures expected around the Granite Belt region. The record-breaking chill predicted a dusting of snow for parts of the Gold Coast and Tweed, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.