About 10 years ago my older brother died. He was involved in a car accident 1 week before Christmas. After his cremation we decided as a family to scatter his ashes in an area of native bush in the Marlbrough Sounds, an area he frequented and loved. The place we choose was a few hundred meters from the road, through dense bush, at the base of a large Beech Tree, in the middle of a scenic reserve. We mounted a small brass plaque on the tree to remind us of the place. Since then myself, and a few others that I know of have visited the spot. I take 10 minutes whenever I'm in the area to find that tree amongst all that bush and just sit for a few minutes. I went there today and the plaque had been removed. I can't think why someone would do that. The chances of anyone even finding it without directions were slim. If you didn't know it was there you could walk right by it and not see it. There are no walking tracks of other public facilities in the area, its just steep, bush covered back country. Yet someone has gone out of their to remove and discard the small brass plaque that simply said...
"Remember, Brendon David Neill, 1969 - 1994".
9:49:12 PM 
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