The cycle of life: Rookwood cemetery gets a retread

By Julie Power
Updated March 7 2015 - 8:13am, first published March 6 2015 - 11:45pm
Ghostbusting: Lycra-clad cyclists in Rookwood Cemetery. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
Ghostbusting: Lycra-clad cyclists in Rookwood Cemetery. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
New lease on life: the masterplan will reposition the cemetery as a 'tourist attraction'. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
New lease on life: the masterplan will reposition the cemetery as a 'tourist attraction'. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
Ghostbusting: Lycra-clad cyclists in Rookwood Cemetery. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
Ghostbusting: Lycra-clad cyclists in Rookwood Cemetery. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
New lease on life: the masterplan will reposition the cemetery as a 'tourist attraction'. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
New lease on life: the masterplan will reposition the cemetery as a 'tourist attraction'. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
Ghostbusting: Lycra-clad cyclists in Rookwood Cemetery. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
Ghostbusting: Lycra-clad cyclists in Rookwood Cemetery. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
New lease on life: the masterplan will reposition the cemetery as a 'tourist attraction'. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
New lease on life: the masterplan will reposition the cemetery as a 'tourist attraction'. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
Ghostbusting: Lycra-clad cyclists in Rookwood Cemetery. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
Ghostbusting: Lycra-clad cyclists in Rookwood Cemetery. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
New lease on life: the masterplan will reposition the cemetery as a 'tourist attraction'. Photo: Philip Le Masurier
New lease on life: the masterplan will reposition the cemetery as a 'tourist attraction'. Photo: Philip Le Masurier

Flashing past headstones at Rookwood Cemetery, 60 cyclists clad in bright-red lycra raced around a new 1.6-kilometre race circuit that represents the city of the dead's attempt to come alive.