When someone you love receives a terminal diagnosis, the first question is always the same: what do we do now?
When that happened to us, there was no single place that held everything we needed to know. What to do next. Who to call. What paperwork mattered. What could wait. Which specialists to find, and where.
So we started making notes. On post-it notes, at the kitchen table. A map of every question we had, every step we could see ahead, everything that needed to happen before things got harder.
18 December is the date we will never forget. That map is what became this platform.
We built it so that no one starting this journey has to begin from nothing.
18December is a practical guide for Australians navigating terminal illness and the months that follow. It is organised around five stages, from the moment of diagnosis through to winding up an estate.
Each stage holds the guides, specialist finder, and checklists that belong there. The free version gives you access to all of it. A paid membership adds tools for managing the detail: a medication diary, a document vault, a checklist that saves your progress across devices, and a way to nominate someone to access your records after you die.
Everything on the platform is written for Australian law and conditions. It covers the whole country, with notes where laws differ between states and territories.
It is not a health service, a legal service, or a financial service. Nothing here replaces the advice of a specialist who knows your situation.
What it does is help you understand what questions to ask, who to ask them to, and what needs to happen at each stage of the journey. It gives you a map, not a doctor.
18December was built by Pierre Legrand, based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is an independent, bootstrapped platform.
There are no investors, no advertisers, and no affiliate arrangements with the specialists listed on the site. The specialist directory uses Google Places data and returns results based on location, not on payment.
For questions, feedback, or anything that does not fit elsewhere: hello@18december.com.au