I am a Catholic and I will simply state the Church's basic position on the issue.  I will comment afterward.

"Keeping ashes at home or scattering them on land or sea, even where legal, is inappropriate to the Church's deep reverence for the body as a place where the soul has resided."

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There's a lovely bushland area just a couple of kilometres from home. Very peaceful, very pretty, a scattering of wildlife (including the occasional kangaroo). Can't think of a nicer spot.

Salieri would have been even more ticked off.