"The life of a foreign correspondent was full of excitement and adventure, and it was for Morgan," Mr Hunter said at St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral of the friend he called "Morgs".
"We will miss him as a mate, his smile and his determination to make the most of everything."
Reverend Dominic Steele, from Christians in the Media, spoke of the grief many were suffering when he spoke at the service at St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral in Sydney.
"He died doing what he loved,'' Rev Steele said of the journalist, who was covering an Australian ministerial visit to Indonesia when he was killed.
He recalled a remark Mr Mellish made to his mother when he was growing up.
"He said, `Mum, I want to live as close to the edge as I can without falling off'."
A series of photographs of Mr Mellish with family and friends was displayed on large screens as mourners entered the cathedral.
Mr Mellish's girlfriend, Nila Tanzil, sat with Mr Mellish's parents and sisters throughout the service.
Mourners included Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Joe Hockey and Deputy Opposition Leader Julia Gillard, as well as representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Federal Police and Fairfax.
Mr Mellish, who was The Australian Financial Review's Jakarta bureau chief, was one of five Australians killed when a Garuda Airlines plane exploded on landing at Yogyakarta airport in Indonesia on March 7.
He was cremated in a private funeral yesterday.
AAP
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