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Basic Horsemanship Classic mistakes made by many riders get horses offside before the rider is even mounted. This is according to Pat Parelli, an American horseman whose natural horsemanship philosophy has won admiration worldwide. He says holding...

Biggest Cat in AustraliaRecently on Burke's Backyard we featured 'Rum', a four-year-old domestic shorthaired cat. He weighs in at an impressive 12 kilograms, and measures 96cm from the tip of his nose to the tip...

Bird Identification Qantas Amazing Australia   To find out more about birds and bird watching 'Burke's Backyard' visited bird expert and author, Graham Pizzey at his home at Dunkeld, 250km west...

Black-bellied Swamp SnakeJohn Dengate picked up a black-bellied swamp snake. These snakes are not highly venomous, but they do bite and victims may suffer pain and localised swelling. John pointed out that this species could easily be confused with...

Blue Tongue Lizards There are six species of blue tongue lizards (Tiliqua sp.) in Australia. They live in a wide variety of habitats ranging from desert, to tropical and subtropical forests and mountainous areas. These large members of...

Bombardier BeetlesJohn Dengate met Jodi Rowley, from the Australian Museum, at Long Reef Golf Course. There they found a bombardier beetle hiding under a log. This remarkable creature is able to squirt would-be predators with boiling acid. The beetle...

Breeding Budgies The Australian budgerigar is the world's most popular pet, and therefore the world's most popular bird as well. Don highly recommends breeding budgies as a hobby, particularly for kids. As well as being very easy and...

Brown SnakesIn the last few years there's been a progressive and very alarming rise in the number of deaths from snake bites. Many of those deaths are associated with brown snakes. It's thought that the...

Brumbies Don and the Burke's Backyard team travelled to the Snowy Mountains in south-eastern New South Wales. They met with some of the people who live in the high country and asked them what they think of Australia's...

Don purchased an MDF (medium density fibreboard) box at the Reverse Garbage Co-operative. The moment he saw the box, he knew it would make the perfect budgerigar or canary breeding cabinet ...