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Cotterville A curving brick path leads through the small, lushly planted front garden of the Toorak terrace belonging to Howard Neil, called Cotterville. It is an inner city house and garden that brings colour and vibrancy to Melbourne, and...

Criss Canning Exhibition When Burke's Backyard visited David Glenn at Lambley Nursery in Victoria we also saw some of his wife, Criss Canning's artwork. Criss Canning has an exhibition of her paintings Reflecting on Still Life at the Gould...

Crown Casino Roof Garden Since its opening in 8 May 1997, Melbourne's Crown Entertainment Centre, better known as the Crown Casino, has received a lot of publicity yet one of its most interesting features is a well kept secret....

Jonothan Coleman visited Crufts, the biggest dog show in the world. This year's event was held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. History Crufts was named after Charles Cruft,...

'Burke's Backyard' visited the home of aviation 'nut' Sam Grima, who is only four years old. His father, Anthony, has built Sam a cubbyhouse in their backyard in the shape of a Qantas aeroplane....

Currency Creek GardenAbout ten years ago, Chris Norris bought an1850s sandstone house on four hectares (10 acres) at Currency Creek in South Australia. Chris began to renovate, trying to create the illusion of a Italian...

The Daintree Rainforest is thought to be more than 135 million years old, and as such is the oldest intact rainforest in the world. Located within the rainforest is The Daintree Discovery Centre. This is a world-class interpretive...

Dante Design Ceramic artist Katrina Kenny and technician Eric Cossich have formulated a new type of ceramic material after two years of research and development. It can be glazed, moulded and used like ceramic but...

Don visited the Sydney home of artist, David McKay. His work, whether on film, music, video, canvas, T-shirts or surfboards, is enormously popular and has crept into mainstream Australian culture. David lives in a renovated inner-city terrace, with...

Don visited the beautiful, tropical-style garden of Dennis Hundscheidt. Situated at Sunnybank in Brisbane, this is one of the best private gardens in Australia. Clever designAlthough the garden is only the size of a normal suburban block (around 1000 square...