Burke’s Backyard Overseas
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Follow Burke’s Backyard travelling throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia
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Electric City in Japan
Don visited Akihabara, Tokyo’s ‘Electric City’. Akihabara is the electronics district, where the latest hi-tech gizmos and gadgets can be... read more -
Adachi Museum Japan
The Adachi Museum of Art is famous for its collection of around 1300 contemporary Japanese paintings, including works by Taikan... read more -
Bowlingual in Japan
Don met with a group of Japanese dogs and their owners to test the Bowlingual, a dog ‘translation’ device. The... read more -
Cedar Avenue in Japan
Don travelled north of Tokyo to see the famous Nikko Suginamiki, or cedar avenue. Thousands of Japanese cedar trees (Cryptomeria... read more -
Cherry Blossoms in Japan
The cherry blossom (Sakura) is the national flower of Japan. In spring, the Japanese travel all over their country to... read more -
Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve, NZ
Don visited the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute – guardian of Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve and the world famous... read more -
Maori Tattoos, NZ
Maori people have long been famous for having some of the world’s most spectacular tattoos. Traditional tattoos, or Mokos as... read more -
Possum Pam NZ
Don visited Possum Pam, a Christchurch company that is making a whole range of products from Australian brushtail possum pelts.... read more -
Ted Smyth, in NZ
Ted Smyth is regarded as one of the finest garden designers in the world. He lives and builds his gardens... read more -
World’s Biggest Magnolia, NZ
While Don was driving along a street in Matamata, he spotted one of the best examples of a deciduous flowering... read more -
Hell’s Gate, NZ
Hell’s Gate in Rotorua is New Zealand’s most active thermal reserve. It features pools of boiling mud, geysers, sulphur fumeroles,... read more