Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
Built between 1835-1839, Elizabeth Bay House is a Greek Revival villa designed by John Verge for the Colonial Secretary, Alexander Macleay. Known in its day as ‘the finest house in the colony’ it features a domed oval saloon with a magnificent, sweeping...
Hunter Valley Gardens is in Pokolbin, in the foothills of the Brokenback Ranges. The 25-hectare site was originally grazing land, but between 1998 and 2003 it was redeveloped and twelve international display gardens were created. They were planted with thousands of...
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Since its inception in 1977, SIDS and Kids (then known as SIDS Australia) has aimed to reduce the incidence of SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. With an 80% reduction in the incidence of SIDS, SIDS and Kids is now turning its attention towards other areas of...
Contents Ayutthaya Oriental Hotel Bangkok Pat Pong Road Cats of Thailand Regent Resort, Chiang Mai David Thompson and Thai Food Siamese Fighting Fish Doi Tung Snake Show Elephants Thai Terracotta Jim Thompson’s House and Garden Tropical Garden, Chiang Mai Ko...
Contents How to Get There The Cultural Triangle Travel Considerations Geoff’s Recipes Geoff and Jamie’s Itinerary Growers Markets Locations Located at the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka is an exquisite, pear-shaped island afloat in the Indian Ocean....
Elizabeth Farm is an early colonial house and property at Rosehill, near Parramatta. It was built in 1793 for Elizabeth and John Macarthur, pioneers of the Australian wool industry. The house was originally a typical English cottage, but over the years it was...
Paul Jennings is one of Australia’s leading authors of children’s books. Don visited Paul at his stunning new cliff top home near Warrnambool, almost 4 hours by car from Melbourne. Wild thing Paul describes the location as a beautiful, wild, remote, magnificent,...
Maria and Kosta’s Garden Plan Kosta and Maria Elfes were married on October 5, 2002. The bridesmaids were Maria’s twin sister Dimi, her older sister Elizabeth and her cousins Louisa and Christine. The newlyweds went to Bali for their honeymoon, and the bridesmaids...
On Burke’s Backyard last year we mentioned Peter Valder’s wonderful book Gardens in China, in which Peter describes over 200 Chinese gardens he has visited. They include surviving imperial gardens and those of retired officials, courtyards and gardens of temples,...