Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
Don visited the Sydney home of Guiseppine and Nicola Fusco. Like many Italians, they grow, process and cook much of their own food. On the day we visited, Guiseppine and Nicola were harvesting tomatoes, eggplants, beans and cucumbers. As well as vegetables, they grow...
You might remember Gardenworld, a wonderful nursery complex in Keysborough, Victoria, which was featured on Burke’s Backyard. This week, Don visited a similar nursery complex in Sydney, where specialist nurseries have grouped together to provide some really classy...
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 a landscaped rear...
This very colourful house featured in our show this week, also featured some year’s ago on Burke’s Backyard, click here to view previous fact sheet. The house, at 38 Queens Park Road, Queens Park, NSW is now up for sale. For details contact Pauline Goodyer of...
Maltese Mother’s Day Evelyn Manche is a very special mother who has led a remarkable life while raising her large family. Evelyn was married at 14 years old and became a mother to the first of 15 children when she was just 17. She arrived in Australia in 1955 and...
‘Burke’s Backyard’ recently visited the superb Fairhill Native Nursery at Yandina on the Sunshine Coast, one and half hours north from Brisbane. Here can be found a large and comprehensive range of native plants including grevilleas, flannel flowers,...
Burke’s Backyard visited a couple whose garden was overflowing with statues. A similar effect could be created in any garden if desired. Further information Garden statues are available at specialist statue shops and from some nurseries. Crushed marble and white...
Friesia Garden ‘Friesia’ is a Victorian Italianate villa and garden which has been restored to reflect the character of the house and the time in which it was built. ‘Friesia’, which is owned by Warwick and Sue Forge, is in the Melbourne...
Tangled Maze – Qantas Amazing Australia The Tangled Maze at Creswick near Ballarat in Victoria is unlike most mazes throughout the world, which are constructed of evergreen cypress or other hedging. The walls of the Tangled Maze are made out of flowering...
Goulburn Roses Goulburn in New South Wales is two and half hours’ drive south of Sydney on the Hume Highway. Until recently it has been best known for the tourist attraction, the Big Merino. More recently it is becoming known as the City of Roses. The concept of...