Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
Burke’s Backyard treasures finding some of Australia’s unique homes. Rita and Carmillo Russo’s house in Northcote, Melbourne, is one of these. It is completely covered with shells. The columns holding up the front veranda, window frames, garden...
‘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...
Colin and Liana Joyce built their new brick house on a steep clay slope during a long, hot, dry spell. When it rained, the land began to erode, and water gushed out of the slope around and under the house, collecting in a distant quagmire at the bottom of the hill. To...
‘Burke’s Backyard’ recently visited Kings Park Botanic Gardens in Perth, to look at Australian native plants in flower. Here massed plantings of wildflowers are used to demonstrate the versatility of our native flora in ornamental plantings. Featured...
The Grampians – Qantas Amazing Australia The Grampians National Park is situated in Central Western Victoria, 260km from Melbourne, and is one of the largest national parks in Victoria covering 167,000 hectares (412,661 acres). The national park is named after...
Chris Johnson has used her little corner of Peakhurst, NSW, as a celebration of her outlook on life, and her ambitions. Chrisâ garden began with one lonely gnome, and quickly took over the surrounds of her house as neighbours and friends added plant cuttings and...