Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
The one guarantee in life is that everyone will need a coffin. Susie Croll and Kim Eastman run a coffin making business at Scottsdale, near Launceston in Tasmania, making cheap, environmentally friendly ecocoffins and coffins which can be custom built to almost any...
Norm Mitchell loves building miniatures including trains, trucks and ships. Included in his collection is a replica Kenworth, 18 wheeler truck. It took Norm two years to build the replica and he borrowed a real Kenworth and measured it so he could make the...
In the Southern Highlands of NSW lies a garden hidden behind tall stone walls. Faces watch your every move as you walk through this monastery garden at Sutton Forest. This 25 x 8m (82.5 x 26′) walled garden is a part of a larger garden belonging to Red...
Greg Chappell and his wife Judy are both vegan so live on a pure vegetarian diet with no animal product whatsoever, not even milk. Greg has written a book on the subject of healthy living called Greg Chappell’s Health and Fitness Repair Manual – A...
Many people regard Melbourne as having the best architecture, the best street trees and the best restaurants of any capital city in Australia. However there are some local residents who are saying that inner city Melbourne is just a bit grey and drab. Don Burke...
‘Eryldene’ was the home of the late Professor E. G. (Eben Gowrie) Waterhouse (1881-1977), who was a world authority on camellias. His house, designed by leading architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William Hardy Wilson, was built in 1913....
Rod Pattison has collected native ferns for the past 16 years. He now has an enviable collection of ferns and variegated plants in which two botanic gardens have shown great interest. Rod is a licensed plant collector who has collected ferns and other plants from...
While the world is hurtling towards the Year 2000, Jim Pike has met some people still rocking in the 1950s. John and Dell Power have built a 1950s replica diner in their backyard where they spend time grooving with their friends. The diner has memorabilia from the...
Burke’s Backyard recently visited the home of Gabrielle and Ross Lester who have a passion for fish as well as some other unusual collections. The collection of fish began when Ross acquired eight gold fish after helping some people out about four years ago. The...
A visit to National Trust English gardens can change a gardener’s ideals forever as Don discovered when he met Gwen Davey, owner of ‘Forest Hall’ garden at Castlemaine, Victoria. When Gwen and her husband Don travelled to England in 1990 they saw...