Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
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...
The garden of St Erth at Blackwood, an hours drive from Melbourne, was until recently, owned by the well-known horticultural writer Tommy Garnett, and has since become part of Digger’s Seeds. Digger’s Seeds, which is based at ‘Heronswood’,...
GardenWay Home & Garden Centre in Darra, a suburb of Brisbane, was featured recently on Burke’s Backyard. Some of the plants shown were ornamental gingers, herbs and colourful annuals. Some of the plants featured in this segment included the following...
In the Dandenongs near Melbourne is a magical garden in which you almost expect to see the fairies appear. The garden is over 100 years old. Garden history This garden was established in the 1870s by Thomas and John Cole, pioneering nurserymen who are reported to have...
Jim Pike visited the Delicate Nobby Camping Ground, near Crescent Head on the north coast of New South Wales, to catch up with Len Blacklow and his corkscrew collection. Len has a collection of 650 corkscrews and 550 bottle openers which he has amassed over the past...
A curving brick path leads through the small, lushly planted front garden of the Toorak terrace belonging to Howard Neil, called Cotterville. It is an inner city house and garden that brings colour and vibrancy to Melbourne, and is a pleasant change from the bluestone...
Burke’s Backyard visited the hacienda of Buko and Helga Vogel at Bald Rock Bush Retreat on the edge of the Bald Rock National Park near Tenterfield in northern NSW. Buko Vogel is a builder and has built Paul Hogan’s house at Byron Bay. He was born in...
‘Burke’s Backyard’ visited the home of fisherman and seafood fanatic Vittorio Salvagno, who has collected shells from around the world and from just about every seafood meal he has eaten. The shells are displayed not only in the house but cover the...