Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
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...
Since its opening in 8 May 1997, Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Centre, better known as the Crown Casino, has received a lot of publicity yet one of its most interesting features is a well kept secret. Lawns, massed plantings and pools adorn the roof of...
Denis Walter, singer and popular Melbourne radio announcer and his wife Annette, are opening their garden for the third year in a row for charity. This year the money raised is for Multiple Sclerosis. The large garden features a swimming pool in the backyard...
The cliff top garden belonging to Reg and Elaine Smith overlooks the bay at Mount Eliza. The history of Earimil began when a Welsh sea captain, Edward Lintot bought the land on the peninsula in the mid-1800s. Design The Smiths acquired the 2.5 acre property in...
‘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...
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...