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Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard


The Best Classroom

  <align=”center”> A Current Affair: Burke’s Backyard week 3 <align=center> download description This video requires the Adobe Flash Player. Download a free version of the player. The children of Cabramatta Primary School @...

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World Retina Day 2008

Saturday, 27th September 2008 Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is the leading cause of YOUTH BLINDNESS. 1 in 3,000 BABIES are BORN WITH RP. 1 in 80 PEOPLE CARRY THE RECESSIVE GENE. RP is second only to Diabetes as a cause of blindness in the working-age population. HUMAN...

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Libby Lenton & Luke Trickett

Don caught up with Libby Lenton, her husband Luke Trickett and their pet dogs Buddy, a Pug, and Harry, a Lhasa Apso, at their Brisbane home. Coverage of the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships starts on the 22nd of March 2008 on the Nine Network. This will...

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Living in the Tropics

When you live in the tropics you can be very adventurous in your use of colours, both in the garden and inside the home. Don looked at an award winning house and garden in Cairns, where the bright colour scheme provides a permanent, tropical holiday feel. Seven years...

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Mural House

Woo Ken and his son, William Rim, are artists as well as professional painter/decorators. They specialise in a style of decoration that is all the rage in their native Korea – mural painting. Already a bit of a fad in the Korean commercial sector, it is now becoming...

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Keepsake Garden

Six years ago, Hazel and Hans Kuoni started their garden from nothing. Today, they have a beautiful garden full of memories and nostalgia. Hans and Hazel’s garden is made up of gifts of seeds, cuttings or plants from friends and relatives. This ‘keepsake’ garden is...

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Daintree Discovery Centre

The Daintree Rainforest is thought to be more than 135 million years old, and as such is the oldest intact rainforest in the world. Located within the rainforest is The Daintree Discovery Centre. This is a world-class interpretive facility that allows visitors easy...

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Cooper Creek

Don took a mangrove discovery tour in the Cape Tribulation area of the Daintree National Park. The Cape Tribulation Wilderness Cruise is the only tour boat permitted in this area, and provides exclusive access to 9 square kilometres of World Heritage Listed...

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Coconut Rodney

Coconut Rodney has been growing coconuts for the last 20 years. In fact, he has become the local coconut identity, supplying green coconuts to restaurants and producing about 75 different coconut products, including coconut candles, coconut planting medium, coconut...

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