Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
Darren Haake loves collecting things. It all started when he was a youngster with a collection of ring pull tabs from drinking cans, then progressed to stamps, basketball cards, coins and hubcaps. In 1992 he decided to collect something no-one had ever tackled before...
Philip Stray always wanted a farm, but his wife Penny preferred to live close to the city. A marvellous compromise was reached four years ago when they purchased Summerhill Farm, a three hectare (71/2 acre) property only 19km from the centre of Melbourne. At that time...
The Southern Highlands of New South Wales is one of the great garden areas of Australia. Some of the lovely old gardens there are at their best at this time of year, and they are really worth visiting to learn about design – how you do a driveway, where the...
Many of Australia’s great gardens are now reaching quite an age. However there are some younger ones coming along and one of the newest additions to the list of great gardens is Foxglove Spires. In the dairying village of Tilba Tilba in New South Wales, about a...
Of all the large gardens in Australia, Kennerton Green at Mittagong in the New South Wales Southern Highlands is one of the very best. This magnificent garden has had a succession of owners, in fact Burke’s Backyard first visited in 1988 when it was briefly...
These Australian natives were once considered to be very temperamental plants. Today they are much easier to grow as they have been grafted to the hardier understock, Darwinia citriodora. Plant details Botanical name: Darwinia lejostyla hybrid ‘Coolamon...
Don and the Burke’s Backyard team visited Sydney Markets at Flemington. Markets are wonderful places to shop if you’re looking for new ideas or something just a little bit different. There are hundreds of stalls offering unusual fruit and vegetable varieties, fabulous...
Burke’s Backyard recently visited the Sydney home of Isabella and Jack Klompé. When the Klompés purchased the site it consisted of a Federation house and a plumber’s business with garages on the boundary. After bulldozing the garages, they extended and...
Don visited ‘Ern’s Frog Heaven’ in Brisbane, Queensland. Ern Paddick has been collecting frog memorabilia for over 15 years. The collection is kept in a shed at the side of the house, which has been extended to accommodate all the frogs. It is now 55 ft long and 15 ft...
In an Adelaide suburban backyard only about 18x49m (60×160′), Bosko Sladic grows enough vegetables for his family, his friends and all the neighbours as well. Don visited Bosko, his wife Radmila and their daughter Deana, and was amazed to see their...