Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
Market Day Every month, wholesale nurserymen put together a selection of the most attractive and interesting plants they have for sale, and take them to market. The growers set to work displaying their plants at first light, ready to sell and take orders from retail...
In northwestern Sydney Warren Naylor and Tim Higgins have created an Italian style garden, complete with buildings inspired by the villas of the great architect Palladio. When they purchased the property eight years ago it was a typical bush block covered with scrub....
Thermal Image Zoo Recently we road tested outdoor heaters using a thermal imaging camera to find out which models gave off the most heat, and where the heat was distributed. We were amazed at the multi-coloured images the thermal imaging camera produced: the blue...
Pat Parelli: Creating a Bond Pat Parelli demonstrated how to form a connection with your horse, in the same way that a foal stays with a mare. They are joined together, emotionally, mentally and physically. It is imperative that the foal sticks with its...
Robert Juniper’s Garden Don visited artist Robert Juniper, who lives and works in a protected valley east of Perth. They chatted about his life and work while strolling around the garden and fishing in a small pond for marron, or yabbies as they’re called...
Train Garden Soon after Geoff and Jean Hallam moved into their new home, Geoff began to construct a model railway in the backyard. He surveyed the area and then adjusted the levels for the track. He made sure that there was no more than a 2 1/2% gradient, just as if...
Vic’s Tidy Garage Most of the gardeners we visit have a very messy shed, garage or an ugly part of the garden that is ‘off limits’ to our cameraman. But when the Burke’s Backyard team visited Vic Stoikov recently, gaining access to the...
Waterfall Cottage Ten years ago Jeanne Villani purchased “a cheap bit of land that somebody had put an old shack on”. The land was wet and swampy, the garden was overgrown with lantana and other weeds, and the little fibro cottage had been damaged...
World Retina Day 2001 One in 3000 babies is born with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a hereditary disease that attacks the retina, or light-sensitive portion of the eye. There is no cure for the disease, which causes progressive loss of vision and total blindness in...
Gypsy’s House Don visited gypsy Catherine Johns at ‘Teach Dragon Draiocht’, her mystical retreat near Mt Barker in South Australia. Catherine told Don that there are thousands of gypsies, or Romany people, living in Australia, and every year they get...