Famous Australian people and landmarks on Burke’s Backyard
Don visited railway enthusiasts, Roslyn and Keith Reynolds. Roslyn and Keith first met in 1991 at a model railway club meeting. They got together and began creating what is one of Australia’s largest model railway layouts. Not content with scale models, they are...
Don visited Werribee Park in Victoria, to view works by finalists in the fourth Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. Many of Australia’s most talented sculptors competed for an $80,000 cash scholarship and a $25,000 professional development package Helen...
Our autumn special was filmed in Bowral, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Autumn is the most colourful time of the year, because you get far more colour from leaves in autumn than you actually get from flowers in spring. This year the autumn colours are...
Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show showcases the best that the landscape, floral and horticultural industries have to offer. Every year, thousands of local and international visitors attend the show for...
Jonothan Coleman visited Crufts, the biggest dog show in the world. This year’s event was held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. History Crufts was named after Charles Cruft, a travelling salesman, who ran dog shows for personal profit. The first...
This week, Don and the Burke’s Backyard team visited Melbourne Zoo. This was the perfect place to introduce viewers to a new member of our team, veterinarian, Dr Chris Brown. In future Chris will be doing the vetcheck section of roadtests and presenting...
Phil Rankine has been travelling all over Australia judging the Burke’s Backyard ‘Horror Bathroom’ competition. He’s seen some shocking bathrooms with leaking pipes, mouldy walls, cracked tiles and pink toilets. On this week’s program...
Don meets the Tokyo Shock Boys in their native land – Japan. These crazy performers are well known to Australian audiences for their irrepressible humour, feigned naivete, brilliant timing and wonderful showmanship. They also play on our stereotypes of the...
While in Japan, Don looked at some astonishing, hi-tech toilets. Top of the range was the INAX Satis 118A, costing Yen 280,000 plus installation (around A$4,000). The first thing you notice about this toilet is that the lid opens as you approach! There are many other...
Tenryuji is one of the major temples of the Rinzai school of Zen. It was built in the 1300s by shogun Ashikaga Takauji to appease the spirit of Emperor Godaigo. Through the centuries it was destroyed by fires and warfare and rebuilt on a number of occasions. Most of...