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POLL: What is the most iconic feature of an Australian backyard?

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5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

The Australian backyard has certainly evolved over the past decade, but there are still features that make a backyard iconically Australian.

Last year, a Queensland mother-of-three Amy Beard, organised a 'retirement' party for her Hills Hoist to celebrate 56 years of faithful service. You can read the full story here.

Vote below which you think is most iconic and tell us why in the comments.


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Hills Hoist
Backyard cricket set
Shed
Trampoline
Outdoor dining set
BBQ
Big Lawn
Other - comment below

Comments (15)

  • PRO
    up the creek retreat
    5 years ago

    Fire pit

  • Alan Webster
    5 years ago

    A Lemon Tree

  • Cathie Thompson
    5 years ago
    All of the above and a lemon tree!
  • berbieharmsen
    5 years ago

    Unfortunately I have had to let my house for the last decade and although it still has a Hills hoist, the lemon tree died.

  • debanger3
    5 years ago
    Any sort of clothesline
  • PRO
    Wild Bear & Co Hervey Bay
    5 years ago

    A snag on the bbq .... or enjoying a meat pie from a deck chair while watching the backyard test match wth your neighbours ... cleaning the fishing gear in your thongs in the back yard ... or spinning the hills hoist as fast as you can to watch the sheets fly! ;) Oh - and a you beaut Bowen mango tree!

  • PRO
    Greenform Landscapes
    5 years ago

    Timber Deck

  • Sue Gelade
    5 years ago

    A big shady tree - with a seat underneath

  • Kathryn Barres
    5 years ago

    A Swimming Pool of course!

  • olldroo
    5 years ago

    Don't forget the Victa to keep that cricket pitch perfect!!

  • PRO
    PJ Burns Builder
    5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    There is nothing more Aussie than a backyard BBQ!

    We are finding with the estate blocks getting smaller, more of our homes are being customed and personalised to include a BBQ area in the under cover Alfresco space.

    A beautiful modern take on the traditional Aussie BBQ that is perfect all year round!



    Photograph from a recently completed PJ Burns Builder home on the Sunshine Coast

  • pottsy99
    4 years ago

    At least 3 broken down 1980's Aussie made cars . . . . . . . . .

  • olldroo
    4 years ago

    Good one Pottsy!! :))

  • PRO
    AGN Builders
    4 years ago
    You have to love the traditional hills hoist.They may not be attractive but they are fabulous for drying clothes, sheets and playing on it as a kid! We recently had to demolish ours as we knocked down our house and are rebuilding. My partner was sad to see this go more than the house!