Neville tells us about the brand new series Battle of the Burbs and investigates where the divide between North and South of the river really came from.

About Battle of the Burbs

• Is living north or south of the river better? Battle of the Burbs will answer this hotly debated topic in the brand new series full of surprises, twists and prizes up for grabs.

• Get ready to battle it out for the next 7 weeks in Battle of the Burbs which will see a host of winners and a total prize pool of $100,000; the biggest garden competition prize pool ever in WA. This includes two huge garden makeovers.

• Categories include: The Best Street, The Best Suburb, Best Sustainable/Environmental project, Best School Garden and Worst Garden.

• Perth’s worst gardeners will have the chance to win a $50,000 Garden Gurus makeover to create the dream outdoor living area.

• Don’t forget to vote at www.perthnow.com.au for your chance to win a Trevor Cochrane designed and Garden Gurus built dream garden worth $35,000.00.
  
  

Did you know?

• The Swan River was named by Dutch explorer, Willem de Vlamingh in 1697. It recognizes the unusual black swans that he saw. The local Aboriginals that inhabited the area believed that two enormous rainbow serpents carved the river from the sand by twining around each other pushing the soil sideways. Today, the Swan River neatly divides Perth into two halves, North and South, and it’s on the Swan River that the battle lines are drawn.