Gambling - how to change your habits
If you are gambling and want to change your habits, the first step is to decide that you want to change, control or stop your gambling. Understanding your gambling problem, taking steps to ensure your financial security and getting professional ... [... more]
Better Health |
Beating Bad Habits
The body always needs time to adjust to changes and this is especially true of our tastebuds. The best way to make changes in your diet is to do it gradually, making small changes that will lead to new habits. People who've put salt on everything ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
What you can do for head banging
From time to time, most children develop habits, which can be annoying, worrying or even embarrassing to parents. Parents may even be afraid that their child will still be doing it when grown up. Habits may have an identifiable cause. Sometimes ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Exercise habits - quiz
Do you have good exercise habits? Try our quick health quiz and get tips to improve your fitness, nutrition and exercise routines. The closest you get to exercise is wearing a tracksuit. You regard physical activity as another in a long list of ... [... more]
Better Health |
Sleeping habits - quiz
We all need sleep, but do you know how to sleep well, manage insomnia or why sleep is important? Test your knowledge with our quick health quiz and get tips for a good night's rest. You seem to be your own worst enemy when it comes to getting a ... [... more]
Better Health |
Alexander technique
The Alexander technique deals with bad habits of posture and movement. Bad posture can lead to head, neck and back pain, muscle aches, bursitis and repetitive strain injuries. The Alexander technique teaches awareness of movement and ... [... more]
Better Health |
Different Types
A study of the behaviour, biology, adaptation to habitat, feeding habits and importance to medicine, reveals leeches to be fascinating and extraordinary animals. Leeches are annelids or segmented worms, and although closely related to the ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Evening primrose (Oenothera species)
An erect perennial herb, up to 1m high, which may be single stemmed or branched. Habit of the plant and leaf shape varies from species to species but all are characterised by showy 4-petalled, usually yellow flowers which change colour to orange ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Spanish heath (Erica lusitanica)
A dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub 1 to 3m high, with a very upright growth habit. Leaves are very small (4-7mm), narrow and tightly rolled, arranged in whorls of 3 or 4 around the stem. Flowers are tiny white bells (may be pink in bud), ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Climbing Roses
The latest trend when it comes to roses is a move away from the cottage garden towards free flowering, fragrant roses which can be used for privacy and screening. These types of roses often have climbing or semi-climbing growth habits, and they ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Chinese Lantern
Chinese lanterns or abutilons (Abutilon x hybridum) are charming evergreen shrubs with attractive maple-like leaves and an open, pendulous habit. They grow to about 2-3 metres (6-10') tall. The lantern-shaped flowers are produced in September to ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Top Ten Gum Trees
Gum trees have had a lot of bad press: they grow too big, fall over, drop branches and have other habits gardeners will not tolerate. But these problems relate to some species, often badly planted or positioned, not to all gum trees. Some of the ... [... more]
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