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Gardening in Australia!

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Gardening in Australia....   This borgeous flower blooms for just 1 day from a vine that grows in our tree. Well what an adventure I've had the last couple of days with my garden here in Springwood NSW.  I figured that anyone with half a brain can garden in Australia since the weather is moist and the vegetation is so diverse.  Plants, ferns, vines (and even plants growing on the side of other plants) surround us so I needed to figure out how I could make my garden better without really knowing the plants. It looked like a forrest and just totally covered with vines and ivy and all kinds of things so maybe that's how I should keep it, but then I realized that if I could clean out the leaves at least, I could either get rid of the snakes living under there, or duke it out with them! The big tree in our backyard. I realized I am (was) really scared to go out there.  Locals have advised me to be careful working in the garden.  After living i...