Family and Friends (Australian TV series) Family and Friends (Australian TV series) Family and Friends is a short-lived Australian television soap opera debuted on 7 February 1990. The series was intended to be the Nine Network's response to the already successful soaps on the rival channels - "Neighbours" and "E Street" on the Network Ten and "Home and Away" on the Seven Network. Set in a suburban community the series focused on two families - the Chandler and the Italian-Australian Rossi families - who were linked by a long-standing vendetta stemming from an accidental death in the 1950s. Old enmities were renewed by the Romeo-and-Juliet style
Banksia 'Giant Candles' "Banksia" Giant Candles and "Banksia spinulosa" var. "collina". Banksia 'Giant Candles' "Banksia" Giant Candles is a registered "Banksia" cultivar. It is a hybrid between the Gosford form of "B. ericifolia" (heath-leaved banksia) and a form of "B. spinulosa" var. "cunninghamii". It looks like a shrub, and this form, that is equally broad as tall, can grow up to 5 metres. It is well known for its extremely large flower spikes, which easily can become 40 cm long. They have a habit of drooping or bending occasionally. The flowers are a bronzy-orange and will be showy from late autumn through winter.