Some low-cost suggestions:

1. Paint your paling fence mid-tone grey to charcoal (Weather shield) as a contrasting backdrop for a climber.

2. To re-orient your garden away from the square, plant the corner with an advanced native species shrub or small tree as a beautiful feature (e.g. native hibiscus, perfect for your climate, or a blueberry Ash, or a Wattle ).

3. Plant out an attractive climber- say an allamanda, or stephanotis for fragrance, or a fast growing flowering native climber such as diplodenia (which comes in many colours and is fast-growing; careful not to get something that will pull your fence down! White or blue hardenbergias are a native wisteria which could look beautiful along the paling fence). Simple matter of wiring up a couple of horizontals mid way up fence to get them up and over (big screws and steel wire).

4. Use the brick low wall as a base for raising its height by half a metre with small sandstone blocks (you can often get these as offcuts very cheaply from a local quarry) or secondhand bricks (which are very attractive cleaned and recycled).

5. Plan some kind of feature for the middle of your low stone wall at the rear - say an arch over which you could grow a romantic climber (see above, or a warm climate rose, a potato vine, or a native Sollya).

6. In process of raising the rear wall, you could use left over stone or brick to pave a two-metre base for a garden bench (either sleepers fixed to low wall or purchase a nice big hardwood garden bench from Bunnings ), OR whatever you are inspired to create as a place to sit and dream!

7. Dig garden beds two metres deep to run from each side of your feature to the boundaries and plant up with lovely things.

8. Why not run a narrow raised garden bed waist high (same sleeper delivery) along the paling fence boundary for ease of planting and picking swell as visual interest?

8. Then stand back and colour in the remainder….maybe a big round stand of acacia cognatas of various sizes somewhere in the middle of the lawn…perhaps a westringia or two clumped here and there ...maybe a set of stepping stones to curve it's way to your backdoor!!!

Hope helpful if only to get the ideas going! Good luck!

Gingermeggs, thank you so much for taking the time to share your ideas. I am absolutely useless at the garden, and types of plans, and I am looking forward to researching the above. Will send you a finished photo. Thank you again !!

It's getting started that's the hardest bit, huh! Will look forward to seeing the 'after' pic…! GM:)

Get a backhoe or excavator in and " rip " the ground to about 300mm deep in the whole area you want to plant , plant lilee pillee,s myrtles , and other natives .
understand that the highest trees should be planted at the back ,smallest at the front .
also in Cairns trees will grow taller than it says on the label.
plant a few raphis at the front with the smaller shrubs .
then for low maintenance plant lillees in beds as a border .
in this border plant a few rush mats , i suggest three plants always look better in three,s
most important , mulch with wood chip to at least 150 mm deep
and water at least a full bucket of water per tree or shrub when planting.
trees and shrubs 1.5 mtrs apart at the back 1 mtr apart at the front.
I dont like too much colour , it makes a garden look like disney land.
If you want relaxing feel stick with greens .
I would do your planting in a curve this will also look more natural.
just my thoughts..............

Your vegetable garden should be in full sun, and close to the house so that you will use it more.