Restoration Australia
"Restoring heritage ruins into living homes"
Over two years, International Designer Sibella Court, follows the trials and tribulations of 7 groups of Australians committed to the daunting task of restoring heritage ruins into living homes. From Georgian mansions to colonial pug and pine huts, these Aussie battlers attempt to restore the buildings to their former glory.
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 55m
Release: 2015
Rating: 8.2
Season 1 - Restoration Australia
2015-09-15
"The little shop in Harrington Street is one of the oldest timber buildings left in Hobart. Vacant and derelict, it has been the victim of two arson attacks. To avoid demolition, owners Haydn and Penny need to act."
2015-10-06
"Built in 1843 of convict bricks, Keera Vale has suffered severe damage and needs love and care. Jen and Harold have fallen for 'the house on the hill', but is love enough to save this grand old dame?"
Season 2 - Restoration Australia
2019-03-17
"Host Stuart Harrison meets a Perth couple who want to resurrect their adored family home that was lost to fire in 2015. But will they be able to rebuild the 1960s iconic modernist house as its original architect envisioned?"
2019-03-24
"Dale and Michael embark on a project to restore two 19th Century timber cottages on their Tasmanian rural property. Will they accomplish their dream?"
2019-03-31
"The 1960's introduced us to shag rugs, lava lamps, minimalism and bright, open spaces. Melbourne couple Laura and Reece are leaving inner Melbourne for suburbia, with plans to restore a modernist home to its former glory."
2019-04-07
"Snapping up a piece of local history and preserving it appealed to Jan and her daughter Annie. Joined by Annie's carpenter partner, Chris, they tackle the daunting task of making the 1840s homestead a new family home."
2019-04-14
"Johnny and Ann want to transform a 19th Century stables and pickers cottages, in the wine region of McLaren Vale, into their new home. With a Christmas deadline, the pressure is on to restore the derelict buildings."
2019-04-21
"AFL fanatics John and Rosie have bought an iconic 19th century gasworks building overlooking the North Melbourne Football Club and oval, and they want to turn into their dream home."
Season 3 - Restoration Australia
Season 4 - Restoration Australia
2021-09-26
"Host Anthony Burke meets Deb and Mike who are saving a rickety colonial cottage and digging for the true story of its origins."
2021-10-03
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple who are transforming their Mid-Century Modern 1950s house into a family home suitable for 21st Century living, in a beachside paradise just outside Melbourne."
2021-10-10
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple who've bought a huge rundown Victorian mansion in Milton, NSW and plan to restore its regal beauty and throw open its doors to the local community."
2021-10-17
"Host Anthony Burke meets retired couple David and Mandy who take on the transformation of a hugely significant historic cottage in Hobart, Tasmania."
2021-10-24
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple who are saving an important example of Federation Queen Anne architecture in coastal NSW, while dealing with a profound health crisis."
2021-10-31
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple who have purchased one of the most significant buildings in the historic town of Kyneton, Victoria."
2021-11-07
"Host Anthony Burke meets Martin Nix who is restoring an 1850s workers cottage in Balmain on Sydney Harbour, all while dealing with a recent family tragedy."
Season 5 - Restoration Australia
2023-07-16
"Anthony Burke meets self-confessed 'Architecture Nerds' Annette and Michael Pitman who own the smallest of all the Walter Burley Griffin-designed houses in Castlecrag and want to restore and extend the house."
2023-07-23
"Host Anthony Burke meets a young couple turning a big crumbling church in remote South Australia - bought with a credit card - into a family home, using the internet as their guide."
2023-07-30
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning a neglected inner-city Queenslander into a period showcase and eco-friendly, healthy haven as one partner recovers from cancer."
2023-08-06
"Host Anthony Burke meets a young couple transforming a tiny miner's cottage into a family home in a celebration of sustainability and old-fashioned craftsmanship."
2023-08-13
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning a dilapidated orphanage into a family home. Can their restoration bring laughter and warmth back to an institutional building with a confronting history?"
2023-08-20
"When a charming old Queenslander travels 800 kilometres south of the tropics to an eco-village, it needs a complete retrofit to become uber energy efficient - but will this come at the expense of its heritage?"
2023-08-27
"Host Anthony Burke meets a family aiming to turn a tiny war memorial church into a holiday home in the face of local hopes it would be kept as a venerated public landmark."
Season 6 - Restoration Australia
2024-05-23
"Host Anthony Burke meets a Brisbane couple determined to return a vandalised, graffiti-daubed wreck to its rightful place as one of the city's finest mansions, no matter the cost."
2024-05-30
"Host Anthony Burke meets a King Islander returning home to one of Australia's most remote and weatherbeaten outposts to reclaim and restore a derelict farmhouse."
2024-06-06
"Host Professor Anthony Burke joins a dedicated couple doing all they can to preserve a valuable slice of Australian history that would otherwise dissolve into the dirt and be lost forever."
2024-06-13
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple supersizing a beachside bungalow into a Sydney trophy home while still somehow trying to preserve its quaint 1920's identity."
2024-06-20
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning an 1880s two-storey weatherboard wreck in South Melbourne into a dream home for their growing young family."
2024-06-27
"Host Anthony Burke meets a couple aiming to restore a crumbling stone police station and hope to solve the baffling case of the missing jailhouse."
Season 7 - Restoration Australia
2025-04-03
"Host Anthony Burke meets a big city couple aiming to bring a slouching country town mansion back to the burnished glory of its gold rush years."
2025-04-10
"Host Anthony Burke joins a young couple, Steph and Paul, as they set out bravely and optimistically to write a happy, luxe new chapter for a storied 150-year-old Melbourne institution."
2025-04-17
"In Orange NSW, first responders Chris and Mel have found all the cosmopolitan comforts of city living along with fresh air, big skies, open spaces and a sweet Edwardian fixer-upper called Bega."
2025-04-24
"Anthony Burke meets a former international model and his rock'n'roll supergroup-connected partner as they try to turn a neglected country manor into a stylish home and function centre."
2025-05-01
"Anthony Burke meets a Sydney couple who impulse-buy an old, dilapidated school in South Australia, sight unseen, and turn their hands to restoring it."
2025-05-08
"Anthony Burke meets a pub rocker and a yoga teacher falling in love with Tasmania and a dunnyless, kitchenless, weatherboard relic falling apart in a small northern town."
