Restoration Australia
Restoration Australia

Restoration Australia

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Keith Hall

Built in 1885 by a stone mason from Aberdeen, Keith Hall is no more than a pile of granite. Clay is planning to rebuild

EP 2

Woodcot Park

Attempting to leave the ghosts of the Kinglake fires behind them, Jo and Marcus bought Woodcot Park. They find that they

EP 3

Harrington Street

The little shop in Harrington Street is one of the oldest timber buildings left in Hobart. Vacant and derelict, it has b

EP 4

Gervasoni Homestead

Marnie and Dale dream of converting 'Gervasoni Homestead' into a family home. But with the buildings near collapse and a

EP 5

Emmaville

Emmaville could be the lost birth place of bush poet and composer Banjo Paterson. With the cottage precariously situated

EP 6

Keera Vale

Built in 1843 of convict bricks, Keera Vale has suffered severe damage and needs love and care. Jen and Harold have fall

EP 7

Holowiliena

Holowiliena was settled in 1853 by the Warwick family and their descendants still live on the property. With no money or

EP 1

Paganin, WA

Host Stuart Harrison meets a Perth couple who want to resurrect their adored family home that was lost to fire in 2015.

EP 2

Hunting Ground, Tas

Dale and Michael embark on a project to restore two 19th Century timber cottages on their Tasmanian rural property. Will

EP 3

Jack Clarke, Vic

The 1960's introduced us to shag rugs, lava lamps, minimalism and bright, open spaces. Melbourne couple Laura and Reece

EP 4

Rosenthal, Qld

Snapping up a piece of local history and preserving it appealed to Jan and her daughter Annie. Joined by Annie's carpent

EP 5

Tatachilla Stables, SA

Johnny and Ann want to transform a 19th Century stables and pickers cottages, in the wine region of McLaren Vale, into t

EP 6

Gasworks, Vic

AFL fanatics John and Rosie have bought an iconic 19th century gasworks building overlooking the North Melbourne Footbal

EP 1

Milton Terrace, NSW

Milton Terrace at Millers Point in Sydney was sold off for $4.25M in 2015 as part of the NSW Government's disposal of 30

EP 2

Egan House, NSW

Hardware store owners Jo and Digby McNeil took on more than just the restoration of a heritage home in Inverell, NSW, wh

EP 3

Nanima, NSW

Carl and Jennie Palmer set about trying to recreate their Federation homestead's grandeur but finding the line between a

EP 4

Clydesdale, Vic

When carpenter Kate and her mother Ann buy two old prospecting huts for $100,000 in Clydesdale in regional Victoria, the

EP 5

Ballarat, Vic

When a former Baptist Church cum nightclub hits the market in Ballarat, local anaesthetist Michael Whitehead buys it and

EP 6

Grimes Cottage, NSW

When a Sydney couple buy a colonial cottage in one of Australia's most protected heritage areas, they get more than they

EP 7

Cooroy, Qld

When Mel and Jack buy a derelict old Queenslander for $21,000 and move it to their land in Noosa it seems they've scored

EP 8

Mittagong, NSW

Heritage devotees Val and John Jessop decide to buy and reassemble two old buildings - an old ghost town cottage and an

EP 1

Baddeley

Host Anthony Burke meets Deb and Mike who are saving a rickety colonial cottage and digging for the true story of its or

EP 2

Lyons

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple who are transforming their Mid-Century Modern 1950s house into a family home suitable

EP 3

Airlie

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple who've bought a huge rundown Victorian mansion in Milton, NSW and plan to restore its

EP 4

Signalmans

Host Anthony Burke meets retired couple David and Mandy who take on the transformation of a hugely significant historic

EP 5

Seacroft

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple who are saving an important example of Federation Queen Anne architecture in coastal N

EP 6

The Lawns

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple who have purchased one of the most significant buildings in the historic town of Kynet

EP 7

Willow Cottage

Host Anthony Burke meets Martin Nix who is restoring an 1850s workers cottage in Balmain on Sydney Harbour, all while de

EP 1

Castlecrag

Anthony Burke meets self-confessed 'Architecture Nerds' Annette and Michael Pitman who own the smallest of all the Walte

EP 2

Pinnaroo

Host Anthony Burke meets a young couple turning a big crumbling church in remote South Australia - bought with a credit

EP 3

West End

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning a neglected inner-city Queenslander into a period showcase and eco-friendly, h

EP 4

Miner's Cottage

Host Anthony Burke meets a young couple transforming a tiny miner's cottage into a family home in a celebration of susta

EP 5

New Town

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning a dilapidated orphanage into a family home. Can their restoration bring laught

EP 6

Dorothy

When a charming old Queenslander travels 800 kilometres south of the tropics to an eco-village, it needs a complete retr

EP 7

St Martins

Host Anthony Burke meets a family aiming to turn a tiny war memorial church into a holiday home in the face of local hop

EP 1

Lamb House, QLD

Host Anthony Burke meets a Brisbane couple determined to return a vandalised, graffiti-daubed wreck to its rightful plac

EP 2

King Island, TAS

Host Anthony Burke meets a King Islander returning home to one of Australia's most remote and weatherbeaten outposts to

EP 3

Pise Cottage, SA

Host Professor Anthony Burke joins a dedicated couple doing all they can to preserve a valuable slice of Australian hist

EP 4

Manly Bower, NSW

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple supersizing a beachside bungalow into a Sydney trophy home while still somehow trying

EP 5

South Melbourne, VIC

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning an 1880s two-storey weatherboard wreck in South Melbourne into a dream home fo

EP 6

Limestone Barracks, NSW

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple aiming to restore a crumbling stone police station and hope to solve the baffling case

EP 1

Tivey Manor

Host Anthony Burke meets a big city couple aiming to bring a slouching country town mansion back to the burnished glory

EP 2

Prahran Boarding

Host Anthony Burke joins a young couple, Steph and Paul, as they set out bravely and optimistically to write a happy, lu

EP 3

Orange Edwardian

In Orange NSW, first responders Chris and Mel have found all the cosmopolitan comforts of city living along with fresh a

EP 4

Bango Boom Time

Anthony Burke meets a former international model and his rock'n'roll supergroup-connected partner as they try to turn a

EP 5

Old School House

Anthony Burke meets a Sydney couple who impulse-buy an old, dilapidated school in South Australia, sight unseen, and tur

EP 6

Lenna House

Anthony Burke meets a pub rocker and a yoga teacher falling in love with Tasmania and a dunnyless, kitchenless, weatherb

EP 1

Berrambool Estate

Professor Anthony Burke meets a Melbourne family resurrecting a fortress-like bluestone farmhouse with an intriguing his

EP 2

Carlton River Post Office

Host Anthony Burke meets a Tasmanian couple aiming, somehow, to turn an uninhabitable colonial Post Office into a holida

EP 3

Boorowa Convent

Host Anthony Burke meets an urban fashion professional who went looking for an idyllic country farmlet and ends up with

EP 4

Breakaway Creek

Host Anthony Burke meets a First Nations family aiming to reinterpret a simple and remote timber church into a getaway h

EP 5

Wirragulla Pumping Station

Host Anthony Burke meets a couple of aspiring tree changers who've decided a gruff old depression era pumping station is

EP 6

Moruya Homestead

Host Anthony Burke meets a horse-loving former cop, rebuilding her life after a catastrophic fall and determined to resc

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