Restoration Australia — Season 8
Restoring heritage ruins into living homes
About this season
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.
Episodes (6)
1. Berrambool Estate
Aired 21 May 2026 • 57 min
Professor Anthony Burke meets a Melbourne family resurrecting a fortress-like bluestone farmhouse with an intriguing history, that's been severely neglected in Western Victoria.
2. Carlton River Post Office
Aired 28 May 2026 • 57 min
Host Anthony Burke meets a Tasmanian couple aiming, somehow, to turn an uninhabitable colonial Post Office into a holiday idyll and riverside playground for their young family.
3. Boorowa Convent
Aired 4 June 2026 • 57 min
Host Anthony Burke meets an urban fashion professional who went looking for an idyllic country farmlet and ends up with a cavernous rural convent and a huge restoration task.
4. Breakaway Creek
Aired 11 June 2026 • 57 min
Host Anthony Burke meets a First Nations family aiming to reinterpret a simple and remote timber church into a getaway home honouring dispossessed ancestors and proud culture.
5. Wirragulla Pumping Station
Aired 18 June 2026 • 57 min
Host Anthony Burke meets a couple of aspiring tree changers who've decided a gruff old depression era pumping station is the perfect basis for their ideal country home.
6. Moruya Homestead
Aired 25 June 2026 • 57 min
Host Anthony Burke meets a horse-loving former cop, rebuilding her life after a catastrophic fall and determined to rescue an historically important farmhouse on the NSW South Coast.