Restoration Australia is finally going to air on the ABC in Australia on March 17 2019. you can see the series online on ABC iview or use this link: Restoration Australia to view it on my You Tube channel. I spent two years working on this series for Fremantle Media as a Producer / Director and Cameraman. It was a challenging series filmed all over Australia. Most of the time I worked on my own as a one man team or shooter producer as its called in Australia. My camera set up was the company Sony PMW FS7 or my own Sony PMW F5 Cine Alta camera when I needed to shoot in 4K and get slo mo shots. For my lenses I shot with the Fujinon MK series and Rokinon and Canon primes.

On the busy days filming with the presenter Stuart Harrison and the home owners, I often directed as we had two cameraman on the shoot to cross shoot and also do the drone shots. We filmed drone shots with the DJI Phantom Four Pro.

The series has a new host, heritage architect Stuart Harrison. Series two of Restoration Australia follows homeowners across the country as they lovingly restore forgotten heritage gems into living homes. This time the restoration challenge moves beyond old colonial homes to embrace houses from all periods, including iconic modernist masterpieces and even an inner- city gasworks. With greater budgets and increased time pressures, the homeowners battle white ants and water-damaged walls while discovering fascinating insight into the origins of these houses, their histories, and why they were built the way they were. The ambitious restorations are a journey of discovery for both homeowners and viewers alike, with take-away tips for audiences that can be applied to everyday home renovations.