Life in Adelaide, the driest capital city in Australia, has made Mike Dare and wife Lowen Partridge passionate about conserving water. Like many people, they decided to put a couple of water tanks in their new house. But these are tanks with a difference. Massive, custom designed steel anchors that support the house above the ground. With the roof acting like a giant funnel, 100,000 litres of water can be caught and stored in the tanks which are hidden behind internal walls. It’s out of the box thinking and what Mike does best. With 40 years of design and engineering work on some of Adelaide’s most prominent buildings, he’s developed a reputation as a lateral thinker. But Mike is now responsible for creating something that looks great too and preferably in the colour he’s most comfortable with – grey. Mike likes total control so he’s acting as architect, engineer and project manager. Working with logical systems on a house built largely offsite in factories, what could possibly go wrong? Just all the things he can’t control: the weather, the schedule, his walling company going broke and most importantly – his wife’s opinion of the colour grey.
| Title | Grand Designs Australia - Season 2 Episode 7 : Stonyfell Watertank |
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| First Air Date | 2010-10-21 |
| Last Air Date | 2025-12-04 |
| Number of Episodes | 128 |
| Number of Seasons | 12 |
| Genres | Documentary, |
| Networks | ABC TV, LifeStyle, |
| Casts | Anthony Burke |
| Plot Keywords | , |
Episodes List
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 1 Brighton Sixties Brighton Sixties
2012-04-05Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 2 Paynesville Industrial Paynesville Industrial
2012-04-12Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 3 Five Dock Retro Five Dock Retro
2012-04-19Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 4 Kyneton Flat Pack Kyneton Flat Pack
2012-04-26Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 5 Trinity Beach Pole House Trinity Beach Pole House
2012-05-03Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 6 Gladysdale Dry Stone House Gladysdale Dry Stone House
2012-05-10Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 7 Stonyfell Watertank Stonyfell Watertank
2012-05-17Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 8 Yellingbo Artist's House Yellingbo Artist's House
2012-05-24Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 9 Battery Point Glass House Battery Point Glass House
2012-05-31Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
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Grand Designs Australia Season 2 :Episode 10 Steels Creek Earth House Steels Creek Earth House
2012-06-07Follows intrepid individuals as they try to design and construct the home of their dreams.
