Episodes (16)

Waterfall Way
S04E01 · Waterfall Way

Jun 11, 2018

Heather Ewart travels to Waterfall Way in NSW, one of the most beautiful drives in Australia. But it's not just the scenery that's spectacular, Heather meets some wonderful locals including celebrated pianist, David Helfgott.

Murray River, South Australia
S04E02 · Murray River, South Australia

Jun 18, 2018

Heather Ewart travels along the southern Murray River. She meets locals who've weathered drought and flood. She experiences many shades of the river from its bountiful Riverland to the spectacular limestone cliffs of Big Bend.

Natimuk
S04E03 · Natimuk

Jun 25, 2018

Guest presenter Paul West visits the small, yet spectacular, town of Natimuk in Victoria. Paul discovers that two worlds have collided in Natimuk, where the community is a mix of rock climbers and German-Lutheran farmers.

Scottsdale
S04E04 · Scottsdale

Jul 02, 2018

Heather visits Scottsdale in Tasmania's north-east. After losing three major industries, the area's unemployment figures doubled. With the only options to move or innovate, locals started creating new jobs.

Thallon
S04E05 · Thallon

Jul 09, 2018

ABC News presenter Joe O'Brien visits the tiny Queensland town of Thallon. Joe grew up in regional Queensland, and he gladly leaves the studio behind to head into the outback.

Robinvale
S04E06 · Robinvale

Jul 16, 2018

Heather Ewart visits Robinvale, in Victoria, which was named after a local soldier, Lieutenant George 'Robin' Cuttle, who was killed at the Somme during the First World War, near the town of Villers-Bretonneux in France.

Tiwi Islands
S04E07 · Tiwi Islands

Jul 23, 2018

Guest presenter and triple j newsreader Brooke Boney is taking over the Back Roads reins this week, travelling to the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin.

Nyngan
S04E08 · Nyngan

Jul 30, 2018

In the mid-season final, Heather Ewart travels to the surprising little town of Nyngan. The gateway to the outback in NSW, this isolated spot on the Bogan River, Nyngan locals are changing the lives of others.

The Greengrocer
S04E09 · The Greengrocer

Dec 03, 2018

Heather Ewart is on a road trip in Queensland with a much-loved travelling greengrocer. For 30 years, Fari Rameshfar has traveled through droughts, cyclones and floods to deliver fresh food to people living in isolation.

Lightning Ridge
S04E10 · Lightning Ridge

Dec 10, 2018

Heather Ewart heads to the NSW outback town of Lightning Ridge, a place of dreamers and drifters, with most residents lured by the black opals. Heather discovers the many stories of Lightning Ridge's outback grit.

Furneaux Islands
S04E11 · Furneaux Islands

Dec 17, 2018

Guest presenter Paul West visits the Furneaux Islands, a wild and windswept group of islands in Bass Strait, just off Tasmania. The cold ocean waters are full of treasures like lobsters and abalone, plus rusted shipwrecks.

Beaufort
S04E12 · Beaufort

Jan 14, 2019

Heather Ewart travels to the historic Victorian town of Beaufort, which is halfway between the two 'rats' - Ararat and Ballarat. 160 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, it's a place where old and new collide.

Marble Bar
S04E13 · Marble Bar

Jan 21, 2019

Back Roads travels to Marble Bar, known as the hottest place in Australia. Singer-songwriter and ABC Radio's Saturday Night Country presenter Felicity Urquhart takes the wheel as we visit red-dirt country in the Pilbara, WA.

The Coorong
S04E14 · The Coorong

Jan 28, 2019

Heather Ewart visits The Coorong, an area spanning 130kms of South Australian coastline. It's a stunning mosaic of wild ocean beaches, lagoons and wetlands, but in many ways it's become the forgotten end of the Murray River.

Finke
S04E15 · Finke

Feb 04, 2019

ABC's Joe O'Brien visits the remote Northern Territory community of Finke, traditionally known as Aputula and famous for the Finke Desert Race, a 460 kilometre off-road endurance rally, one of the toughest in the world.

Windorah
S04E16 · Windorah

Feb 11, 2019

Heather Ewart visits the small town of Windorah in Queenslands Channel country between Longreach and Birdsville. Many people live there because they love the splendid isolation, but it comes with a price. (Season Final)

About

Back Roads Season 4 (2018) is released on Jun 11, 2018 and the latest season 9 of Back Roads is released in 2023. Watch Back Roads online - the English Documentary TV series from Australia. Back Roads is directed by Gerri Williams and created by Damian Estall with Heather Ewart and Paul West.

As know as:

Back Roads, Backroads(alternative spelling), Back Roads(English), Backroads

Countries:

Australia

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English

Production Companies:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

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