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Back Roads (2015) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Back Roads online in HD.

Back Roads — Storyline

Take a road less travelled to the small towns and communities that make Australia special. Join Heather Ewart and guest presenters as they discover remarkable stories and inspiring people you'll never forget.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: Heather Ewart

Back Roads — Series Details

Back Roads — Episode Guide

Series 1

• E1: Ceduna (2015-11-30) — Award winning journalist Heather Ewart takes a trip to the Nullarbor frontier town of Ceduna on the Great Australian Bight, where breaking conventions is the rule.
• E2: Winton (2015-12-07) — Heather Ewart visits the Western Queensland town of Winton, in Waltzing Matilda country. Heather spends a day at the races, goes digging for dinosaur bones & meets former Governor-
• E3: Yackandandah (2015-12-14) — This week Heather Ewart travels to the remote town of Yackandandah. In the foothills of Victoria's high country, this picture-perfect gold rush town gambled on itself and won.
• E4: Karumba (2015-12-21) — This week Heather Ewart travels to the remote fishing town of Karumba in Far North Queensland and discovers why the locals love the isolation so much.
• E5: Birchip (2015-12-28) — This week Heather Ewart explores the heart of wheat country, Birchip in the Victorian Mallee to enjoy a slice of country life in a town that thrives on bucking trends.
• E6: Derby (2016-01-04) — Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. In this episode she meets the characters and explores the stories from the WA communi
• E7: Queenstown (2016-01-11) — In this episode Heather Ewart meets Young Tasmanian of the year, Adam Mostogl and explores the stories from the Tasmanian community of Queenstown.
• E8: Clarence River (2016-01-18) — Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. In this episode she meets the characters and explores the stories from the community

Series 2

• E1: Mundulla, SA (2016-11-28) — Heather Ewart visits Mundulla, this tiny South Australian community cherishes its old world values, but doesn't mind a bit of healthy competition.
• E2: Innisfail to Normanton, QLD (2016-12-05) — Heather Ewart joins a big-hearted hairdresser and her 76-year-old apprentice on a ten day road-trip from their home town of Innisfail to Normanton in Queensland's Gulf country.
• E3: Mallacoota, VIC (2016-12-12) — Heather Ewart visits Mallacoota, a remote place at the end of the road on the far eastern tip of Victoria. Known for its natural beauty and wilderness, its isolation has bred a det
• E4: Thursday Island, QLD (2016-12-19) — Thursday Island is a laid-back paradise that most Australians have never visited and know little about. While its isolation can present problems, locals are rising to the challenge
• E5: Katanning, WA (2017-01-02) — The "ordinary" sheep and wheat town of Katanning in Western Australia has laid out the welcome mat and transformed itself, extraordinarily, holding some delightful surprises.
• E6: Hermannsburg, NT (2017-01-09) — Heather Ewart visits Hermannsburg (known as Ntaria in Western Arrarnta language), the stunning birthplace of Albert Namatjira. This Northern Territory town is nurturing both cultur
• E7: White Cliffs, NSW (2017-01-16) — Heather Ewart visits White Cliffs, a tiny underground outback town in NSW, which is full of colourful surprises.
• E8: Cygnett, TAS (2017-01-23) — This week Heather Ewart discovers the seaside hamlet of Cygnet in southern Tasmania's Huon Valley is undergoing some big changes with runaways from the city flooding in to town.
• E9: Harrow, VIC (2017-01-30) — This week Heather visits Harrow, a creative community that took to heart the mantra "reinvent or perish" and found unique ways to bring new people and fresh ideas into the town.

Series 3

• E1: Corryong (2017-11-27) — Heather heads to Corryong, Victoria. A bucket-load of beauty and a fascinating history haven't been enough to cement the town's success. But that's changing, with some of Corryong'
• E2: Dunalley (2017-12-04) — Dunalley is a small town in Tasmania that was almost wiped out by bushfires in 2013. But instead of destroying them, the tragedy has proven to be a catalyst for many people to purs
• E3: Oodnadatta (Part 1) (2017-12-11) — Back Roads heads along the legendary Oodnadatta Track in outback South Australia. Heather Ewart begins her journey in the small town of Marree, where the Oodnadatta and Birdsville
• E4: Oodnadatta (Part 2) (2017-12-18) — Heather continues along the Oodnadatta Track, SA. She hitches a lift with 'Wally' the truck-driver who delivers essential supplies; meets the Pink Roadhouse owner; as well as the w
• E5: Robe (2018-01-01) — Robe, SA, is a seaside safe-haven known for helping others and having a generosity of spirit. Local farming families offer their holiday houses to war veterans and give them a free
• E6: Canowindra (2018-01-08) — Canowindra might be known as the hot-air ballooning capital of Australia, but there's plenty more going for this town. The Canowindra community is looking to reinvent its future, d
• E7: Pine Creek (2018-01-15) — Heather travels to Pine Creek, a pioneering outback town in the Northern Territory. On the fringes of Kakadu National Park, Pine Creek has long been a boom or bust mining area, but
• E8: Pilbara (2018-01-22) — Heather Ewart heads to the Pilbara region of Western Australia to meet some of the remarkable locals who are driving change as the mining boom ends. There's also plenty of 'girl po
• E9: The Best of Back Roads (2018-01-26) — In this episode Heather Ewart returns to communities whose good humour and inventiveness will inspire and uplift in the best of Back Roads.
• E10: Violet Town (2018-01-29) — Violet Town, Victoria, is a small place with a very big heart. It might be well-known by some for its popular monthly market, but it's the way Violet Town locals embrace creativity

Series 4

• E1: Waterfall Way, NSW (2018-06-11) — 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
• E2: Murray River, SA (2018-06-17) — Heather Ewart travels along the southern Murray River. She meets locals who've weathered drought & flood. She experiences many shades of the river from its bountiful Riverland to t
• E3: Natimuk, VIC (2018-06-24) — 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
• E4: Scottdsdale, TAS (2018-07-02) — 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
• E5: Thallon, QLD (2018-07-09) — 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.
• E6: Robinvale, VIC (2018-07-16) — 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 t
• E7: Tiwi Islands, NT (2018-07-23) — 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.
• E8: Nyngan, NSW (2018-07-30) — In the midseason 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 c
• E9: The Greengrocer, QLD (2018-12-03) — Heather Ewart is on a road trip in Queensland with a much-loved travelling greengrocer. For 30 years, Fari Rameshfar has travelled through droughts, cyclones and floods to deliver
• E10: Lightning Ridge, NSW (2018-12-10) — 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 o
• E11: Furneaux Islands, TAS (2018-12-17) — 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 lob
• E12: Beaufort, VIC (2019-01-14) — 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 plac
• E13: Marble Bar, WA (2019-01-21) — 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 w
• E14: The Coorong, SA (2019-01-28) — 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 b
• E15: Finke, NT (2019-02-04) — 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 r
• E16: Windorah, QLD (2019-02-11) — Heather Ewart visits the small town of Windorah in Queensland's Channel country between Longreach and Birdsville. Many people live there because they love the splendid isolation, b

Series 5

• E1: Glen Helen Ride (2019-06-17) — Back Roads returns with an epic journey in the Northern Territory, from one of the world's most remote cattle stations to some of the most spectacular landscapes in the heart of Au
• E2: Tolmie, VIC (2019-06-24) — Heather visits Tolmie, tucked away in Victoria's High Country. In the past it was known as a hideaway for bushrangers, near the infamous Stringybark Creek ambush where Ned Kelly an
• E3: Woolgoolga, NSW (2019-07-01) — Heather Ewart explores a vibrant coastal community in northern New South Wales, where East meets West and which the locals affectionately call Woopi.
• E4: Burketown, QLD (2019-07-08) — Guest presenter, chef and farmer Paul West heads to the Gulf of Carpentaria to see one of the world's most extraordinary weather events.
• E5: Kulin, WA (2019-07-15) — 280kms from Perth, Kulin is home to less than 400 people. From the 'Tin Horse Highway' – horse-shaped sculptures made out of 44 gallon drums to a giant waterslide, the quirky town
• E6: Fish Creek, VIC (2019-07-22) — Fish Creek is a whimsical town straight from a storybook, home to children's book authors and illustrators, world-renowned botanical artists, musicians and sculptors. It is near th
• E7: Flinders Ranges, SA (2019-07-29) — Incoming News Breakfast co-host Lisa Millar traces the footsteps of her Prussian ancestors who migrated to SA in the mid-1800s, discovering a town rich in film history and a specta
• E8: Riverina, NSW (2019-08-05) — Heather visits one of the flattest places on earth, the dusty Hay Plains. Home to a fascinating bunch with a dry sense of humour, the town hosts the Hay Rodeo and Rainbow on the Pl
• E9: Snow Journey, VIC + NSW (2019-12-23) — Heather Ewart discovers a very different type of community on the roof of Australia as she visits the peaks of Victoria and New South Wales' snow country.
• E10: Bulloo Shire, QLD (2019-12-30) — Heather Ewart catches a ride to the Bulloo Shire in south-west Queensland, a community that thrives despite its isolation.
• E11: Wynyard, TAS (2020-01-06) — Guest presenter Joe O'Brien leaves the ABC newsroom for the wilds of Wynyard in north west Tasmania.
• E12: Clunes, VIC (2020-01-13) — Heather Ewart visits the preserved gold rush town of Clunes, in the Victorian Central Goldfields. Its golden days might be long gone, but a wave of newcomers is putting its untouch
• E13: Koroit, VIC (2020-01-20) — Heather Ewart discovers a patch of Ireland tucked away in coastal Victoria. Koroit is reportedly home to the largest Irish community in regional Australia, and it's a place that th
• E14: Menindee, NSW (2020-01-27) — Last summer, Menindee in NSW made worldwide news when a perfect storm of drought and poor water management caused a mass fish kill of nearly a million fish. Guest presenter Lisa Mi
• E15: Show Town, QLD (2020-02-03) — Heather joins a cavalcade of showmen and their little town on wheels on an 800 km run through far north Queensland. It's a journey that will bust every preconceived idea of what th
• E16: Jabiru, NT (2020-02-10) — Join award-winning journalist and Murawari-Gomeroi man Allan Clarke as he uncovers the small community of Jabiru. Buried deep in Kakadu National Park, it is one of the most extraor

Series 6

• E1: Nullarbor, SA (Part 1) The Endless Horizon (2020-06-08) — Back Roads returns this winter to take you to some of the widest open spaces on Earth. Join Heather Ewart on a journey across the Nullarbor Plain, discovering why people are drawn
• E2: Nullarbor, SA (Part 2) Turning Back Time (2020-06-15) — Heather Ewart resumes her Nullarbor Plain odyssey, this time from the South Australian border travelling west across Western Australia. It is a very special tale of time travel, ou
• E3: Rokewood-Corindhap, VIC (2020-06-22) — Guest presenter Lisa Millar presents a COVID-19 special program about how the Rokewood-Corindhap community has come together when the heart of the town is not able to beat.
• E4: Biloela, QLD (2020-06-29) — The Central Queensland town of Biloela hit the headlines in its bid to stop a Sri Lankan Tamil family being deported. The town, traditionally conservative, is now welcoming and ful
• E5: Penguin, TAS (2020-07-06) — Heather meets a community embracing rejuvenation and taking life head on. Once the overlooked Cinderella of Tasmania's picturesque north-west coast, a makeover transformed Penguin.
• E6: Girgarre, VIC (2020-07-13) — Heather visits a Victorian town transformed by the power of music. The dairy industry and the community was hit hard by the Millennium Drought but creative ideas included a Moosic
• E7: Dampier Peninsula, WA (2020-07-20) — Discover the cultural and culinary delights of WA's Dampier Peninsula, an the 'undiscovered' part of the coastline. Presenter Paul West meets people who have a deep connection to t
• E8: Omeo, VIC (2020-07-27) — Victoria's High Country is famous for cattlemen & horsemen. Heather tracks down the extraordinary women of Omeo and its surrounds whose grit and determination have seen them surviv

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Back Roads have? 12 season(s) with 181 episodes.

Where can I watch Back Roads? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.