
Episodes List

Ep.1 Nullarbor, SA (Part 1) The Endless Horizon
Air Date: 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 to this remote landscape and why they stay.

Ep.2 Nullarbor, SA (Part 2) Turning Back Time
Air Date: 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, outer space and underground secrets.

Ep.3 Rokewood-Corindhap, VIC
Air Date: 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.

Ep.4 Biloela, QLD
Air Date: 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 full of opportunity.

Ep.5 Penguin, TAS
Air Date: 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.

Ep.6 Girgarre, VIC
Air Date: 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 Muster.

Ep.7 Dampier Peninsula, WA
Air Date: 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 this land and the sea.

Ep.8 Omeo, VIC
Air Date: 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 survive droughts & bushfires.