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Back Roads Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 2018 - 2019
Episode 1
Waterfall Way
28 mins
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.
Episode 2
Murray River, South Australia
28 mins
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.
Episode 3
Natimuk
28 mins
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.
Episode 4
Scottsdale
27 mins
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.
Episode 5
Thallon
28 mins
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.
Episode 6
Robinvale
28 mins
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.
Episode 7
Tiwi Islands
28 mins
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.
Episode 8
Nyngan
28 mins
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.
Episode 9
The Greengrocer
28 mins
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.
Episode 10
Lightning Ridge
28 mins
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.
Episode 11
Furneaux Islands
28 mins
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.
Episode 12
Beaufort
27 mins
Peter Warrington, a reclusive Beaufort resident with a mysterious past, stumbles upon a hidden conspiracy while shopping at the local IGA. Intrigued by strange occurrences, he gathers a small but curious audience and leads them on an unexpected tour through the historic rotunda, revealing long-buried secrets that threaten the town's quiet charm. As tensions rise, Peter uncovers a web of deceit involving local officials, forcing him to decide whether to expose the truth or protect the fragile peace of his community. His journey blends suspense with heartfelt moments, leaving the audience questioning loyalty and justice.
Episode 13
Marble Bar
27 mins
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.
Episode 14
The Coorong
28 mins
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.
Episode 15
Finke
27 mins
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.
Episode 16
Windorah
27 mins
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)
