Back Roads - Season 10

Back Roads - Season 10

Season 10

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Episodes26
DatesJan 9, 2024 - Nov 12, 2024
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Episodes

Brunswick Heads, New South Wales
Season 10Episode 135 min

Brunswick Heads, New South Wales

Presenter Heather Ewart starts the summer season in the idyllic beachside village of Brunswick Heads in northern New South Wales and discovers the surprising joys of life in a holiday town.

Jan 9, 2024
Naracoorte, South Australia
Season 10Episode 230 min

Naracoorte, South Australia

Join 'Back Roads' on a journey to Naracoorte on SA's Limestone Coast. Guest presenter, Amanda Shalala discovers a heartwarming community that's welcoming newcomers, changing lives and inspiring its young people to dream big.

Jan 16, 2024
Uralla, New South Wales
Season 10Episode 330 min

Uralla, New South Wales

Heather Ewart heads to the New England region in NSW and the former gold town of Uralla. Now the locals are uncovering a different kind of treasure, finding riches everywhere and using that to invest in a sustainable future.

Jan 23, 2024
Home Hill, Queensland
Season 10Episode 430 min

Home Hill, Queensland

Back Roads heads to north Queensland sugar cane country and the town of Home Hill. Presenter Heather Ewart discovers the heartwarming, and at times heartbreaking, stories of the families that first came here to cut cane.

Jan 30, 2024
Timber Creek, Northern Territories
Season 10Episode 535 min

Timber Creek, Northern Territories

Back Roads heads to Timber Creek in the Top End where guest presenter Kristy O'Brien finds an unlikely partnership is creating positive spin offs for the town and meets locals who've found love in the most unexpected places.

Feb 6, 2024
Wheatbelt Animal Carers, Western Australia
Season 10Episode 630 min

Wheatbelt Animal Carers, Western Australia

Back Roads sets out to discover the wildlife carers of Western Australia's Northern Wheatbelt. Presenter Heather Ewart meets the fascinating people who have dedicated their lives to helping animals.

Feb 13, 2024
Gemfields, Queensland
Season 10Episode 730 min

Gemfields, Queensland

Guest presenter Lisa Millar goes fossicking on the central Queensland Gemfields, where anyone can strike it lucky. Lisa discovers a unique way of life and meets the miners who are keeping a slice of Australian history alive.

Feb 20, 2024
Eugowra Recovery, New South Wales
Season 10Episode 830 min

Eugowra Recovery, New South Wales

We return to Eugowra, one of the first towns Back Roads visited when the pandemic hit in 2020. Two years later, it was almost wiped out by a flash flood. Heather discovers how they survived and what's driving their recovery.

Feb 27, 2024
East Arnhem Land, Northern Territories (1)
Season 10Episode 930 min

East Arnhem Land, Northern Territories (1)

Rae Johnston discovers a remote and tiny community that punches above its weight on the international stage, in music, art, science, politics and culture - all while tackling a growing environmental and ecological crisis.

Mar 5, 2024
East Arnhem Land, Northern Territories (2)
Season 10Episode 1030 min

East Arnhem Land, Northern Territories (2)

Rae Johnston continues her journey to East Arnhem Land and two very remote communities we rarely see - Gapuwiyak and Galiwin'ku - where the Yolngu people's lives are deeply connected to their culture, the land and each other.

Mar 12, 2024
Gunbower And Torrumbarry, Victoria
Season 10Episode 1130 min

Gunbower And Torrumbarry, Victoria

Back Roads meanders the mighty Murray River as it criss-crosses the towns of Gunbower and Torrumbarry, in north central Victoria. Heather finds the communities share a passion for protecting and nurturing the most vulnerable.

Mar 19, 2024
Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
Season 10Episode 1230 min

Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania

Joe O'Brien travels to the Tasman Peninsula, an hour's drive from Hobart. With rolling hills and tranquil bays, towering cliffs and roaring seas, the beauty and dangers of this coastline stirs people's passion for the wild.

Mar 26, 2024
Braidwood, New South Wales
Season 10Episode 1330 min

Braidwood, New South Wales

Back Roads visits the heritage-listed NSW town of Braidwood. Heather discovers what inspires the town's many artists and how their creative spirit helps the community pull together in challenging times.

Apr 2, 2024
Julia Creek, Queensland
Season 10Episode 1430 min

Julia Creek, Queensland

While it's assumed men run things in the Outback, Heather arrives in the Queensland town of Julia Creek to discover the local women ROAR...running everything from cattle stations to the famous outback Dirt n Dust festival.

Aug 20, 2024
Tarkine, Tasmania
Season 10Episode 1530 min

Tarkine, Tasmania

Tasmania's north-west embraces one of the oldest and most spectacular areas in the world. Actress Marta Dusseldorp joins Back Roads for a journey of discovery through one of the most magical places on earth, the Tarkine.

Aug 27, 2024
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
Season 10Episode 1630 min

Kurri Kurri, New South Wales

Lisa Millar travels to an old mining town in eastern NSW. In the face of change, the town is fighting to hang onto its identity, but Lisa discovers that a much-maligned haircut is helping Kurri Kurri stand out from the crowd.

Sep 3, 2024
Bass Coast, Victoria
Season 10Episode 1730 min

Bass Coast, Victoria

Back Roads visits the wild Bass Coast in Southeast Victoria. Uncovering the coastline's ancient secrets, Heather Ewart discovers why the locals aren't afraid to do things a bit differently and break new ground.

Sep 10, 2024
Heysen Trail, South Australia
Season 10Episode 1830 min

Heysen Trail, South Australia

Back Roads tackles the longest walking track in Australia, the Heysen Trail. Presenter Paul West discovers the intrepid folk who traverse the 1,200 km trail in big groups and those brave souls that go it alone.

Sep 17, 2024
90 Mile Beach, Victoria
Season 10Episode 1930 min

90 Mile Beach, Victoria

Dive into Australia's iconic surf lifesaving culture in Victoria. Heather Ewart visits 90 Mile Beach in Gippsland, meeting the people who keep beachgoers safe on this dangerous coastline, and the next generation of Nippers.

Sep 24, 2024
South Burnett Rail Trail, QLD
Season 10Episode 2030 min

South Burnett Rail Trail, QLD

When Queensland's South Burnett rail line closed after a century, it seemed the beginning of the end. Lisa Millar discovers new life and prosperity is coming down the same corridor in the form of cyclists, tourists & runners.

Oct 1, 2024
Ongerup, WA
Season 10Episode 2130 min

Ongerup, WA

Back Roads travels to Ongerup in WA's south-eastern wheatbelt country, where the younger generation are rebooting this once dying town in some unexpected ways. Heather Ewart helps celebrate the reopening of its only pub.

Oct 8, 2024
Charlton, VIC
Season 10Episode 2230 min

Charlton, VIC

Back Roads travels to Charlton in north-west Victoria, for an event like no other. A festival that brings locals and blow-ins together, creating lasting friendships, in one big weekend of live music and country hospitality.

Oct 15, 2024
Nimmitabel, NSW
Season 10Episode 2330 min

Nimmitabel, NSW

Back Roads heads to Nimmitabel in NSW, one of Australia's highest altitude towns. Heather Ewart finds Nimmitabel has survived against all odds, by trying wild ideas such as a Steampunk festival and a contentious town bell.

Oct 22, 2024
Beechworth, VIC
Season 10Episode 2430 min

Beechworth, VIC

These days the Victorian gold rush town of Beechworth is known for bushrangers, beer and bikes. Guest presenter Annie Louey goes in search of Beechworth's hidden Chinese history from the 1850s.

Oct 29, 2024
Port MacDonnell, SA
Season 10Episode 2530 min

Port MacDonnell, SA

Presenter Tom Forrest explores the fishing town of Port MacDonnell, the Southern Rock Lobster capital of the world, on the rugged and most southerly point of South Australia.

Nov 5, 2024
Evandale, TAS
Season 10Episode 2630 min

Evandale, TAS

Heather Ewart swaps four wheels for two - with mixed results - when she heads to Evandale in Tasmania, Australia's home of penny farthing races.

Nov 12, 2024

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