Heather shares a couple of her favourite recent stories from Tasmania: Lawnmower Racers in Bream Cre...

Heather shares a couple of her favourite recent stories from Victoria: A cheeky public artwork in Wa...

Award winning journalist Heather Ewart takes a trip to the Nullarbor frontier town of Ceduna on the...

Heather Ewart visits the Western Queensland town of Winton, in Waltzing Matilda country. Heather spe...

This week Heather Ewart travels to the remote town of Yackandandah. In the foothills of Victoria's h...

This week Heather Ewart travels to the remote fishing town of Karumba in Far North Queensland and di...

This week Heather Ewart explores the heart of wheat country, Birchip in the Victorian Mallee to enjo...

Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. In th...

In this episode Heather Ewart meets Young Tasmanian of the year, Adam Mostogl and explores the stori...

Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. In th...

Heather Ewart visits Mundulla, this tiny South Australian community cherishes its old world values,...

Heather Ewart joins a big-hearted hairdresser and her 76-year-old apprentice on a ten day road-trip...

Heather Ewart visits Mallacoota, a remote place at the end of the road on the far eastern tip of Vic...

Thursday Island is a laid-back paradise that most Australians have never visited and know little abo...

The "ordinary" sheep and wheat town of Katanning in Western Australia has laid out the welcome mat a...

Heather Ewart visits Hermannsburg (known as Ntaria in Western Arrarnta language), the stunning birth...

Heather Ewart visits White Cliffs, a tiny underground outback town in NSW, which is full of colourfu...

This week Heather Ewart discovers the seaside hamlet of Cygnet in southern Tasmania's Huon Valley is...

This week Heather visits Harrow, a creative community that took to heart the mantra "reinvent or per...

Heather heads to Corryong, Victoria. A bucket-load of beauty and a fascinating history haven't been...

Dunalley is a small town in Tasmania that was almost wiped out by bushfires in 2013. But instead of...

Back Roads heads along the legendary Oodnadatta Track in outback South Australia. Heather Ewart begi...

Heather continues along the Oodnadatta Track, SA. She hitches a lift with 'Wally' the truck-driver w...

Robe, SA, is a seaside safe-haven known for helping others and having a generosity of spirit. Local...

Canowindra might be known as the hot-air ballooning capital of Australia, but there's plenty more go...

Heather travels to Pine Creek, a pioneering outback town in the Northern Territory. On the fringes o...

Heather Ewart heads to the Pilbara region of Western Australia to meet some of the remarkable locals...

In this episode Heather Ewart returns to communities whose good humour and inventiveness will inspir...

Violet Town, Victoria, is a small place with a very big heart. It might be well-known by some for it...

Heather Ewart travels to Waterfall Way in NSW, one of the most beautiful drives in Australia. But it...

Heather Ewart travels along the southern Murray River. She meets locals who've weathered drought & f...

Guest presenter Paul West visits the small, yet spectacular, town of Natimuk in Victoria. Paul disc...

Heather visits Scottsdale in Tasmania's north-east. After losing three major industries, the area's...

ABC News presenter Joe O'Brien visits the tiny Queensland town of Thallon. Joe grew up in regional Q...

Heather Ewart visits Robinvale, in Victoria, which was named after a local soldier, Lieutenant Georg...

Guest presenter and triple j newsreader Brooke Boney is taking over the Back Roads reins this week,...

In the midseason final, Heather Ewart travels to the surprising little town of Nyngan. The gateway t...

Heather Ewart is on a road trip in Queensland with a much-loved travelling greengrocer. For 30 years...

Heather Ewart heads to the NSW outback town of Lightning Ridge, a place of dreamers and drifters, wi...

Guest presenter Paul West visits the Furneaux Islands, a wild and windswept group of islands in Bass...

Heather Ewart travels to the historic Victorian town of Beaufort, which is halfway between the two '...

Back Roads travels to Marble Bar, known as the hottest place in Australia. Singer-songwriter and ABC...

Heather Ewart visits The Coorong, an area spanning 130kms of South Australian coastline. It's a stun...

ABC's Joe O'Brien visits the remote Northern Territory community of Finke, traditionally known as Ap...

Heather Ewart visits the small town of Windorah in Queensland's Channel country between Longreach an...

Back Roads returns with an epic journey in the Northern Territory, from one of the world's most remo...

Heather visits Tolmie, tucked away in Victoria's High Country. In the past it was known as a hideawa...

Heather Ewart explores a vibrant coastal community in northern New South Wales, where East meets Wes...

Guest presenter, chef and farmer Paul West heads to the Gulf of Carpentaria to see one of the world'...

280kms from Perth, Kulin is home to less than 400 people. From the 'Tin Horse Highway' - horse-shape...

Fish Creek is a whimsical town straight from a storybook, home to children's book authors and illust...

Incoming News Breakfast co-host Lisa Millar traces the footsteps of her Prussian ancestors who migra...

Heather visits one of the flattest places on earth, the dusty Hay Plains. Home to a fascinating bunc...

Heather Ewart discovers a very different type of community on the roof of Australia as she visits th...

Heather Ewart catches a ride to the Bulloo Shire in south-west Queensland, a community that thrives...

Guest presenter Joe O'Brien leaves the ABC newsroom for the wilds of Wynyard in north west Tasmania.

Heather Ewart visits the preserved gold rush town of Clunes, in the Victorian Central Goldfields. It...

Heather Ewart discovers a patch of Ireland tucked away in coastal Victoria. Koroit is reportedly hom...

Last summer, Menindee in NSW made worldwide news when a perfect storm of drought and poor water mana...

Heather joins a cavalcade of showmen and their little town on wheels on an 800 km run through far no...

Join award-winning journalist and Murawari-Gomeroi man Allan Clarke as he uncovers the small communi...

Back Roads returns this winter to take you to some of the widest open spaces on Earth. Join Heather...

Heather Ewart resumes her Nullarbor Plain odyssey, this time from the South Australian border travel...

Guest presenter Lisa Millar presents a COVID-19 special program about how the Rokewood-Corindhap com...

The Central Queensland town of Biloela hit the headlines in its bid to stop a Sri Lankan Tamil famil...

Heather meets a community embracing rejuvenation and taking life head on. Once the overlooked Cinder...

Heather visits a Victorian town transformed by the power of music. The dairy industry and the commun...

Discover the cultural and culinary delights of WA's Dampier Peninsula, an the 'undiscovered' part of...

Victoria's High Country is famous for cattlemen & horsemen. Heather tracks down the extraordinary wo...

Heather Ewart visits Cobar, NSW, where she meets the stoic locals who want to keep the community tog...

Heather Ewart visits Kyogle in northern NSW. The traditional farming town is growing and changing as...

Guest presenter Poh Ling Yeow explores a remote outpost connected by their love of opal but also eac...

On a wild ride through remote country we discover people need resilience, a sense of humour and crea...

Heather Ewart visits a town at the centre of the richest gold escort heist in Australian history and...

Join guest presenter Paul West as he discovers the heart and soul of the twin towns Agnes Water and...

Heather Ewart reconnects with some of our favourite characters - remarkable local heroes who live on...

Heather Ewart returns to Mallacoota after the New Year's Eve 2019 firestorm engulfed the town. Heath...

Cooktown is a place heaving with history. Guest presenter Craig Quartermaine discovers what locals m...

Heather travels through time in historic Tenterfield, a town drawing on its past to try and preserve...

Heather Ewart takes a walk on the wild side of the Top End. In Adelaide River, she joins the Fawcett...

Guest presenter Lisa Millar heads to the 'land of a thousand lakes' in the wild beating heart of Tas...

Heather Ewart discovers the Mallee spirit, where locals know how to roll up their sleeves and get th...

Guest presenter Kristy O'Brien heads to north-west Queensland and big cattle country. A community th...

Heather Ewart heads into silo country on a journey through Victoria's Wimmera. Meet the hard-working...

Heather Ewart travels to Strahan in Tasmania, a tiny coastal community in one of the oldest and most...

As the ABC celebrates its 90th year, Heather Ewart takes a look at the evolution of the great Austra...

There are unexpected encounters when colourful South Pacific and traditional cultures kick up the re...

Guest presenter Joe O'Brien taps into his inner Bear Grylls in this Back Roads adventure to Cradle M...

Heather Ewart finds there are many surprises in the tiny town of Boulia on the edge of the Simpson D...

In South Australia, guest presenter Paul West goes on a wild ride along the Eyre Peninsula's rugged...

Heather Ewart sets course for Port Campbell on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast, known for its wild weathe...

Guest presenter Kristy O'Brien heads to the outback town of Charleville in south-west Queensland, wh...

Back Roads host Heather Ewart takes an adventurous trip through Longford in Tasmania to find out if...

Back Roads kicks off its Winter series in the vibrant multicultural town of Leeton, in NSW's Riverin...

A unique insight into the NT town of Katherine, where blakfella and whitefella walk together. With B...

Heather Ewart travels to the border town of Hebel in south-west Queensland, a little place with a bi...

The Snowy Valleys come alive to the sound of music and traditions, old and new, bring a community to...

Guest Presenter Lisa Millar goes on an adventure to Victoria's French Island. World renowned as a ha...

Heather Ewart travels to Leonora in the goldfields of WA. 800km north-east of Perth, its home to Aus...

Guest Presenter Kerry Staight travels to Pinnaroo in South Australia, a town that is putting the hea...

Heather Ewart heads to King Island, in Bass Strait half-way between Tasmania and Victoria. A place f...

In this special 100th episode of Back Roads, Heather Ewart looks at The Great Australian Pub. Our ve...

Back Roads heads to one of the country's largest cattle stations, Brunette Downs in the NT. Heather...

Foodie and farmer Paul West packs his surfboard for a Back Roads visit to tiny Marrawah in northwest...

Heather Ewart visits the Quilpie shire in outback Queensland. With an average age of under 40, resid...

Wiradjuri woman and journalist, Rae Johnston, takes Back Roads on a water fuelled odyssey to the Eas...

Nhill and Pyramid Hill lie 260km apart but are connected in the most surprising ways. These two old...

Champion Paralympian Kurt Fearnley finds a heart of gold shining brightly amongst the townsfolk of T...

Heather Ewart hitches a ride with singer-songwriter Josh Arnold across western Queensland as he make...

Back Roads returns with a journey on the Strzelecki Track, starting near Lyndhurst in SA and heading...

Back Roads continues the journey on the challenging Strzelecki Track, heading up to Innamincka in th...

Guest presenter Lisa Millar takes us on a journey along Victoria's spectacular Great South West Walk...

Heather visits the sleepy Victorian mountainside town of Walhalla, on the historic Goldfields Railwa...

Back Roads visits Cunnamulla in south-west Queensland with guest presenter, 24-year-old Yorta Yorta...

Back Roads is heading to Western Australia's vast wheatbelt region, to the little town of Darkan. De...

Heather Ewart heads to Tasmania with two intrepid line dancers who are on a boot scootin' line danci...

For the first time, Back Roads leaves Australian shores and travels to our closest northern neighbou...

Presenter Heather Ewart starts the summer season in the idyllic beachside village of Brunswick Heads...

Join 'Back Roads' on a journey to Naracoorte on SA's Limestone Coast. Guest presenter, Amanda Shalal...

Heather Ewart heads to the New England region in NSW and the former gold town of Uralla. Now the loc...

Back Roads heads to north Queensland sugar cane country and the town of Home Hill. Presenter Heather...

Back Roads heads to Timber Creek in the Top End where guest presenter Kristy O'Brien finds an unlike...

Back Roads sets out to discover the wildlife carers of Western Australia's Northern Wheatbelt. Prese...

Guest presenter Lisa Millar goes fossicking on the central Queensland Gemfields, where anyone can st...

We return to Eugowra, one of the first towns Back Roads visited when the pandemic hit in 2020. Two y...

Rae Johnston discovers a remote and tiny community that punches above its weight on the internationa...

Rae Johnston continues her journey to East Arnhem Land and two very remote communities we rarely see...

Back Roads meanders the mighty Murray River as it criss-crosses the towns of Gunbower and Torrumbarr...

Joe O'Brien travels to the Tasman Peninsula, an hour's drive from Hobart. With rolling hills and tra...

Back Roads visits the heritage-listed NSW town of Braidwood. Heather discovers what inspires the tow...

While it's assumed men run things in the Outback, Heather arrives in the Queensland town of Julia Cr...

Tasmania's north-west embraces one of the oldest and most spectacular areas in the world. Actress Ma...

Lisa Millar travels to an old mining town in eastern NSW. In the face of change, the town is fightin...

Back Roads visits the wild Bass Coast in Southeast Victoria. Uncovering the coastline's ancient secr...

Back Roads tackles the longest walking track in Australia, the Heysen Trail. Presenter Paul West dis...

Dive into Australia's iconic surf lifesaving culture in Victoria. Heather Ewart visits 90 Mile Beach...

When Queensland's South Burnett rail line closed after a century of servicing communities in the reg...

Back Roads travels to Ongerup in Western Australia's south-eastern wheatbelt country, where the youn...

Back Roads travels to Charlton in north-west Victoria, for an event like no other. A festival that b...

Back Roads heads to Nimmitabel in NSW, one of Australia's highest altitude towns. Heather Ewart find...

These days the Victorian gold rush town of Beechworth is known for bushrangers, beer and bikes. Gues...

Presenter Tom Forrest explores the fishing town of Port MacDonnell, the Southern Rock Lobster capita...

Heather Ewart swaps four wheels for two - with mixed results - when she heads to Evandale in Tasmani...

Backroads heads to the South Australian outback to check out two mining towns that are chalk and che...

Camperdown in Southwest Victoria is a town nestled between dormant volcanoes and majestic crater lak...

Back Roads guest presenter Anna Daniels heads to the central Queensland town of Theodore for its 100...

Back Roads journeys to Kandos, on the edge of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales. This is a...

In the first of a two-part special, Back Roads takes a trip on The Outback Way, also known as Austra...

Back Roads continues its epic trip on The Outback Way. Lisa Millar soaks up spectacular natural wond...

Back Roads goes in search of all creatures great and small on Kangaroo Island. Guest Presenter Paul...

Back Roads heads to Queensland's Great Keppel Island. Once a paradise for partygoers, Heather Ewart...

Back Roads presenter Lisa Millar heads to the Hilltops Region of New South Wales for the "shear" exc...

Back Roads follows the Wheelbarrow Way from Mareeba to Chillagoe in Far North Queensland, where home...

Back Roads explores Western Australia's beloved Bibbulmun Track - a 1000 kilometre walk through migh...