Back Roads

Walhalla, VIC. Heather visits the sleepy Victorian mountainside town of Walhalla, on the historic Goldfields Railway: frozen in time, with movie-set looks, and a cricket pitch that defies logic.

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

Strzelecki Track, SA (Part 2). Back Roads continues the journey on the challenging Strzelecki Track, heading up to Innamincka in the top corner of South Australia.

Strzelecki Track (Part 1).Back Roads returns with a journey on the Strzelecki Track, starting near Lyndhurst in SA and heading into the Desert.

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

Tennant Creek, NT. Champion Paralympian Kurt Fearnley finds a heart of gold shining brightly in the townsfolk of Tennant Creek.

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

Ord River, WA. Wiradjuri woman and journalist, Rae Johnston, takes Back Roads on a water fuelled odyssey to the East Kimberley region, at the very top of WA, where the mighty Ord River is the lifeblood of the community.

Quilpie, Qld. Heather Ewart visits the Quilpie shire in outback Queensland. With an average age of under 40, residents have transformed this former Opalopolis into a vibrant community.

Marrawah, TAS. Foodie and farmer Paul West packs his surfboard for a Back Roads visit to tiny Marrawah in northwest Tasmania for the legendary West Coast Classic.