Back Roads Episode Rating Graph
Nov 2015 - present

Nov 2015 - present
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S12 Ep7
9.0
16th Apr 2026
Guest Presenter Jeremy Fernandez joins the Sydney Youth Orchestras on an unforgettable musical journey to outback Wilcannia, where they'll perform with local singers, musicians and form new friendships.

S12 Ep4
9.0
26th Mar 2026
Back Roads meets today's sheep shearers. Lisa Millar heads to the Riverina in NSW to join a new breed of shearers, and finds out what it takes to be a competitive sheep shearer.

S12 Ep8
8.0
23rd Apr 2026
Lisa Millar explores Australia's very own Jurassic Park. Mission Beach is a tropical paradise in Queensland where two World Heritage natural wonders meet, and home to the modern-day dinosaur, the Southern Cassowary.

S12 Ep6
8.0
9th Apr 2026
Back Roads travels to Gayndah, Queensland's oldest town, where citrus is the lifeblood of the community.

S12 Ep3
8.0
19th Mar 2026
Guest Presenter Myf Warhurst travels to the Victorian goldfields town of Eldorado, where the locals like to do things differently - from living in teepees, to composting human manure!

S12 Ep2
8.0
12th Mar 2026
Lisa Millar continues her exploration of Shark Bay, a World Heritage listed wilderness on the westernmost point of Western Australia. It's a vivid contrast of turquoise waters and red desert cliffs.

S12 Ep1
8.0
5th Mar 2026
Lisa Millar takes "Australia's longest driveway" all the way to Shark Bay, in Western Australia's remote Gascoyne region. Here, turquoise waters meet red desert cliffs, home to dugongs and the world's largest seagrass meadow.

S10 Ep21
2.0
8th Oct 2024
Back Roads travels to Ongerup in Western Australia's south-eastern wheatbelt country, where the younger generation are rebooting this once dying town in some unexpected ways. Presenter Heather Ewart helps celebrate its revival at the reopening of its only pub.

S6 Ep8
3.5
27th Jul 2020
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.

S4 Ep1
6.0
11th Jun 2018
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.

S7 Ep16
6.0
27th May 2021
Heather Ewart travels to Strahan in Tasmania, a tiny coastal community in one of the oldest and most spectacular wilderness landscapes, a place of world heritage beauty and an open library of stories.

S10 Ep9
6.0
5th Mar 2024
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.

S1 Ep1
6.3
30th Nov 2015
Award winning journalist Heather Ewart takes a trip to the Nullarbor frontier town of Ceduna on the Great Australian Bight, where breaking conventions is the rule.

S1 Ep2
6.5
7th Dec 2015
Heather Ewart visits the Western Queensland town of Winton, in Waltzing Matilda country. Heather spends a day at the races, goes digging for dinosaur bones & meets former Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce.

S1 Ep1
6.3
30th Nov 2015
Award winning journalist Heather Ewart takes a trip to the Nullarbor frontier town of Ceduna on the Great Australian Bight, where breaking conventions is the rule.

S1 Ep2
6.5
7th Dec 2015
Heather Ewart visits the Western Queensland town of Winton, in Waltzing Matilda country. Heather spends a day at the races, goes digging for dinosaur bones & meets former Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce.

S1 Ep3
8.0
14th Dec 2015
This week Heather Ewart travels to the remote town of Yackandandah. In the foothills of Victoria's high country, this picture-perfect gold rush town gambled on itself and won.

S1 Ep4
8.0
21st Dec 2015
This week Heather Ewart travels to the remote fishing town of Karumba in Far North Queensland and discovers why the locals love the isolation so much.

S1 Ep5
8.0
28th Dec 2015
This week Heather Ewart explores the heart of wheat country, Birchip in the Victorian Mallee to enjoy a slice of country life in a town that thrives on bucking trends.

S1 Ep6
8.0
4th Jan 2016
Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. In this episode she meets the characters and explores the stories from the WA community of Derby.

S1 Ep7
11th Jan 2016
In this episode Heather Ewart meets Young Tasmanian of the year, Adam Mostogl and explores the stories from the Tasmanian community of Queenstown.

S1 Ep8
18th Jan 2016
Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. In this episode she meets the characters and explores the stories from the community of Clarence River in NSW.
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The first episode of Back Roads aired on November 30, 2015.
The last episode of Back Roads aired on May 07, 2026.
There are 181 episodes of Back Roads.
There are 12 seasons of Back Roads.
Yes.
Back Roads is set to return for future episodes.