Back Roads - Season 8

Back Roads - Season 8

Season 8

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Episodes16
Datesjanv. 3, 2022 - août 29, 2022
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Episodes

The Great Australian Road Trip
Season 8Episode 130 min

The Great Australian Road Trip

As the ABC celebrates its 90th year, Heather Ewart takes a look at the evolution of the great Australian road trip, and revisits some of the very best she's taken on Back Roads.

janv. 3, 2022
Tom Price, Western Australia
Season 8Episode 230 min

Tom Price, Western Australia

There are unexpected encounters when colourful South Pacific and traditional cultures kick up the red dust of the Pilbara, as the team head to the town of Tom Price in Western Australia.
janv. 10, 2022
Cradle Mountain, TAS
Season 8Episode 330 min

Cradle Mountain, TAS

Guest presenter Joe O'Brien taps into his inner Bear Grylls in this Back Roads adventure to Cradle Mountain in the wilds of the Tasmanian Highlands.

janv. 17, 2022
Boulia, Queensland
Season 8Episode 430 min

Boulia, Queensland

Heather Ewart finds there are many surprises in the tiny town of Boulia on the edge of the Simpson Desert about 1700km from Brisbane.

janv. 24, 2022
Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Season 8Episode 530 min

Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

In South Australia, guest presenter Paul West goes on a wild ride along the Eyre Peninsula's rugged west coast, finding a place with an untamed spirit and a fierce self-reliance.

janv. 31, 2022
Port Campbell, Victoria
Season 8Episode 630 min

Port Campbell, Victoria

Heather Ewart sets course for Port Campbell on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast, known for its wild weather and dangerous seas.

févr. 7, 2022
Charleville, Queensland
Season 8Episode 730 min

Charleville, Queensland

Guest presenter Kristy O'Brien heads to the outback town of Charleville in south-west Queensland, where she discovers a place that offers second chances and a community that always finds the silver linings.

févr. 14, 2022
Longford, Tasmania
Season 8Episode 830 min

Longford, Tasmania

Back Roads host Heather Ewart takes an adventurous trip through Longford in Tasmania to find out if keeping an old world alive can still offer some surprises. (Midseason Final).

févr. 21, 2022
Leeton, New South Wales
Season 8Episode 930 min

Leeton, New South Wales

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

juil. 11, 2022
Katherine, Northern Territory
Season 8Episode 1030 min

Katherine, Northern Territory

A unique insight into the NT town of Katherine, where blackfella and whitefella walk together, with Bardi-Kidja guest presenter Albert Wiggan.
juil. 18, 2022
Hebel, Queensland
Season 8Episode 1130 min

Hebel, Queensland

Heather Ewart travels to the border town of Hebel in south-west Queensland, a little place with a big heart, where folk look for a silver lining in the toughest of times.
juil. 25, 2022
Tumut, New South Wales
Season 8Episode 1230 min

Tumut, New South Wales

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

août 1, 2022
French Island, Victoria
Season 8Episode 1330 min

French Island, Victoria

Guest Presenter Lisa Millar goes on an adventure to Victoria's French Island. World renowned as a haven for many bird, animal and plant species - it is a Noah's ark of diversity.

août 8, 2022
Leonora, Western Australia
Season 8Episode 1430 min

Leonora, Western Australia

Heather Ewart travels to Leonora in the goldfields of WA. 800km north-east of Perth, its home to Australia's richest road mile running race and where heptathlete-turned-bobsleigh Winter Olympian Kiara Reddingius was raised.

août 15, 2022
Pinnaroo, South Australia
Season 8Episode 1530 min

Pinnaroo, South Australia

Guest Presenter Kerry Staight travels to Pinnaroo in South Australia, a town that is putting the health and happiness of its people above everything else.

août 22, 2022
King Island, Tasmania
Season 8Episode 1630 min

King Island, Tasmania

Heather Ewart heads to King Island, in Bass Strait half-way between Tasmania and Victoria. A place famous for cheese, seafood and the treacherous Roaring 40's winds, she finds out why many who've left are coming back.

août 29, 2022

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