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The Best Episodes of Back Roads Season 4

Every episode of Back Roads Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Back Roads Season 4!

Take a road less travelled to the small towns and communities that make Australia special. Join Heather Ewart and guest presenters as they discover remarkable stories and inspiring people you'll never forget.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Back Roads Season 4 Episode 1 - Waterfall Way, NSW
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    #1 - Waterfall Way, NSW

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 2 - Murray River, SA
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    #2 - Murray River, SA

    S4:E2

    Heather Ewart travels along the southern Murray River. She meets locals who've weathered drought & flood. She experiences many shades of the river from its bountiful Riverland to the spectacular limestone cliffs of Big Bend.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 3 - Natimuk, VIC
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    #3 - Natimuk, VIC

    S4:E3

    Guest presenter Paul West visits the small, yet spectacular, town of Natimuk in Victoria. Paul discovers that two worlds have collided in Natimuk, where the community is a mix of rock climbers and German-Lutheran farmers.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 4 - Scottdsdale, TAS
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    #4 - Scottdsdale, TAS

    S4:E4

    Heather visits Scottsdale in Tasmania's north-east. After losing three major industries, the area's unemployment figures doubled. With the only options to move or innovate, locals started creating new jobs.

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  5. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 5 - Thallon, QLD
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    #5 - Thallon, QLD

    S4:E5

    ABC News presenter Joe O'Brien visits the tiny Queensland town of Thallon. Joe grew up in regional Queensland, and he gladly leaves the studio behind to head into the outback.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 6 - Robinvale, VIC
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    #6 - Robinvale, VIC

    S4:E6

    Heather Ewart visits Robinvale, in Victoria, which was named after a local soldier, Lieutenant George 'Robin' Cuttle, who was killed at the Somme during the First World War, near the town of Villers-Bretonneux in France.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 7 - Tiwi Islands, NT
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    #7 - Tiwi Islands, NT

    S4:E7

    Guest presenter and triple j newsreader Brooke Boney is taking over the Back Roads reins this week, travelling to the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 8 - Nyngan, NSW
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    #8 - Nyngan, NSW

    S4:E8

    In the midseason final, Heather Ewart travels to the surprising little town of Nyngan. The gateway to the outback in NSW, this isolated spot on the Bogan River, Nyngan locals are changing the lives of others.

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  9. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 9 - The Greengrocer, QLD
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    #9 - The Greengrocer, QLD

    S4:E9

    Heather Ewart is on a road trip in Queensland with a much-loved travelling greengrocer. For 30 years, Fari Rameshfar has travelled through droughts, cyclones and floods to deliver fresh food to people living in isolation.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 10 - Lightning Ridge, NSW
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    #10 - Lightning Ridge, NSW

    S4:E10

    Heather Ewart heads to the NSW outback town of Lightning Ridge, a place of dreamers and drifters, with most residents lured by the black opals. Heather discovers the many stories of Lightning Ridge's outback grit.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 11 - Furneaux Islands, TAS
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    #11 - Furneaux Islands, TAS

    S4:E11

    Guest presenter Paul West visits the Furneaux Islands, a wild and windswept group of islands in Bass Strait, just off Tasmania. The cold ocean waters are full of treasures like lobsters and abalone, plus rusted shipwrecks.

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  12. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 12 - Beaufort, VIC
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    #12 - Beaufort, VIC

    S4:E12

    Heather Ewart travels to the historic Victorian town of Beaufort, which is halfway between the two 'rats' - Ararat and Ballarat. 160 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, it's a place where old and new collide.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 13 - Marble Bar, WA
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    #13 - Marble Bar, WA

    S4:E13

    Back Roads travels to Marble Bar, known as the hottest place in Australia. Singer-songwriter and ABC Radio's Saturday Night Country presenter Felicity Urquhart takes the wheel as we visit red-dirt country in the Pilbara, WA.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 14 - The Coorong, SA
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    #14 - The Coorong, SA

    S4:E14

    Heather Ewart visits The Coorong, an area spanning 130kms of South Australian coastline. It's a stunning mosaic of wild ocean beaches, lagoons and wetlands, but in many ways it's become the forgotten end of the Murray River.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 15 - Finke, NT
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    #15 - Finke, NT

    S4:E15

    ABC's Joe O'Brien visits the remote Northern Territory community of Finke, traditionally known as Aputula and famous for the Finke Desert Race, a 460 kilometre off-road endurance rally, one of the toughest in the world.

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  16. Back Roads Season 4 Episode 16 - Windorah, QLD
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    #16 - Windorah, QLD

    S4:E16

    Heather Ewart visits the small town of Windorah in Queensland's Channel country between Longreach and Birdsville. Many people live there because they love the splendid isolation, but it comes with a price.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Waterfall Way, NSW" is the best rated episode of "Back Roads" season 4. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/11/2018. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Murray River, SA".