NaN/100 votes#1 - Glen Helen Ride
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/17/2019
Back Roads returns with an epic journey in the Northern Territory, from one of the world's most remote cattle stations to some of the most spectacular landscapes in the heart of Australia.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Tolmie, VIC
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2019
Heather visits Tolmie, tucked away in Victoria's High Country. In the past it was known as a hideaway for bushrangers, near the infamous Stringybark Creek ambush where Ned Kelly and his gang murdered three police officers.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Woolgoolga, NSW
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 7/1/2019
Heather Ewart explores a vibrant coastal community in northern New South Wales, where East meets West and which the locals affectionately call Woopi.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Burketown, QLD
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 7/8/2019
Guest presenter, chef and farmer Paul West heads to the Gulf of Carpentaria to see one of the world's most extraordinary weather events.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - Kulin, WA
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/2019
280kms from Perth, Kulin is home to less than 400 people. From the 'Tin Horse Highway' - horse-shaped sculptures made out of 44 gallon drums to a giant waterslide, the quirky town is known for its generosity of spirit.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Fish Creek, VIC
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 7/22/2019
Fish Creek is a whimsical town straight from a storybook, home to children's book authors and illustrators, world-renowned botanical artists, musicians and sculptors. It is near the southernmost tip of Australia's mainland.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - Flinders Ranges, SA
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 7/29/2019
Incoming News Breakfast co-host Lisa Millar traces the footsteps of her Prussian ancestors who migrated to SA in the mid-1800s, discovering a town rich in film history and a spectacularly coloured yellow-footed rock wallaby.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - Riverina, NSW
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/2019
Heather visits one of the flattest places on earth, the dusty Hay Plains. Home to a fascinating bunch with a dry sense of humour, the town hosts the Hay Rodeo and Rainbow on the Plains - the Hay Mardi Gras.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Snow Journey, VIC + NSW
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/23/2019
Heather Ewart discovers a very different type of community on the roof of Australia as she visits the peaks of Victoria and New South Wales' snow country.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Bulloo Shire, QLD
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/30/2019
Heather Ewart catches a ride to the Bulloo Shire in south-west Queensland, a community that thrives despite its isolation.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - Wynyard, TAS
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2020
Guest presenter Joe O'Brien leaves the ABC newsroom for the wilds of Wynyard in north west Tasmania.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Clunes, VIC
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2020
Heather Ewart visits the preserved gold rush town of Clunes, in the Victorian Central Goldfields. Its golden days might be long gone, but a wave of newcomers is putting its untouched 19th century main street back on the map.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Koroit, VIC
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/2020
Heather Ewart discovers a patch of Ireland tucked away in coastal Victoria. Koroit is reportedly home to the largest Irish community in regional Australia, and it's a place that thrives on music, poetry and potatoes.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Menindee, NSW
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/2020
Last summer, Menindee in NSW made worldwide news when a perfect storm of drought and poor water management caused a mass fish kill of nearly a million fish. Guest presenter Lisa Millar uncovers the town behind the headlines.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Show Town, QLD
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/2020
Heather joins a cavalcade of showmen and their little town on wheels on an 800 km run through far north Queensland. It's a journey that will bust every preconceived idea of what the travelling carnival life is like.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - Jabiru, NT
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/2020
Join award-winning journalist and Murawari-Gomeroi man Allan Clarke as he uncovers the small community of Jabiru. Buried deep in Kakadu National Park, it is one of the most extraordinary places on the planet.
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The Best Episodes of Back Roads Season 5
Every episode of Back Roads Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Back Roads Season 5!
Heather Ewart swaps reporting from political corridors of power to a new beat around the bush. Along the way she visits remote towns and regions...
Genre:Documentary
Network:ABC TV
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Glen Helen Ride" is the best rated episode of "Back Roads" season 5. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/17/2019. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Tolmie, VIC".