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Back Roads: July 20

Paul West returns to Dampier Peninsula to discover the delights of one of the last ‘undiscovered’ parts of the Australian coastline.

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Tonight on Back Roads guest presenter Paul West returns to Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia to discover the cultural and culinary delights of one of the last ‘undiscovered’ parts of the Australian coastline.

For now, the Dampier Peninsula is hard to access as it’s located at the end of a rough red dirt route, the Cape Leveque Road, which starts about 60km north of Broome. It’s notoriously rough, regularly floods during ‘The Wet’ and is full of potholes that can swallow a four-wheel-drive. Not a trip for the faint hearted.

But the road is being graded and sealed with bitumen and this stunning wilderness area is about to be opened up to the world, once the Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.

So, join Paul on one last, rough ride from Broome to the tip of Cape Leveque with Broome based musician Harry Jakamarra. On the way, Paul will meet some of Harry’s friends, such as Bardi-Nyul Nyul man and indigenous ranger Albert Wiggan, who was named Australian Geographic Society’s Conservationist of the Year in 2019.

You’ll meet people who have a deep connection to this land and the sea and are ready to embrace every opportunity, whilst protecting a rich and ancient culture.

Paul will also show you whirlpools and unique coral reefs that stand exposed above the waves; and sample seafood the way it’s been eaten for thousands of years.

8pm tonight on ABC.

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