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Back Roads: Mar 25

Heather Ewart is in Mallacoota, finding out how locals have dealt with bushfires, then a global pandemic.

This week on Back Roads Heather Ewart is in Mallacoota as Join Heather Ewart as she catches up with the locals she met in 2016, finding out how they’ve dealt with the impact of the bushfires, then a global pandemic.

Join presenter Heather Ewart as she heads back to visit some old friends in Mallacoota, on the far eastern tip of Victoria. On her last visit in 2016, Heather discovered a coastal jewel, with its sparkling lakes and long sandy beaches surrounded by pristine wilderness.

Three years later, on New Year’s Eve 2019, a firestorm engulfed the town destroying more than 120 homes and buildings. The dramatic images of four thousand people seeking refuge on the foreshore under a blood red sky made worldwide headlines.

Heather catches up with the locals she got to know last time, finding out how they’ve dealt with the impact of the bushfires, then a global pandemic. Will she find a place that still pulls together and refuses to be beaten?

Production credits: Executive Producer: Brigid Donovan. Story Producer, Lisa Whitehead.

8pm Thursday on ABC.

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