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The Great Aussie Road Trip: Heather Ewart in conversation with Barrie Cassidy [Kyneton]

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Award-winning journalist Heather Ewart hits the Back Roads to Kyneton to journey through her great Australian road trips.  

Over a career spanning four decades, Heather Ewart has been senior political reporter and a foreign correspondent posted to London, Washington and Brussels. Raised on a farm in country Victoria, her adventures have come full circle to see her hosting ABC TV’s popular program Back Roads. In Ewart’s new book, Back Roads: The Great Aussie Road Trip, the much-loved journalist shares hot tips from her travels around Australia. From ideas on where to go and when to go, what to pack and what to see – she covers it all.  

Ewart joined Barrie Cassidy at Kyneton Town Hall to discuss the joyous moments of her road trips and share practical tips for discovering lesser-known parts of this beautiful country.  

The event was presented in partnership with Macedon Ranges Shire Council.

It was recorded on Monday 26th August 2024 at Kyneton Town Hall.

The official bookseller was Aesop’s Attic.

Featured music is ‘I See You Out There’ by Tellsonic.

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