Where Did Heather Ewart Grow Up?

ABC journalist, Heather Ewart, grew up in a farm house in country Victoria.

Ewart has been in the media industry for over 40 years.

She now travels through the shores of Australia presenting ABC TV’s Back Roads.

Heather Ewart Career

Ewart launched her media career as a columnist for The Canberra Times.

Ewart has served as a National Affairs Correspondent for 7.30, focusing on coverage of federal issues, including politics, both on ABC TV and on radio.

For many years, she worked as a foreign correspondent in London, Washington, and Brussels.

She is a winner of the Golden Quill award.

Ewart has also been involved in a few TV productions, some of which include Angry Boys (2011), Back Roads (2015) and A Country Road: The Nationals (2014).

Her famous programme, Back Roads, takes us through the charming coastal town of Sawtell, into the magnificent countryside in the state.

The road is a 185km stretch to Armidale and along the way is the wild brumby which is much talked about in Banjo poetry.