An episode of ABC’s ‘Back Roads’ filmed in the Burdekin last year will go to air on Tuesday, January 30, showcasing what the region has to offer to the entire country.
Back Roads is an Australian observational documentary series that takes the road less travelled and visits some of the small towns and communities that make Australia special.
Host Heather Ewart travels to these towns to discover remarkable stories and inspiring people, with her and her crew visiting the Burdekin in May 2023 for the Sweet Days, Hot Nights Festival.
As well as capturing the festival, cane cutting and cane fires, Heather interviewed many locals to hear their stories, including Gloria Vass and her family and Desley Musumeci who was interviewed as the spokesperson of her cooking group, Pandemonium.
“They rang up and said they wanted to come here to see what we were going to cook,” Desley said.
“We made them homemade ricotta, pasta and ravioli.”
Desley’s husband Alf was also interviewed about his family’s origins in the region.
“When they were here filming Alfie, they had Heather sitting across the table from us and they were filming us, and then they had to come behind us and film her asking the same questions,” Desley explained.
“She said, ‘I’ll ask the same questions, but don’t answer,’ well I had to put my hand over Alfie’s mouth because he kept going to answer!
“They were lovely people, the whole four of them.”
The episode will air on ABC on Tuesday, January 30 at 8:00pm and will be available to stream on ABC iview.
“I’m certainly going to tape it,” Desley said.
Back Roads host Heather Ewart visited the Burdekin last year to film an episode of the documentary series. Photo supplied: ABC
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