With Trevor DiCarlo, his best friend since he was three years old, Ledger drove across Australia from Perth to Sydney, returning to Perth to take a small role in Clowning Around (1992), the first part of a two-part television series, and to work on the TV series Sweat (1996), in which he played a gay cyclist.
Sammen med Trevor DiCarlo, hans bedste ven, siden han var 3 år, kørte Ledger tværs gennem Australien fra Perth til Sydney, vende hjem til Perth for at tage en mindre rolle i Clowning Around (1992), første del af en to-delt tv-serie og fik arbejde på tv-serien Sweat (1996), i hvilken han spillede en homoseksuel cyklist .