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Inman Valley to Cobbler Hill

Inman Valley to Cobbler Hill

Sun 18 to Fri 23 Oct 2015

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** Please Note: This registration covers the first 5 days of walking from Inman Valley to Cobbler Hill. There is a separate registration for E2E-1's last walk: Cobbler Hill to Cape Jervis and celebration dinner. **

This week is brought to you by the letter 'C'.

Sun.18th: Some initial road walking gets us to Second Valley Forest coming out at Robinson Hill. Then we follow quiet country roads in Keen Road and Tugwell Road before some cross country and track walking to finish at Waitpinga Road.

Mon.19th: A mixture of scrub and road walking gets us to the coast at Kings Beach. We follow along the dramatic clifftops through Newland Head Conservation Park - probably the most picturesque and photographed section of the whole trail. The walk concludes at Waitpinga Beach.

Tue.20th: The first of our beach walks take us along Waitpinga Beach, then on to Parsons Beach. More coastal walking before we enter Balquhidder and head inland before finishing with some road walking.

Wed.21st: Rest Day. Optional activity helping Friends of Newland Head C.P. in the morning. Other activities To Be Advised.

Thu.22nd: We head across paddocks towards the coast where we will tackle the steepest descent on the Trail down to Tunkalilla Beach (it is no where near the 4km monster it used to be). At Boat Harbor Beach we enter the Deep Creek Conservation Park and its characteristic dense bushland before opening out on the ridge near Tapanappa Campground for far-reaching views.

Fri.23rd: A spectacular walk through Deep Creek Conservation Park includes the waterfall with dense bushland and stunning coastal views. Lots of ups and downs today all the way to Cobbler Hill.

NOTE - If you wish to walk 1, 2, 3 or 4 days, please contact the FOHT office to register for those days. The online registering system will only allow you to register for all 5 walking days.

Start

Sunday 18 October 2015

End

Friday 23 October 2015

Walk Leaders

Mary Cartland
Michael Middleton
Dean Mortimer
Peter Solomon

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Walk section along Heysen Trail shown in red:
The rest of the Heysen Trail shown in blue:

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Mapsheet

Mapsheet 1A, Cape Jervis to Tunkalilla Beach

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Guidebook maps (2006-2014)

Southern Guidebook, chapter 1 map 2,
chapter 1 map 3.

Meeting Location

Meeting location details will be provided after you have registered for this event.

Details: Information withheld

Event Fees

Event fee: AUD $40.00
(under 18 years of age AUD $5.00)
Golden Boots cards: Accepted
Bus: AUD $110.00

Walk Specifics (Sunday)

Start time: 9:00a.m.
End time: 2:00p.m.
Walking from: Inman Valley
Walking to: Waitpinga Road
Distance: 18km.

Risks (Sunday)

Hazards: Road walking, particularly along Inman Valley Road.
Requirements: Morning Tea. Lunch. 2 litres water. Appropriate weather protection.
Experience: Trailwalker

Walk Specifics (Monday)

Start time: 9:00a.m.
End time: 2:00p.m.
Walking from: Waitpinga/Range Road
Walking to: Waitpinga Beach
Distance: 16km.

Risks (Monday)

Hazards: Roadwalking, clifftops.
Requirements: Morning Tea. Lunch. 2 litres water. Appropriate weather protection.
Experience: Trailwalker

Walk Specifics (Tuesday)

Start time: 9:30a.m
End time: 2:30p.m.
Walking from: Waitpinga
Walking to: Balquhidder
Distance: 15km.

Risks (Tuesday)

Hazards: Clifftops, stony and slippery surfaces
Requirements: Morning Tea. Lunch. 2 litres water. Appropriate weather protection.
Experience: Trailwalker

Walk Specifics (Wednesday)

Start time: 9:30am
End time: 12:30pm
Walking from: ** Rest Day **
Activities To Be Advised

Risks (Wednesday)

TBA

Walk Specifics (Thursday)

Start time: 9:30a.m
End time: 3:30p.m.
Walking from: Balquhidder
Walking to: Tapanappa
Distance: 15km.

Risks (Thursday)

Hazards: Clifftops. Steep, stony and slippery surfaces
Requirements: Morning Tea. Lunch. 2 litres water. Appropriate weather protection.
Experience: Trailwalker

Walk Specifics (Friday)

Start time: 9:30a.m
End time: 3:00p.m.
Walking from: Tapanappa
Walking to: Cobblers Hill
Distance: 13km.

Risks (Friday)

Hazards: Steep, stony and slippery surfaces
Requirements: Morning Tea. Lunch. 2 litres water. Appropriate weather protection.
Experience: Trailwalker

Nearby Campsites and Accommodation Options

This list is generic and is derived from the Walk Selector for this walk section. Your walk leader may be suggesting a different or specific town or accommodation option to be based at.

In This Section

On or within 2km of this Heysen Trail section.

Near This Section

More than 2km off of the Heysen Trail section.

Further Afield

Beyond this Heysen Trail section.

Cobbler Hill Camp Site

Walk grade: End-to-End Minus 1

These walks are for those wishing to walk some or all of the Heysen Trail. There are approximately sixty day walks involved, spread over six years. The southern walks, from Cape Jervis to Kapunda, are held on one Sunday per month during the walk season. Due to the greater travelling distances involved, from Kapunda northwards, the walk is held over a weekend.

These arrangements make it easy to walk the entire trail because the Friends of Heysen Trail work out many of the logistics.

These walks are reasonably demanding and for walkers who have walked regularly in various terrain. They have a walking time of about 5 to 6 hours and will require a high degree of physical fitness.

Refer to the End-to-End Walks page for more detailed information.

Appropriate Clothing

All walks are subject to you wearing appropriate clothing. Prime considerations are warmth and weather protection. Your safety and the safety of the walking group can be jeopardised by you wearing inappropriate clothing. In an emergency situation it can take hours to evacuate a sick or injured walker. Leaders may not accept people for a walk who have not come appropriately dressed or prepared.

View details of appropriate clothing at heysentrail.asn.au/appropriate-clothing

Hot Weather Policy

In the event of hot weather, the decision to proceed with or cancel a walk is made by the Walk Leader(s), having regard to risk factors such as local weather conditions, trail accessibility, vehicle support, and the physical capabilities of walkers in the group. In some circumstances, the Walk Leader may decide to amend, modify or shorten a scheduled walk. If a single-day End-to-End walk is cancelled, walk fees will be refunded. Refunds do not apply to weekend-away walks and multi-day events.

Severe Weather Policy

Be aware that walks are automatically cancelled when the forecast weather for the day of the walk is for severe storms with damaging winds as per the 7pm ABC News on the day prior to the walk. Refer to abc.net.au/news/weather or bom.gov.au/sa.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

If unforeseen circumstances arise and you are no longer able to participate in the walk, please cancel your registration as soon as possible using the Manage Walk Registrations facility on your Account page.

Alternatively you can notify the office by 2.15pm on the last business day before the walk. Walk leaders do not have access to messages left on the answering machine after this time. If your Walk Leader has provided their mobile phone number you may be able to contact them prior to the walk (subject to phone service availability).

View the full details of our Cancellation & Refund Policy at heysentrail.asn.au/cancellations

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View from Tapanappa Hill over Tunkalilla Beach

View Section 2, Cobbler Hill to Tapanappa

Inman Valley to Cobbler Hill

Sun 18 to Fri 23 Oct 2015

Walking in Deep Creek National Park

View Section 2, Cobbler Hill to Tapanappa

Inman Valley to Cobbler Hill

Sun 18 to Fri 23 Oct 2015

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Walking in Deep Creek National Park

View Section 2, Cobbler Hill to Tapanappa