People of the Friends of the Heysen Trail
As a not-for-profit organisation that is staffed by volunteers, we welcome people to volunteer for roles such as leading walks, trail maintenance, trail greening, office administration, management and marketing.
Council Members
- Neil Hendry (President)
- Melanie Sjoberg (Vice President)
- Judy Mcadam (Membership Secretary)
- Vicki Stewart (Secretary)
- Basia Samcewicz (Treasurer)
- Barbara Deed
- John Babister
- Kathy Wright
- Margaret Fletcher
- Mark Fletcher
- Paul Bond
- Ross Mcdougall
Walk Committee
- Mark Fletcher (Chair)
- Adam Matthews
- Julian Monfries
- Kathy Wright
- Mark Curtis
- Melanie Sjoberg
- Paul Frost
- Simon Cameron
- Vicki Barrett
Promotion - Membership & Marketing Committee
- Barbara Deed (Chair)
- Barbara Sedgley
- Jane Mathews
- Judy Mcadam
- Kara Turner
- Philip Bell
- Robert Alcock
- Rosemary Hayward
- Tammy Main
- Tu Nguyen
Honorary Membership Committee
- Colin Edwards OAM
- Julian Monfries
- Simon Cameron
Office Committee
- Cathy Bowditch
- David Rattray OAM
- David Weinel
- Dom Henschke
- Erica Gordon
- Gillian Terry
- John M Wilson
- Margaret Fletcher
- Neil Nosworthy
- Patricia Bowie
Office Staff
- Adele Gatt
- Barbara Sedgley
- Cathy Bowditch
- David Andrewartha
- David Rattray OAM
- Dom Henschke
- Elayne Sanders
- Erica Gordon
- Gilbert Downs
- Gillian Terry
- Graham Loveday
- Jack Marcelis
- Jackie Westover
- Jan Ellis
- Jane Mathews
- Jeannie Sirona
- Judy Mcadam
- Julia Mclachlan
- Julian Monfries
- Karen Baker
- Neil Nosworthy
- Neil Page
- Patricia Bowie
- Peter Clark
- Valerie Boundy
- Vicki Cahalan
Trailwalker Editor
- Tammy Main
Audit & Finance Committee
- Basia Samcewicz (Chair)
- Greg Boundy
- John Wilson
Bookkeepers
- John M Wilson
- Margaret Fletcher
- Roslyn Rubarth
Warren Bonython Heysen Trail Foundation (WBHTF) Committee
- Neville Haar (Chair)
- Bill Gehling
- Richard Trembath
- Robert Alcock
Trail Development Committee
- Paul Bond (Chair)
- Daniel Jardine
- Julian Monfries
- Melanie Sjoberg
- Peter Clark
- Peter Simons
- Ross Mcdougall
Walk Leaders
Volunteers lead walks on our walk programme.
- Adam Matthews
- Alan Harton
- Andrea Gillin
- Andrew Mcdonald
- Audrey Sclanders
- Bill Van riet
- Cathy Bowditch
- Chris Allen
- Chris Young
- Christine Porter
- Christopher Gower
- Daniel Jardine
- David Bowey
- David Lovering
- David j Roberts
- Dean Mortimer
- Dom Henschke
- Glenn Chambers
- Greg Boundy
- Heather Jensen
- Heather Thompson
- Heysen Admin
- James Wenzel
- Jennine Vine
- John Babister
- Judith Ellis
- Judy Mcadam
- Julia Mclachlan
- Julian Monfries
- Julie Testi
- Kara Turner
- Karin Agostino
- Kathy Wright
- Kevin Liddiard
- Kevin Ward
- Kylie Gibbons
- Leanne Bell
- Lisa Duffield
- Liz Bowey
- Lyn Nottage
- Lyn Wood
- Lyndon Grimmer
- Margaret Fletcher
- Margaret Keelan
- Maria Bootle
- Mark Curtis
- Mark Fletcher
- Marlene Henschke
- Mary Cartland
- Melanie Sjoberg
- Michael Agostino
- Michael Joyce
- Michael Middleton
- Michael Weinel
- Noeleen Smith
- Olga Volodicheva
- Patrick Betham
- Paul Delaine
- Paul Frost
- Paul Gill
- Peter Clark
- Peter Deacon
- Peter Nation
- Peter Solomon
- Philip Bell
- Rin Green
- Robert Ruediger
- Robin Sharland
- Rosemary Hayward
- Shaun Scheepers
- Simon Cameron
- Suzanne Matthews
- Toni Clarke
- Tracey Evans
- Valerie Boundy
- Vicki Barrett
- Vicki Stewart
- William Vine
Patron
C. Warren Bonython AO*
Founding Patron 1986-2012
Honorary Members
- Terry Lavender OAM*, 1993
- Jim Crinion*, 1995
- Jamie Shephard*, 1995
- Nev Southgate*, 1996
- Doug Leane*, 1996
- Fred Brooks*, 1996
- Sadie Leupold, 1997
- Thelma Anderson OAM*, 1997
- Kathleen Palyga*, 1999
- Richard Schmitz, 1999
- Arthur Smith*, 2000
- Colin Edwards OAM, 2003
- Hugh Greenhill, 2003
- Glen Dow*, 2004
- Barry Finn, 2005
- John M Wilson, 2006
- Dean Killmier*, 2006
- Jack Marcelis, 2007
- David Beaton*, 2007
- Julian Monfries, 2007
- Frances Gasson, 2008
- Terry Gasson*, 2008
- Simon Cameron, 2014
- David Rattray OAM, 2016
- Hermann Schmidt, 2017
- Robert Alcock, 2018
- John Potter, 2019
- Liz O'shea, 2019
- Kevin Liddiard, 2019
- Arrienne Wynen, 2020
- Peter Wynen, 2020
- Bob Randall, 2021
- Christine Porter, 2022
- Neil Nosworthy, 2022
- Dom Henschke, 2022
- Dean Mortimer, 2022
* deceased