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Marrabel ‘Walk-in’ site

Accommodation Option on the Heysen Trail

Marrabel 'walk in' site

Marrabel 'walk in' site

The Heysen Trail sign next to the walkers platform shows the designated tent site (shaded in red).

The Heysen Trail sign next to the walkers platform shows the designated tent site (shaded in red).

View of the site from the paddock just north of the stile next to the Curio statue.

View of the site from the paddock just north of the stile next to the Curio statue.

Accommodation

'Walk-in' site,
Water Tank

Mapsheet

Mapsheet 3B, Kapunda to Marrabel Golf Club

Guidebook

Southern Guidebook, chapter 5, map 4

Location

Marrabel Rodeo Grounds.
Corner of Main Road 45 & Tarnma Rd.
Marrabel.

Coordinates

Grid ref: 043 203
Longitude: 138.878351
Latitude: -34.139612

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Contact

Friends of the Heysen Trail

Bookings

No

Fees

No

Facilities

Tank, Toilet, Walkers platform, Picnic table.

Notes

Site established July 2021. There is no vehicle access to the site. Walkers access to the area is via a stile over a fence (next to the locked gate) 10 metres north of the Curio statue. Then walk 100 metres north across a paddock to the entrance (a gate next to the white shed). Please note that the designated accommodation area is shown on the sign next to the walkers platform. The toilet is located approximately 50 metres east of the platform.

Previous accommodation option: Marschalls Hut

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Cam says:

28/08/2024 at 5:10pm

Exposed to westerly winds. Toilet not working. Nice flat grassy ground.

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Mapsheet 1: Cape Jervis to Kuitpo Forest (Sept 2014)

Occasionally, due to weather or maintenance issues, it is necessary to realign sections of the Heysen Trail. Minor reroutes, necessitated by such things as sand blowouts in coastal areas, protection of native vegetation, erosion control, or requests from landholders, are also frequently carried out.

Harvesting operations in Kuitpo Forest: ForestrySA operations in Kuitpo Forest will impact the Heysen Trail into the foreseeable future. Walkers in this forest may encounter closed plantation blocks as harvesting operations are undertaken. The presence of heavy machinery and falling trees makes it highly dangerous, and heavy trucks using the haul roads add to the risk. Walkers must not enter the harvesting areas under any circumstance (penalties apply). ForestrySA Rangers and Friends of the Heysen Trail volunteers will ensure that safe reroutes are in place and are clearly marked. Walkers should follow the marked reroute trail until the new track rejoins the Heysen Trail. Reroute signs will be placed at the start and finish of the reroute. From time to time, it will be necessary to reroute the Trail along public roads. Walkers are advised to take extra care on public roads, to always walk on the right, facing traffic and to always walk in single file.

Mapsheet 2: Kuitpo Forest to Tanunda (Sept 2014)

Occasionally, due to weather or maintenance issues, it is necessary to realign sections of the Heysen Trail. Minor reroutes, necessitated by such things as sand blowouts in coastal areas, protection of native vegetation, erosion control, or requests from landholders, are also frequently carried out.

Harvesting operations in Kuitpo Forest: ForestrySA operations in Kuitpo Forest will impact the Heysen Trail into the foreseeable future. Walkers in this forest may encounter closed plantation blocks as harvesting operations are undertaken. The presence of heavy machinery and falling trees makes it highly dangerous, and heavy trucks using the haul roads add to the risk. Walkers must not enter the harvesting areas under any circumstance (penalties apply). ForestrySA Rangers and Friends of the Heysen Trail volunteers will ensure that safe reroutes are in place and are clearly marked. Walkers should follow the marked reroute trail until the new track rejoins the Heysen Trail. Reroute signs will be placed at the start and finish of the reroute. From time to time, it will be necessary to reroute the Trail along public roads. Walkers are advised to take extra care on public roads, to always walk on the right, facing traffic and to always walk in single file.

Mapsheet 3: Tanunda to Burra (May 2015)

Occasionally, due to weather or maintenance issues, it is necessary to realign sections of the Heysen Trail. Minor reroutes, necessitated by such things as sand blowouts in coastal areas, protection of native vegetation, erosion control, or requests from landholders, are also frequently carried out.

Mapsheet 4: Burra to Spalding (May 2015)

Occasionally, due to weather or maintenance issues, it is necessary to realign sections of the Heysen Trail. Minor reroutes, necessitated by such things as sand blowouts in coastal areas, protection of native vegetation, erosion control, or requests from landholders, are also frequently carried out.

Mapsheet 5, Spalding to Wirrabara Forest (August 2015)

Occasionally, due to weather or maintenance issues, it is necessary to realign sections of the Heysen Trail. Minor reroutes, necessitated by such things as sand blowouts in coastal areas, protection of native vegetation, erosion control, or requests from landholders, are also frequently carried out.

Logging operations in forests can sometimes necessitate the rerouting of the Trail. These reroutes often have to be done at short notice, and it is important to follow these reroutes, as it is dangerous to walk in areas where logging operations are in progress.

Mapsheet 6, Wirrabara Forest to Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park (August 2015)

Occasionally, due to weather or maintenance issues, it is necessary to realign sections of the Heysen Trail. Minor reroutes, necessitated by such things as sand blowouts in coastal areas, protection of native vegetation, erosion control, or requests from landholders, are also frequently carried out.

Logging operations in forests can sometimes necessitate the rerouting of the Trail. These reroutes often have to be done at short notice, and it is important to follow these reroutes, as it is dangerous to walk in areas where logging operations are in progress.

Mapsheet 7, Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park to Mernmerna Creek (August 2015)

Occassionally, due to weather or maintenance issues, it is necessary to realign sections of the Heysen Trail. Minor reroutes, necessitated by such things as sand blowouts in coastal areas, protection of native vegetation, erosion control, or requests from landholders, are also frequently carried out.

Logging operations in forests can sometimes necessitate the rerouting of the Trail. These reroutes often have to be done at short notice, and it is important to follow these reroutes, as it is dangerous to walk in areas where logging operations are in progress.

Mapsheet 8, Mernmerna Creek to Parachilna Gorge (August 2015)

Occasionally, due to weather or maintenance issues, it is necessary to realign sections of the Heysen Trail. Minor reroutes, necessitated by such things as sand blowouts in coastal areas, protection of native vegetation, erosion control, or requests from landholders, are also frequently carried out.

2014 Southern Guidebook, 6th Edition

2014 Northern Guidebook, 3rd Edition

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